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Big Eggo
''Big Eggo'' was a British comic strip series about an eponymous ostrich, published in the British comic magazine ''The Beano''. He first appeared in issue 1, dated 30 July 1938, and was the first ever cover star. His first words in the strip were "Somebody's taken my egg again!". It was drawn throughout by Reg Carter. Background When creating a new comic in his "big five" series, R. D. Low wrote a newspaper advert in ''The Daily Telegraph'' for new artists. He was certain that his new character would be a black-and-white animal which would stand out in a colourful world; an idea he similarly used for Korky the Cat in ''The Dandy''. Reg Carter (who had originally published Mickey Mouse comics throughout the 1930s) responded in January 1938 with a few ideas and sketches. Carter and Low's eventual idea would be an ostrich that misplaced his eggs. In an exchange of letters, they planned to name him Oswald the Ostrich, but eventual editor George Moonie suggested the name should b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lew Stringer
Lew Stringer (born 22 March 1959 in England) is a freelance comic artist and scriptwriter. Biography Stringer began his career from the late 1970s with a series of fanzines, many featuring his popular '' Brickman'' character; these were read by several professional creators (including Kevin O'Neill, Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons) who encouraged Stringer to try comics as a profession and Stringer recalls that "Alan Moore actually introduced me to one of the editors at Marvel UK – Bernie Jaye who was editor on ''The Daredevils''". He sold his first professional cartoon to Marvel UK (the British branch of Marvel Comics) in 1983 where it appeared in ''The Daredevils'' comic, after which he worked for a short time as art assistant to the cartoonist Mike Higgs (creator of ''Moonbird'' and ''The Cloak''). Since then Stringer has freelanced for numerous British comics for various companies and audiences. His best remembered creations are '' Tom Thug'' and '' Pete and His Pimple'' for ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masthead (British Publishing)
The nameplate (American English) or masthead (British English)The Guardian: ''Newspaper terminology'' Linked 2013-06-16 of a or is its designed title as it appears on the front page or cover. Another very common term for it in the newspaper industry is "the flag". It is part of the publication's ing, with a specific |
Pup Parade
''Pup Parade'' is a British comic strip that features in the comic magazine ''The Beano''. It is a spin-off to ''The Bash Street Kids'', following the lives of their dogs, and appeared in several issues for over two decades. The comic strip has been rebooted frequently, from the comic magazine it debuted in, to other comic magazines created and owned by DC Thomson. Synopsis The Bash Street Kids' anthropomorphic dogs live in an alleyway and have many misadventures. They look for food, play games with each other and their owners, and meet other animals. Publication history Original run ''Pup Parade'' made its first appearance in issue 1326, illustrated by Gordon Bell. The original run finished in issue 2401. The strip returned with a new series from issue 3162 to 3204. From June 2011, reprints appeared in ''The Beano'', and then replaced by new stories, illustrated by Nigel Parkinson. Short strips featured in ''Funsize Funnies'', but Lew Stringer became the new author a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fun Size Comics
The ''Fun Size Beano'' and ''Fun Size Dandy'' were small-format, full-colour children's comics, originally published four times monthly by DC Thomson and Co. Ltd between 1997 and 2010. They replaced the ''Beano and Dandy Comic Libraries'', originally printed in red, white and black and published from 1982 to 1997. The Beano Comic Libraries lasted for 368 issues and their Dandy counterparts lasted for 344 issues. There were also comic library specials, The Beano Comic Library Specials being puzzle books and lasting for 87 issues (1988–1994) and the Dandy Comic Library Specials being cartoon books, featuring a number of single page comic strips and these lasted for 88 issues (1987–1994). The comics were spin-offs of the weekly comics, The Beano and The Dandy. Two of each title would appear each month; they later appeared one Beano and one Dandy Fun Size every fortnight, rather than two of each at a time. This meant there were now two extra issues of each title per year. As o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keyhole Kate
''Keyhole Kate'' was a 1930s British comic strip series in ''The Dandy''. The strip featured a nosy young girl who liked to look through people's keyholes. She appeared in ''The Dandy''s first issue, drawn by Allan Morley back in 1937. She continued in ''The Dandy'' until 1955 and appeared as the cover strip of issue 295. She later appeared in the new ''Sparky'' comic released in 1965, alongside Hungry Horace another character who appeared in ''The Dandys first issue and was drawn by Morley. The character was featured alongside Hungry Horace on the front cover of the ''Sparky'' book from 1970 to 1972. The character continued in ''Sparky'' until 1974 when the character was dropped and she then reappeared in ''The Dandy'' in the late 1980s and early 1990s drawn by Sid Burgon before being dropped and later revived again. The revived strip was drawn by Tom Paterson and Trevor Metcalfe in ''The Dandy'', until it was finally dropped in 2007. However the character's legacy remains as th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kev F
Kev can refer to: Given name * Kev Adams, French comedian, actor, screenwriter and film producer born Kevin Smadja in 1991 * Kevin Kev Carmody (born 1946), Indigenous Australian singer-songwriter * Kev Coghlan (born 1988), Scottish Grand Prix motorcycle racer * Kev Hopper (born 1961), English composer and musician, bass guitarist with the 1980s band Stump * Kevin Kev Lingard (born 1942), Australian politician * Kevin Naiqama (born 1989), Australian rugby league footballer * Kev Orkian (born 1974), British-Armenian musician, comedian and actor * Kev F. Sutherland (born 1961), Scottish comedian and comic strip creator * Kevin Kev Walker, British comics artist and illustrator Other uses *Kiloelectronvolt (keV), a unit of energy *Krefelder Eislauf-Verein 1936 e.V. (KEV), original name of Krefeld Pinguine, a German ice hockey team formed in 1936 * kev, ISO 639-3 code for the Kanikkaran language of southern India * KEV, IATA airport code for Halli Airport, a military airport in Kuorevesi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gnasher And Gnipper
Gnasher () is a fictional comic strip character that appears in the British comic magazine ''The Beano''. He is the pet dog of Dennis the Menace, who meets him in 1968's issue 1362, and is also the star of three spin-off comic strips. Gnasher is considered just as iconic as his owner as both have been the stars of many children's television programming and are the unofficial mascots of ''The Beano''. Gnasher reached nationwide news in the 1980s after he disappeared from the magazine for seven weeks, returning with his six newborn puppies, but usually interacts with his son Gnipper. Development Although Dennis the Menace was shown with a terrier in his first story, he would not meet Gnasher for 17 years. Dennis' artist Davey Law decided to give his character a dog companion but struggled to give the dog a perfect design, inspired by DC Thomson writer Jim Fowler mentioning reading a newspaper story about pets looking like their owners. Ian Gray suggested Law should "draw Dennis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Flash
Jack may refer to: Places * Jack, Alabama, US, an unincorporated community * Jack, Missouri, US, an unincorporated community * Jack County, Texas, a county in Texas, USA People and fictional characters * Jack (given name), a male given name, including a list of people and fictional characters with the name * Jack (surname), including a list of people with the surname * Jack (Tekken), multiple fictional characters in the fighting game series ''Tekken'' * Jack the Ripper, an unidentified British serial killer active in 1888 * Wolfman Jack (1938–1995), a stage name of American disk jockey Robert Weston Smith * New Jack, a stage name of Jerome Young (1963-2021), an American professional wrestler * Spring-heeled Jack, a creature in Victorian-era English folklore Animals and plants Fish *Carangidae generally, including: **Almaco jack **Amberjack **Bar jack ** Black jack (fish) **Crevalle jack ** Giant trevally or ronin jack ** Jack mackerel ** Leather jack **Yellow jack *Coho s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonah (comics)
Jonah is a comic strip character published in the magazine ''The Beano''. He made his first appearance in his eponymous comic strip in 1958, illustrated by Ken Reid. Although his comic strip sporadically appeared throughout the magazine, it has been published in other DC Thomson comic magazines. Synopsis Jonah is a skinny, gormless, chinless wonder of a sailor, feared by other mariners because of his clumsiness. He has (accidentally) sank every ship he has sailed on (as well as all other vessels surrounding, at times), and started a war between the nations of Gorgonzolia and Parafinalia and this resulted in the utter destruction of the combined fleets of both countries (a possible reference to the Cold War). Although unconfirmed, he has similarities to the long-established sailor's superstition, which is based on the Biblical prophet Jonah, whose ship nearly sank in a storm). Publication history Jonah's series first published in issue 817, authored by an uncredited Wal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mammal
Mammals () are a group of vertebrate animals constituting the class Mammalia (), characterized by the presence of mammary glands which in females produce milk for feeding (nursing) their young, a neocortex (a region of the brain), fur or hair, and three middle ear bones. These characteristics distinguish them from reptiles (including birds) from which they diverged in the Carboniferous, over 300 million years ago. Around 6,400 extant species of mammals have been described divided into 29 orders. The largest orders, in terms of number of species, are the rodents, bats, and Eulipotyphla (hedgehogs, moles, shrews, and others). The next three are the Primates (including humans, apes, monkeys, and others), the Artiodactyla ( cetaceans and even-toed ungulates), and the Carnivora (cats, dogs, seals, and others). In terms of cladistics, which reflects evolutionary history, mammals are the only living members of the Synapsida (synapsids); this clade, together with Saur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dennis The Menace (UK)
''Dennis the Menace and Gnasher'' (originally titled ''Dennis the Menace'' and currently titled ''Dennis and Gnasher)'' is a long-running comic strip in the British children's comic ''The Beano'', published by DC Thomson, of Dundee, Scotland. The comic stars a boy named Dennis the Menace and his Abyssinian wire-haired tripe hound Gnasher. The strip first appeared in issue 452, dated 17 March 1951, and on sale from 12 March 1951. It is the longest-running strip in the comic. The idea and name of the character emerged when the comic's editor heard a British music hall song with the chorus "I'm Dennis the Menace from Venice". The creation of Dennis in the 1950s had sales of ''The Beano'' soar. From issue 1678 onwards (dated 14 September 1974), Dennis the Menace replaced Biffo the Bear on the front cover, and has been there ever since. Coincidentally, on 12 March 1951, another comic strip named '' Dennis the Menace'' debuted in the US. As a result of this, the US series has initial ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rationing
Rationing is the controlled distribution of scarce resources, goods, services, or an artificial restriction of demand. Rationing controls the size of the ration, which is one's allowed portion of the resources being distributed on a particular day or at a particular time. There are many forms of rationing, although rationing by price is most prevalent. Rationing is often done to keep price below the market clearing, market-clearing price determined by the process of supply and demand in an free market, unfettered market. Thus, rationing can be complementary to incomes policies, price controls. An example of rationing in the face of rising prices took place in the various countries where there was rationing of gasoline during the 1973 energy crisis. A reason for setting the price lower than would clear the market may be that there is a shortage, which would drive the market price very high. High prices, especially in the case of necessities, are undesirable with regard to those ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
