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Ken H. Harrison
Ken H. Harrison ( 1940) is a British comic artist best known for his work for DC Thomson. His credits include Robbie Rebel, Big Brad Wolf and Lord Snooty for ''The Beano'', The Hoot Squad for ''Hoot'' (later reprinted as The Beano's The Riot Squad), The Broons and Oor Wullie for ''The Sunday Post'', Skookum Skool, Spookum Skool and The Snookums for '' Buzz'' and Cracker comics. He drew Oor Wullie and The Broons for ''The Sunday Post'' for many years, Desperate Dan for ''The Dandy'' between 1983 and 2007 until ''The Dandy'' was revamped. He drew the front cover illustration for ''Classics from the Comics''. Until 2012 he drew Minnie the Minx from ''The Beano'', in a style reminiscent of original artist Leo Baxendale Joseph Leo Baxendale (27 October 1930 – 23 April 2017) was an English cartoonist and publisher. Baxendale wrote and drew several titles. Among his best-known creations are the ''The Beano, Beano'' comic strip, strips ''Little Plum'', ''Minnie .... References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robbie Rebel
Robbie Rebel was a British celebrity comics gag-a-day comic strip, which premiered in ''The Beano'' comic in issue 3104, dated 12 January 2002. Based extensively on Robbie Williams, who at that time was very popular, his creators aimed to make him the Dennis the Menace of the 21st Century: his adventures are set in a contemporary world of mobile phones, computers and music videos. Concept His first appearance showed him being born 'seven years ago', and being smacked on the bottom by the nurse to start his breathing. Instead of crying, he giggles. This sets the tone of the strip: Robbie is a rebel who does nothing he is told (although he occasionally does as he's told if he can make a job hard for his parents or anyone else, for instance scrapping a whole kitchen for a compost heap, when his dad told him to find scraps in the kitchen for the heap). His appearance was a breath of fresh air to ''The Beano'': he sported long jeans, school shoes and a T-shirt, usually with an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cracker (comic)
''Cracker'' was a British comic book magazine printed by D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd that ran from the issues dated 18 January 1975 to 11 September 1976 (a total of 87 issues), when it merged with ''The Beezer ''The Beezer'' (called ''The Beezer and Topper'' for the last three years of publication) was a British comic that ran from (issues dates) 21 January 1956 to 21 August 1993, published by D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd. Comic strips in ''The Beezer' ...''. Some material from ''Cracker'' was reprinted in '' Classics from the Comics''. List of ''Cracker'' comic strips These are in alphabetical order and all numbers refer to issues of ''Cracker''. References See also * List of DC Thomson Publications {{DEFAULTSORT:Cracker (Comics) Comics magazines published in the United Kingdom Defunct British comics DC Thomson Comics titles British humour comics 1975 comics debuts 1976 comics endings Magazines established in 1975 Magazines disestablished in 1976 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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1940s Births
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British Cartoonists
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Leo Baxendale
Joseph Leo Baxendale (27 October 1930 – 23 April 2017) was an English cartoonist and publisher. Baxendale wrote and drew several titles. Among his best-known creations are the ''The Beano, Beano'' comic strip, strips ''Little Plum'', ''Minnie the Minx'', ''The Bash Street Kids'', and ''The Three Bears (comic strip), The Three Bears''. Career Baxendale was born in Whittle-le-Woods, Lancashire, and was educated at Preston Catholic College. After serving in the Royal Air Force, RAF, he took his first job as an artist for the local ''Lancashire Evening Post'' drawing adverts and cartoons. DC Thomson In 1952, he began freelance work for the children's comic publishers DC Thomson, creating several highly popular new strips for ''The Beano'' including ''Little Plum'', ''Minnie the Minx'' (started in 1953, taken over by Jim Petrie in 1961), ''The Three Bears (comic strip), The Three Bears'', and ''The Bash Street Kids'' (initially called ''When the Bell Rings''). Baxendale also co-o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minnie The Minx
Minnie the Minx, whose real name is Hermione Makepeace is a comic strip character published in the British comic magazine ''The Beano''. Created and originally drawn by Leo Baxendale, she first appeared in issue 596, dated 19 December 1953, making her the third longest running Beano character behind Dennis the Menace and Roger the Dodger. Like Desperate Dan from ''The Dandy'', she has a statue in Dundee. In 2021, Minnie the Minx featured on a commemorative UK postage stamp issued by the Royal Mail to mark 70 years of Dennis the Menace. Character history Leo Baxendale strips (1953–1962) Minnie the Minx, created and drawn by Leo Baxendale, first appeared in ''The Beano'' in December 1953. Her first strip introduced her as "wild as wild can be" and showed her exasperated mother attempting to get her to be more creative rather than fight. Taking a book, Minnie then proceeds to beat her classmates during a revenge scheme using the scrapbook as a weapon. The closing panel shows ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Classics From The Comics
''Classics from the Comics'' was a British comics magazine, published from March 1996 until October 2010. Published monthly, it was D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd's third all-reprint comic. It replaced '' The Best of Topper'' and '' The Best of Beezer'', which had reprinted old strips for some years. ''Classics from the Comics'' collected archive comic strips from eight comic titles – the still going ''The Beano'' and ''The Dandy'', and the defunct '' Beezer'', '' Topper'', ''Nutty'', '' Sparky'', '' Cracker'', and '' Buzz''. During its later issues, adventure comics from the likes of '' The Victor'', ''The Wizard'', '' The Rover'', ''The Hotspur'' and ''The Hornet'' were used. It also started using ''Hoot!'' shortly before it ended. The comic had 64 pages, which were prefaced with a contents page ("Classic Contents") and until 2007 were followed by an advert for the next month's issue, with the back cover showing original strips starring Roger the Dodger, Little Plum, Plug, Ber ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Dandy
''The Dandy'' was a British children's comic magazine published by the Dundee based publisher DC Thomson. The first issue was printed in December 1937, making it the world's third-longest running comic, after ''Il Giornalino'' (cover dated 1 October 1924) and ''Detective Comics'' (cover dated March 1937). From August 2007 until October 2010, it was rebranded as ''Dandy Xtreme''. One of the best selling comics in the UK, along with ''The Beano'', ''The Dandy'' reached sales of two million a week in the 1950s. The final printed edition was issued on 4 December 2012, the comic's 75th anniversary, after sales slumped to 8,000 a week. On the same day, ''The Dandy'' relaunched as an online comic, The Digital Dandy, appearing on the Dandy website and in the Dandy App. The digital relaunch was not successful and the comic ended just six months later. The Dandy title continues as a yearly Summer Special and the unbroken run of Dandy Annuals, up to and including the 2023 annual. History T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Desperate Dan
Desperate Dan is a wild west character in the now-defunct Scottish comic magazine ''The Dandy'', and became its mascot. He made his appearance in the first issue which was dated 4 December 1937. He is apparently the world's strongest man, able to lift a cow with one hand. The pillow of his (reinforced) bed is filled with building rubble and his beard is so tough he shaves with a blowtorch. The character was created by Dudley D. Watkins, originally as an outlaw or ‘desperado’ (hence his name), but evolved into a more sympathetic type, using his strength to help the underdog. After Watkins’ death in 1969, the cartoons were drawn by many other artists, principally Ken H. Harrison, though the Watkins canon was often recycled. When the Dandy became digital-only in 2012, the Desperate Dan strips were drawn by David Parkins. There is a statue of Dan in Dundee, Scotland, where his publishers, D. C. Thomson & Co. are based. History The strip was drawn by Dudley D. Watkins ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buzz (comic)
''Buzz'' was an A3 (broadsheet) British comic book magazine that ran from 20 January 1973 to 4 January 1975, when it merged with The ''Topper''. ''Buzz'' ran for 103 Issues. List of ''Buzz'' comic strips These are in alphabetical order and all numbers refer to issues of ''Buzz''. References See also *List of DC Thomson publications This is a list of DC Thomson publications; formerly D. C. Thomson & Co., of Dundee, Scotland. __TOC__ Newspapers, comics and magazines These newspapers, comics and magazines are or were published by D.C. Thomson & Co. *''110% Gaming'' (2014â ... DC Thomson Comics titles Comics magazines published in the United Kingdom Defunct British comics British humour comics 1973 comics debuts 1975 comics endings Magazines established in 1973 Magazines disestablished in 1975 Weekly magazines published in the United Kingdom {{UK-comics-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lord Snooty
Lord Snooty is a fictional character who stars in the British comic strip ''Lord Snooty and his Pals'' from the British comic anthology ''The Beano''. The strip debuted in issue 1, illustrated by DC Thomson artist Dudley D. Watkins, who designed and wrote Snooty's stories until 1968, but the stories would continue featuring in ''Beano'' issues until 1991, with occasional revivals and character cameos. Synopsis ''Lord Snooty'' starred a wealthy Eton schoolboy named Marmaduke, the bored Earl of Bunkerton who often sneaked out of his home to bond with the working-class children on the other side of town. His friends knew he was a wealthy child and affectionately nicknamed him "Snooty", but he donned a disguise to hide from his family and the Bunkerton Castle staff. Other stories followed misadventures in Snooty's life, such as him outsmarting or helping the residents of the castle, causing or running into mayhem with his friends, visiting Professor Screwtop to help with his new in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
