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List Of Beezer And Topper Comic Strips
:''If you are looking for a list of comic strips that appeared in The Beezer see List of Beezer comic strips, for a list that appeared in The Topper see List of Topper comic strips'' In 1990 ''The Beezer'' merged with ''The Topper'' to form a new comic known as the '' Beezer and Topper''. This new comic ended in 1993 after 153 issues. A number of characters from this comic went on to appear in either ''The Beano'' or ''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 O ...''. The following is a list of all the strips that appeared in the ''Beezer and Topper'', all numbers refer to issues of ''Beezer and Topper''. See also * List of ''Beano'' comic strips * List of ''Beano'' comic strips by annual * List of ''Dandy'' comic strips * List of ''Beezer'' comic strips Reference ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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'' were a mix of irreverence, slapstick, and adventure; notable creators included Leo Baxendale, Gordon Bell, Paddy Brennan, David Law, Tom Paterson, Bill Ritchie, Dudley D. Watkins, Malcolm Judge, and John Geering. Publication history Like its sister comic, '' The Topper'', ''The Beezer'' was an A3 ( tabloid) publication, twice as big as most other comics. It shrank to A4 paper size in 1981. Comics that merged into ''The Beezer'' during its 37-year run were '' Cracker'' in 1976, and '' Plug'' in 1979. The Beezer launched an annual, '' The Beezer Book'', in 1957; this continued in publication following the closure of the weekly comic, and ran until the 2003 book (published 2002). 1990 merger with ''The Topper'' In September 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Martin (comics)
Sir George Henry Martin (3 January 1926 – 8 March 2016) was an English record producer, arranger, composer, conductor, and musician. He was commonly referred to as the "Fifth Beatle" because of his extensive involvement in each of the Beatles' original albums. Martin's formal musical expertise and interest in novel recording practices facilitated the group's rudimentary musical education and desire for new musical sounds to record. Most of their orchestral arrangements and instrumentation were written or performed by Martin, and he played piano or keyboards on a number of their records. Their collaborations resulted in popular, highly acclaimed records with innovative sounds, such as the 1967 album ''Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band''—the first rock album to win a Grammy Award for Album of the Year. Martin's career spanned more than six decades in music, film, television and live performance. Before working with the Beatles and other pop musicians, he produced comedy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tricky Dicky (comics)
''Tricky Dicky'' is a British comic strip which debuted in the magazine '' Topper'' in December 1976''Topper Tales'' A Complete Index by Ray Moore. A CJ Publication and was drawn by John Dallas. From 1979 to 1986 he was the cover star of the comic, succeeding Danny's Tranny and preceding Beryl the Peril. The strip survived the merger with the Beezer in 1990 and continued in The combined Beezer and Topper comic til it ended in 1993.''The Book of the Beezer'' by Ray Moore The character later reappeared in The Beano. Concept The comic strip was a gag-a-day strip starring a young boy named Dicky, who plays practical jokes on people, but they usually managed to get the last laugh. From 1999 to 2000 he re-appeared as a 'Guest Star' in ''The Beano'', again drawn by Dallas, running against The Three Bears, Inspector Horse and Jocky and Gordon Bennett to be voted into the comic by readers, though The Three Bears was the winner. The basic premise of the strip was expanded to include th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fred's Bed
Over the years ''The Beano'' has had many different strips, ranging from comic strips to adventure strips to prose stories. Prose stories were the first to go, being phased out in 1955. Adventure strips were phased out in 1975, with the last one being '' General Jumbo'' (There have been unsuccessful attempts to reintroduce adventure strips with new series of ''Billy the Cat and Katie'' in 2003, 2005 and 2009.) The longest-running strip in ''The Beano'' is '' Dennis the Menace'', which has been running for seventy years. Other long-running strips include ''Biffo the Bear'', ''Minnie the Minx'', ''Roger the Dodger'', ''The Bash Street Kids'', '' Little Plum'', and '' Billy Whizz''. As of 2015, ''The Beano'' has been home to 371 different strips (with a further seventeen strips appearing in Comic Idol competitions and not later appearing in the comic). This list only features strips in the weekly comic and does not list strips that only appeared once. It also includes information ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Geering
John Keith Geering (9 March 1941 – 13 August 1999) was a British cartoonist with a distinctive, occasionally flamboyant style, most famous for his work for DC Thomson comics including '' Sparky'', '' The Topper'', '' Cracker'', ''Plug'', ''Nutty'', ''The Beano'' and ''The Dandy''. Geering's strips included: * Puss 'n' Boots (''Sparky/Topper/Dandy''), a more anarchic, surreal take on the traditional cat-and-dog strips, complete with bizarre dialogue and situations - Boots, for example, having taken a gardening job, boasts that the perks include "all the grass I can eat", whilst Puss can be found selling ice cream at the North Pole. * Smudge (''Beano''), correctly billed as the world's dirtiest schoolboy, relishing any opportunity to get covered in grime and filth that presents itself. * Bananaman (''Nutty/Dandy/Beano''), a bungling superhero whose alter-ego is a stubble-headed schoolboy. This character proved particularly popular during its run in Nutty, and spawned an animat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beryl The Peril
Beryl the Peril (or simply Beryl) is a fictional character created by David Law, the creator of Dennis the Menace, for issue 1 of '' The Topper'' comic a Media (communication), medium used to express ideas with images, often combined with text or other visual information. It typically the form of a sequence of Panel (comics), panels of images. Textual devices such as speech balloons, Glo ... (dated 7 February 1953) published by DC Thomson & Co. Ltd, DC Thomson & Co. Limited. Like Dennis, she had black and red apparel, and devilishly tormented her parents and other members of her community. Despite not having quite as many appearances as other DC Thomson characters such as Dennis the Menace or Desperate Dan, Beryl is still considered one of the classic characters which define the popularity of British comics. Publication history Creation and concept Beryl the Peril first appeared in the first issue of '' The Topper'' in 1953. She was created to be a female equivalent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Walker (cartoonist)
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Pop, Dick And Harry
''Pop, Dick and Harry'' was a long-lasting British comic strip series published in the magazine ''The Beezer'' from 1956 until 1990. It was drawn by Tom Bannister from its inception until 1981, after which Peter Moonie drew it until 1987. Brian Walker then continued the series for another three years. ''Pop, Dick and Harry'' was the only comic strip that ran in ''The Beezer'' from the first until the last issue. Concept ''Pop, Dick and Harry'' was a gag-a-day comic about two twins, Dick and Harry, who always engaged in bad behavior and disobeyed and tormented their overweight Being overweight or fat is having more body fat than is optimally healthy. Being overweight is especially common where food supplies are plentiful and lifestyles are sedentary. , excess weight reached epidemic proportions globally, with mo ... father, Pop. External links The Beezer's Golden Years* Date sources : The Book of the Beezer - by Ray Moore 1997 CJ publications British comics 1956 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Ritchie
Bill Ritchie (1 August 1931 – 25 January 2010) was a Scottish cartoonist. He is known for work on comics published by D. C. Thomson. Biography Born in Glasgow, Ritchie attended the Glasgow School of Art, where he learnt little about cartoons or comics; instead, he taught himself by practising from local comics artists Jack Lindsay, Bud Neill, Jimmy Malcolm, Harry Smith and Bill Tait. It was Malcolm who suggested he try to draw comics for D. C. Thomson in Dundee. While serving in the army in Korea, he submitted his first cartoons to the publisher, which were printed in ''The Weekly News''. His first comic strip was '' Clumsy Claude'' in ''The Beano'', and for many years he drew ''Baby Crockett'' in the '' Beezer''. Between 1957 and 1964 Ritchie drew the illustrations for "The Glad Mag" an annual magazine produced by students of Queen's College, Dundee as part of their charities campaign. Copies of these magazines are held by University of Dundee Archive Services. After ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baby Crockett
''Baby Crockett'' was one of the longest running comic strips that ran from ''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' ...'' issue 34 (September 1956) to ''Beezer'' 1809 (September 1990). He continued in the merged ''Beezer and Topper'' until its demise in 1993, and would appear in all the ''Beezer'' annuals and summer specials until they ended in 2002. He also appeared in several of the Dandy Comic Libraries over the years. In appearance he was a toddler aged around three wearing red shorts & pumps & spoke in a childlike manner with phases such as "Me Thinks" and "Me don't like baffs", occasionally he was troubled by a bully called "Masher Molloy", with Baby normally coming out on top. Baby Crockett also appeared in young children's comic ''Bimbo'' from 1961 to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olaff The Madlander
:''You may also be looking for Pope Adrian VI.'' Adrian the Barbarian (later Olaff the Madlander) was a comic strip in the comic The Beezer, and later the merged Beezer and Topper, first introduced in 1989. It featured a boy who dressed as a barbarian with a magical sword. He lived in a very strange world where almost anything could happen, whether it be good or bad. Many inanimate objects gained life in the strip, for example a pile of coal for the fire turned into a man called Old King Coal. He appeared in The Beezer annual until the last one dated 2003. In July 2008, as of issue 3441, ''Adrian the Barbarian'' was reprinted in The Beano under the new title of ''Olaff the Madlander''. An explanation was written at the top of the page saying that Olaff and his mum had just moved to the Madlands, but should have been going to the Midlands. This strip was not the first of them, but new speech bubbles indicated that it was (Adrian/Olaff is walking through the door one morning and h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
