''EPIC Magazine'' (Previously known as ''Dennis the Menace and Gnasher's EPIC Magazine'' (2014–2016), ''100% Official Dennis the Menace and Gnasher Megazine'' (2013–2014) and ''BeanoMAX'' (2007–2013)) was a monthly

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magazine published by D.C. Thomson & Co. Ltd It was originally a spin-off of the UK comic,

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. Each issue had 40 pages and costs £3.99. The first issue was published on 15 February 2007 and was a

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special. The BeanoMAX title ceased with issue #79 in June 2013, and the following issue #80 was rebranded as ''100% Official Dennis the Menace and Gnasher Megazine''. It was renamed again to ''Dennis and Gnasher's EPIC Magazine'' a year later and was shortened to its current name in 2016. The magazine was cancelled in 2019.

Strips

During the ''BeanoMAX'' era, the strips also starred in the weekly ''Beano''. However, some of these started in the weekly, and also starred in ''BeanoMAX'', but ended up being removed from the weekly (still showing sometimes, but only once every few months) and carrying on in the 'MAX, for example, the Neds. There are now only two original strips in the monthly comic which have never appeared in the ''Beano''.

Regular strips

* Beano All Stars *

Bananaman Bananaman is a fictional character appearing in British comic books. Bananaman is a parody of traditional superheroes, being portrayed as a schoolboy who is transformed into a muscled, caped adult man when he eats a banana. The character origin ...

(reprints) *

Dennis the Menace and Gnasher ''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, Scotlan ...

* Fight My Monster (moved to weekly Beano) *

Wallace & Gromit ''Wallace & Gromit'' is a British stop-motion comedy franchise created by Nick Park of Aardman Animations. The series consists of four short films and one feature-length film, and has spawned numerous spin-offs and TV adaptations. The series ce ...

(moved to weekly Beano)

Previous strips

* Auntie Clockwise, from

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 Oct ...

, reprints from the early 2000s by Wayne Thompson. *

Baby Face Finlayson Baby Face Finlayson is a fictional character in a comic strip in the UK comic ''The Beano'', first appearing in issue 1553, dated 22 April 1972. Baby Face Finlayson "The Cutest Bandit in the West" is an outlaw from the American Old West, an ...

The Bash Street Kids ''The Bash Street Kids'' is a comic strip in the British comic magazine ''The Beano''. It also appeared briefly in The Wizard as series of prose stories in 1955. The strip, created by Leo Baxendale as ''When the Bell Rings'', first appeare ...

, drawn by Nigel Parkinson with others by David Sutherland. * Billy Whizz *

Calamity James Calamity James is a comic strip in the UK comic ''The Beano''. It is about a boy, named Calamity James (a pun on Calamity Jane), who has disastrous luck. He first appeared on 1 November 1986, in issue no. 2311. A copy of his first strip is view ...

, reprints from the early 2000s drawn by Tom Paterson. *

Derek the Sheep Derek the Sheep is a fictional character and comic strip in the British comic ''The Beano''. He first appeared in issue 3214, dated 21 February 2004. The strip is set on a farm and was about Derek's endless problems with the other animals. De ...

Doctor Beastly 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 on ...

's Tales of the Slightly Unpleasant, reprints from the early 2000s drawn by Brian Walker. * Football Earth, about Mother Nature playing football, yet another strip never to have featured in the Beano. Commonly known as Soccer Earth. *

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* Kick-Ass Koalas, a ''BeanoMAX'' exclusive by Peter Player. * The Legend of Little Plum, reprints from the 1990s by Tom Paterson. *Max, the first strip never to have made an appearance in the ''Beano''. *

Meebo and Zuky Meebo and Zuky is a comic strip in the British children's comic strip magazine The Beano. It was introduced as one of three new strips in the Beano's Comic Idol competition, in June 2010, where the winner gets a permanent place in the comic. ...

* Meebo and Zuky's History of Violence *

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, ma ...

, sometimes as a reprint. * The Neds *

The Numskulls ''The Numskulls'' is a comic strip in ''The Beano'', and previously in ''The Beezer'' and ''The Dandy'' – UK comics owned by D.C Thomson. The strip is about a team of tiny human-like technicians who live inside the heads of various people, ...

Roger the Dodger Roger "the Dodger" Dawson is a comic strip character from the comic magazine ''The Beano''. He first appeared in his eponymous comic strip in 1953, and is one of the longest-running characters, known for his tactics of avoiding responsibility a ...

, a special photo strip appeared in December 2008. *

Super School Super School is a comic strip, which started in November 2008 and is drawn by Lew Stringer. This strip was stated in the book The History of The Beano: The Story So Far as originally having the name ''The Ultras'' in the planning stages, and was ...

, stock-piled stories from The Beano. * The 3 Bears, reprints from the 2000s by Mike Pearse. *

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Willy Nilly ''Willy Nilly Show'' is a New Zealand television series originally based on a short film by the same name. It follows the lives of two middle-aged farming brothers, Eric (Sean Duffy) and Harry (Mark Hadlow) who are catapulted into the modern worl ...

''100% Official Dennis the Menace and Gnasher Megazine'' Strips

* Pie-Face (moved to weekly Beano) * The Adventures of Paul the Potato (moved to weekly Beano) * Angel Face

Regular features

*CSI Beanotown - a half page sharing Bananaman villains' profiles, accompanied with a 2.5-page Bananaman story reprinted from

Nutty ''Nutty'' was a British comic magazine that ran for 292 issues from 16 February 1980 to 14 September 1985, when it merged with ''The Dandy''. Published by D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd, ''Nutty'' was an attempt to create a more lively and chaotic co ...

. *Gee Whizz - a page about records from

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featuring Billy Whizz. *Gnasher's Deadliest Animals - a double-page spread of dangerous animals with captions from Gnasher. *W&G Pull-out - an 8-page pull-out about Wallace and Gromit including a three-page comic strip, a page of inventions and a Where's Shaun puzzle page.

Previous features

*The Lowdown - entrance feature. Also includes a contents bar at the side. *Fashion Victims - A humorous joke about certain people and what they dress like, e.g.

goths The Goths ( got, 𐌲𐌿𐍄𐌸𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌰, translit=''Gutþiuda''; la, Gothi, grc-gre, Γότθοι, Gótthoi) were a Germanic people who played a major role in the fall of the Western Roman Empire and the emergence of medieval Europe ...

, nature lovers. Drawn by Duncan Scott, who also draws The Neds. *The Arcade - Game reviews by 'The Game Hunter'. *Game Gurus - An extended "Arcade" feature that gives game cheats and hints, by two boys - Jamie and Josh. *A pull-out

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(occasionally) *Puzzle pages, with a theme and name having something to do with the issue, for example, the "Wild Creatures" puzzle page is full of animal puzzles, and entitled "Creature Conundrums". *MAX-imum - 2 pages worth of free prizes, won by telephone calls. *Subscription offers and Beano Club forms.

Logos

The logo has always been a combination of the old Beano logo (from 1977–1998), slightly updated with the help of computer technology, and a blue, graffito style MAX alongside it. The original logo had the ''Beano'' logo as it was on the weekly comic, with the MAX overlapping it slightly at the right. In late 2007, the MAX part of the logo started to grow in size. It was almost twice the height as the ''Beano'' logo at one point. In 2008, for 3 issues in the summer, the logo changed so that the MAX was predominant to the ''Beano'' logo. Instead of the ''Beano'' logo running horizontal, it was now vertical, alongside the MAX which was by now on a diagonal bar. After these three issues, the ''BeanoMAX'' logo changed back to the style it had gained in late 2007. In 2009, the logo changed again, with the ''Beano'' logo directly above the MAX logo.

References

External links

''BeanoMax''s Official Website
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