''Hoot'' was a British

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magazine that ran from (issues dates) 26 October 1985 to 25 October 1986, when it merged with ''

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''. Its cover price was 20p, represented by a stylized graphic depiction of a 20p coin. Throughout its run, it billed itself as "Britain's bubbling new comic!", a reference to the title masthead being made up of steam-billowing pipes (hence the title). The comic was the last new humour anthology comic from

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which mostly featured original characters.

List of ''Hoot'' comic strips

Strips throughout its 53 issue run included. Listed in order of appearance. All numbers refer to issues of Hoot.

List of Characters featured in ''Hoot'' mini-strips

The comic also featured short, four-frame strips featuring pre-existing DC Thomson characters, but few of these strips seemed to have been drawn by their "proper" artists, hence a rather odd-looking

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.Graham Kibble-White's ''Ultimate Book of British Comics'' Below is a list of these four frame strips. These strips were drawn by

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and after ''Hoot''s merger with ''The Dandy'' they reappeared in ''The Dandy'' (still drawn by George Martin) under the title Comic Cuts and this time featured more ''Dandy'' characters than in ''Hoot''.

List of ''Hoot'' comic strips

List of Characters featured in ''Hoot'' mini-strips

References

See also