''Hoot'' was a British
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 ...
magazine that ran from (issues dates) 26 October 1985 to 25 October 1986, when it merged with ''
The Dandy''. 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
DC Thomson 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
Lord Snooty.
[Graham Kibble-White's ''Ultimate Book of British Comics''] Below is a list of these four frame strips. These strips were drawn by
George Martin
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 B ...
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''.
References
See also
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List of DC Thomson Publications
This is a list of DC Thomson publications; formerly D. C. Thomson & Co., of Dundee, Scotland.
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Newspapers, comics and magazines
These newspapers, comics and magazines are or were published by D.C. Thomson & Co.
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DC Thomson Comics titles
Comics magazines published in the United Kingdom
Defunct British comics
British humour comics
1985 comics debuts
1986 comics endings
Magazines established in 1985
Magazines disestablished in 1986
1985 establishments in the United Kingdom
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