Joe King was a fictional character in a
comic strip in the UK
comic ''
The Beano
''The Beano'' (formerly ''The Beano Comic'', also known as ''Beano'') is a British anthology comic magazine created by Scottish publishing company DC Thomson. Its first issue was published on 30 July 1938, and it became the world's longest-run ...
''. He first appeared in ''The Beano'' in issue 2783, dated 18 November 1995. His name was a pun on "Joking."
Joe wore a big red cap with a wavy bit going up, and would tell jokes sent in by ''Beano'' readers, who would originally win a ''
Dennis the Menace'' cycle helmet if their joke were published. Later on came Joe's Joke Corner which would occupy a corner of the page (usually
Billy Whizz and
Crazy for Daisy
Crazy for Daisy was a British comic strip published in the magazine ''The Beano
''The Beano'' (formerly ''The Beano Comic'', also known as ''Beano'') is a British anthology comic magazine created by Scottish publishing company DC Thomso ...
), again featuring jokes from ''Beano'' readers, as did Anyone Got Any Jokes? from 2001, and also Joe King's Top 40 Joke Box.
On the Beano Club pages for a while in 2002 there was "Joe's Joke Spot". He appears briefly in the Beano Christmas Special 2007 along with all the Beano stars of a few years earlier, as the story was a reprint. Due to Billy Whizz being reprinted as well, a Joke Corner appeared once in June 2008, and again in January 2009.
In 2015, he returned as a Funsize Funnie by
Lew Stringer
Lew Stringer (born 22 March 1959 in England) is a freelance comic artist and scriptwriter.
Biography
Stringer began his career from the late 1970s with a series of fanzines, many featuring his popular '' Brickman'' character; these were read by ...
.
DC Thomson Comics strips
Beano strips
Fictional comedians
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