Freddie Fear

Freddie Fear is a fictional character who has his own

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in the UK

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'' The Beano'', the tagline being Son of a Witch. Freddie Fear is a normal boy, but he lives with his mother, a

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. Each week they show adventures, mainly Freddie trying to do something normal and then his mum comes along and makes it all magical. He has a couple of pet

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s. The strip first appeared in issue 3103, dated 5 January 2002, where Beano readers voted between it and two other comic strips (

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and

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) for which one they wanted to stay in the comic. Freddie's strip won. It is drawn by

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. Since his first appearance, he has grown less and less used to his mother's witchcraft and, if anything, he is frequently frustrated by the stupidity of his mother or the other spooks, such as getting annoyed with his mother for trying to bake cakes using spells (resulting in a lot of snakes being produced because his mother cannot spell). At the end of 2009, the artwork on the strip was given a revamp to match Dave Eastbury's new style on Ball Boy. Since then, Freddie has appeared noticeably smaller, and his head is more stretched out. His mother's appearance also changed, albeit to a lesser extent, and she began to wear a shorter dress. His story in the 2011

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was drawn by Tom Paterson. However, his appearances in the comic became increasingly less regular during 2011. In October 2011, the strip returned as reprints from 2004, however, only two of these strips have been printed so far. On the Freddie Fear Beano page in 2012, it was confirmed that Freddie's series has ended. Beano strips 2002 comics debuts 2012 comics endings British humour comics Gag-a-day comics Fear, Freddie Fear, Freddie Fear, Freddie Comics about magic Fear, Freddie Comics about children Fear, Freddie {{UK-comics-stub