News — The Beano

Dennis the Menace turns 65

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The nation’s favourite wildchild, Dennis the Menace, turns 65 this month and an exhibition of screenprints featuring him is being held to celebrate. The iconic character from The Beano comic made his appearance in the edition dated March 17, 1951. Sixty-five years later he’s still going strong – and has become the star of TV, […]

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Dennis the Menace has nice American twin

Posted by John Patrick Reynolds on

The Americans seem to have woken up to the fact that there is a British comic character called Dennis the Menace, just in time to celebrate the two creations’ 65th birthdays. An article just appeared on the American website The Smithsonian. This is how it starts: “They were born simultaneously, in March 1951, two entirely […]

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Trade show January

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I’ve been working on new designs for release at two trade shows this month. I’ll be at Top Drawer in Olympia from Sunday 17 January – Tuesday 19 January. I’ll be at Scotland’s Trade Fair at the SECC in Glasgow from Sunday 24 – Tuesday 26 January. They’ll hit the website over the next two […]

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Last orders for Xmas: Saturday 19 December

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The last day for orders to arrive before Christmas is Saturday 19 December. Any orders I receive up until and including then can catch the first post on Monday 21 December and be with you by Christmas. JPR

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Comic Art Xmas sale

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Date: 7 December 2015 to 13 December 2015 Opening Times: Monday – Friday 8.30am-7pm Saturday – Sunday 11am – 4pm Location: The Corner Shop, Craft Central, 21 Clerkenwell Green, London, EC1R 0DX Please come along to my pop-up sale of handmade, limited edition screenprints featuring classic comic characters such as Dennis the Menace, Desperate Dan, […]

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