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Beano or Dandy?

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  • McBobbin
    McBobbin Posts: 12,051
    Was anyone else a member of the Dennis the Menace fan club? Had the Dennis and Gnasher fluffy badge
  • Bangkokaddick
    Bangkokaddick Posts: 4,297
    Beano.

    I was still buying it into my thirties, then it went glossy and lost its charm. When I moved to Thailand I sold my Beano annual collection, together with an entire set of Dennis The Menace annuals dating back to the fifties, a decision I regret.

    I once had a letter published on the Dennis The Menace Fan Club page- it made letter of the week - one of the proudest moments of my life. I was 28 at the time! I have that comic here in Phuket.

    @lordromford spoke of Leo Baxendale, whose work on the Bash Street Kids was some of the finest art ever seen in British comics, but I hold Ken Reid in similar esteem. He created Roger The Dodger and Jonah and left DC Thomson to join Odhams with Leo Baxendale. He had a very recogniseable style; Frankie Stein in Wham was one of his.

    I've bought my daughter a few Beano Annuals and comics. She liked them for a couple of years but I had a look and they just don't compare to those produced in the golden age of British comics.


  • lordromford
    lordromford Posts: 7,783
    Bangkokaddick said:
    Beano.

    I was still buying it into my thirties, then it went glossy and lost its charm. When I moved to Thailand I sold my Beano annual collection, together with an entire set of Dennis The Menace annuals dating back to the fifties, a decision I regret.

    I once had a letter published on the Dennis The Menace Fan Club page- it made letter of the week - one of the proudest moments of my life. I was 28 at the time! I have that comic here in Phuket.

    @lordromford spoke of Leo Baxendale, whose work on the Bash Street Kids was some of the finest art ever seen in British comics, but I hold Ken Reid in similar esteem. He created Roger The Dodger and Jonah and left DC Thomson to join Odhams with Leo Baxendale. He had a very recogniseable style; Frankie Stein in Wham was one of his.

    I've bought my daughter a few Beano Annuals and comics. She liked them for a couple of years but I had a look and they just don't compare to those produced in the golden age of British comics.


    Yeah, agreed on Ken Reid. I have to admit, I’d forgotten his name. Thanks for reminding me.
    👍🏼
  • kimbo
    kimbo Posts: 2,996
    I lived near Dundee for a long time and they have a desparate Dan statue 
  • SoundAsa£
    SoundAsa£ Posts: 22,480
    Eagle and Beezer.....from around 1957.
  • fadgadget
    fadgadget Posts: 1,392
    I used to love this

  • SporadicAddick
    SporadicAddick Posts: 6,856
    edited June 2020
    McBobbin said:
    Was anyone else a member of the Dennis the Menace fan club? Had the Dennis and Gnasher fluffy badge
    and a members club book like a passport

    edit:-


  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,601
    addix said:
    My sister got the Beano, I had Buster.

    My dad always got the Beano Christmas annual every year until he passed away aged 76 last year.

    Couldn't believe the price of the Beano when I saw one a couple of weeks ago - nearly 3 quid!
    My mum used to buy me an annual every year too, until I was around 30.

    Can only find these ones though 


  • lolwray
    lolwray Posts: 4,902
    Any thread on comics must include shouts for captain hurricane, Billy bunter and Roy of the rovers...

    Used to get beano and dandy but reckon the beano had the edge ..one of my cafc supporting mates was nicknamed biffo at school 
  • ken_shabby
    ken_shabby Posts: 6,256
    Started with Dandy but my mates told me Beano was better, and being an independent soul, I changed to the Beano, and even joined the Dennis the Menace fan club, with the fluffy badges I never wore.
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  • Themightyath2
    Themightyath2 Posts: 930
    The Beano. Loved the Bash St Kids - Smiffy was the best character! 
  • thai malaysia addick
    thai malaysia addick Posts: 18,336
    edited June 2020
    Beano over Dandy by a country mile. I was given no choice though - my parents decided Beezer was ‘more appropriate’. Still, don’t know why.
  • Bedsaddick
    Bedsaddick Posts: 24,740
    Forget the Beano . Why is Bears career over ?
  • Addickted
    Addickted Posts: 19,456
    edited June 2020
    Victor for me. Couldn't wait for Saturdays papers to arrive.

    Ordered this a couple of weeks ago funnily enough.

    https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Complete-Victor-Comics-on-7-DVD-ROM/283900076518?hash=item4219c361e6:g:lHMAAOSwcMNeZT-B


  • seth plum
    seth plum Posts: 53,448
    Themightyath2 said:
    The Beano. Loved the Bash St Kids - Smiffy was the best character! 
    Feck off. It was Plug.
  • NorthheathAddick
    NorthheathAddick Posts: 4,018
    Beano from me also...it just sounded way cooler than the Dandy & of course a better read...
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 69,849
    I can't remember if I got comics every week, but certainly read both the Beano and Dandy regularly. I did like The Jocks and the Geordies
  • iaitch
    iaitch Posts: 10,230
    limeygent said:
    iaitch said:
    limeygent said:
    Dandy, because my big sister got Beano. Desperate Dan was my hero.
    You having cow pie for dinner?
    Sorry, but I don't have a clue what this post means.

    Desperate Dan always had this for dinner. He was your hero, really?


    Desperate Dan cow pie to be sold - Daily Record


  • BrentfordAddick
    BrentfordAddick Posts: 1,460
    Beano. Dandy was always two bob.
  • Bangkokaddick
    Bangkokaddick Posts: 4,297
    thai malaysia addick said:
    Beano over Dandy by a country mile. I was given no choice though - my parents decided Beezer was ‘more appropriate’. Still, don’t know why.

    Must have had posh parents, insisting you read the broadsheets rather than the tabloids!

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  • Isawsummersplay
    Isawsummersplay Posts: 1,428
    Beano, TV21 and Knockout were my favourites. 
  • limeygent
    limeygent Posts: 3,217
    iaitch said:
    limeygent said:
    iaitch said:
    limeygent said:
    Dandy, because my big sister got Beano. Desperate Dan was my hero.
    You having cow pie for dinner?
    Sorry, but I don't have a clue what this post means.

    Desperate Dan always had this for dinner. He was your hero, really?


    Desperate Dan cow pie to be sold - Daily Record


    Long long time ago.
  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,855
    Of course the real question should be Match or Shoot
  • Oakster2
    Oakster2 Posts: 312
    My dad was a cartoonist, he drew many of the famous Beano, Dandy, Cor!, Whizzer & Chips, Monster Fun characters in the 70s & 80s. Used to get a typewritten script from the Head office (IPC/Fleet Street or DC Thompson) - he would construct the whole thing - frames, rough pencil drafts, pen & ink drawings & then send them rolled up in a paper tube to the printers - who would add the speech bubbles). Real old school stuff, not a computer in sight.
  • Themightyath2
    Themightyath2 Posts: 930
    I used to love the Football Monthly comics, all different but Stark (forget his first name was in a few) - I’ve got them all up in the loft! 
  • Rossman92
    Rossman92 Posts: 3,650
    Will be honest, hadn't a clue they were comic books and thought you were on about this 

    BeanoBeano

  • iaitch
    iaitch Posts: 10,230
    You'll feel dandy after a beano.
  • Isawsummersplay
    Isawsummersplay Posts: 1,428
    Tony Stark?
  • Mendonca In Asdas
    Mendonca In Asdas Posts: 22,650
    McBobbin said:
    Was anyone else a member of the Dennis the Menace fan club? Had the Dennis and Gnasher fluffy badge
    Yes I was , goodness knows how much the membership cost, £1.50?
  • DamoNorthStand
    DamoNorthStand Posts: 10,934
    Beano - always got the annual at Christmas... Remember all the characters:

    Dennis the Menace
    Bash Street Kids
    Minnie the Minx
    Billy Whizz
    Roger the Dodger
    Ivy the Terrible 
    Ballboy

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