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The very first Dennis the Menace strip
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To celebrate Dennis the Menace’s 65th birthday, I’ve produced an edition of screenprints featuring the very first strip, from The Beano issue dated 17 March, 1951. He doesn’t yet have his trademark red and black striped football jersey, but the shock of black hair and nobbly knees are there. Since Dennis’s debut 65 years ago, […]
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Dennis The Menace and me on TV
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London cable TV channel London Live invited me on to their lunchtime news programme to talk about Dennis the Menace at 65 – and my exhibition celebrating the occasion. You can see the show here: http://www.londonlive.co.uk/news/2016-03-29/dennis-the-menace-turns-65 Show presenter Stefan Levy and I talk about how Dennis has changed over the years (he has gone through various […]
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Dennis the Menace and me on BBC London radio
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The BBC invited me to talk on one of its radio shows yesterday, to celebrate Dennis’s 65th birthday and my forthcoming exhibition of DTM screenprints. You can hear me on Jo Good in the afternoon – an early afternoon show on BBC Radio London – on its website and the show, from 23 March 2016 […]
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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
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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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