News — The Beano

Britain’s favourite comic, The Beano, celebrates its eightieth birthday this summer and Comic Art will be marking the event with two major exhibitions of Beano screenprints. The Beano’s first edition was published on 30 July, 1938 and it’s been published ever since – sometimes selling nearly two million copies a week – making it Britain’s […]

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NEW SALE SCREENPRINT – JUST TWO LEFT Gnasher is behind bars but seems strangely cheerful. Gnasher is, of course, the companion of Dennis the Menace. Dennis, the star of The Beano comic, first appeared in 1951. He has since become a kind of national mascot – what Asterix is to France, or Oor Wullie is […]

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NEW SALE ITEM – ONE THIRD OFF Dennis the Menace wants a raygun from his father. And is refused. As if it were a serious request, and was actually in Dad’s gift, along the lines of asking for another catapult. Dennis the Menace, the star of The Beano comic, first appeared in 1951. He has […]

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NEW SALE ITEM – ONE THIRD OFF Dennis the Menace sells his beloved companion Gnasher for a fiver. No doubt he’s got some scheme to retrieve the hound afterwards. And he seems to have found a gullible American buyer (complete with large checked jacket) to make the purchase. But Gnasher does seem to be very […]

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NEW SALE ITEM – ONE THIRD OFF Dennis the Menace pulls nine faces as he goes through his extensive gurning repertoire. Dennis the Menace, the star of The Beano comic, first appeared in 1951. He has since become a kind of national mascot – what Asterix is to France, or Oor Wullie is to Scotland. […]

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