The Beano is a British children's comic magazine which was first issued in
1938. There have been several long-running strips over the years. The longest-running strip in the comic as of
2001 is
Dennis the Menace, which first appeared in
1951. Other famous strips include the
Bash Street Kids,
Minnie the Minx and
Roger the Dodger.
It also has:
- Robbie Rebel (Nobody tells him what to do),
- Ball Boy,
- Beaginnings (Bea),
- Little Plum[?],
- Freddie Fear,
- Bash Street Pups (Pup Parade),
- Billy Whizz,
- Ill Will and the germs,
- Calamity James[?],
- Tim Traveller[?],
- Tricky Dicky[?],
- Gordon Bennet[?],
- Phone-a-Friend[?],
- Edd and the numskulls[?],
- Splodge[?](The naughtiest, cleverest (he thinks) goblin in Beanotown Wood.
- Ivy the Terrible[?]
Beano is also a dietary product that prevents flatulence.