The Beano timeline

This is a timeline of events concerning the long-running D. C. Thomson & Co. comic The Beano.

Timeline

Year	Date	Event	References
1938	July 30	The first ever issue of The Beano goes into print with Big Eggo as the cover star.
1951	March 17	Issue 452, Dennis the Menace makes his first appearance.
1952		Dennis the Menace's arch-enemy Walter the Softy is introduced.
1953	April 18	Issue 561, Roger the Dodger makes his first appearance.
1953	December 19	Issue 596, Minnie the Minx makes her first appearance.
1954	February 13	Issue 604, The Bash Street Kids are introduced under the title When the Bell Rings.
1959		George Moonie is succeeded as Beano editor by Harold Cramond
1961		David Sutherland begins drawing The Bash Street Kids, something he still does to this very day.
1964	May 16	Billy Whizz is introduced.
1968	August 31	Issue 1363, Gnasher makes his first appearance.
1974	September 14	Dennis the Menace becomes the incumbent cover star of the Beano taking over from Biffo the Bear.
1975	October 18	Issue 1735, Ball Boy is introduced.
1984	October	Harold Cramond retires as Beano editor and is succeeded by Euan Kerr.
1986	April	Gnasher goes missing, which leaves Dennis distraught, prompting a nationwide search for the beloved cartoon canine.
1993		The Beano Video (aka Beano All-Stars) is launched on VHS, which animates the Beano characters for the first time.
1994		The Beano Videostars is released as a follow up to the Beano Video.
1998	October 17	Issue 2395, Dennis the Menace's sister Bea is born.
2000	January 1	Issue 2998, The Beano's New Millennium special, is released. Two weeks later, the comic would reach its 3000th issue.
2000	January 15	The Beano celebrates its 3000th issue.
2001	January 13	Issue 3052, Minnie the Minx's artist Jim Petrie retires after almost 40 years, with his 2000th and last Minnie strip featured in the issue.	^[1]
2001	July 19	Bronze statues of Minnie the Minx and Desperate Dan, measured at approximately 8ft, are unveiled in Dundee city centre.	^[2]
2002	January 5	Issue 3105, Freddie Fear: Son of a Witch is introduced.
2003		A Beano-Dandy crossover strip, Dandy Days in Beanotown is published in The Dandy due to the rivalry between the two comics.
2007	March 14	Wayne's in Pain is announced as the newest Bash Street Kid.
2007	October 27	Issue 3404, Laura Howell becomes The Beano's very first female artist after her strip Johnny Bean from Happy Bunny Green makes its debut.
2008		In the comic's biggest revamp the paper style finally changed from newsprint to a glossy paper, much in the style of the inside pages of the then companion papers Dandy Xtreme and BeanoMAX.
2009	August 29	Dennis the Menace and Gnasher are revamped to coincide with the new animated series.
2012	December 4	The Beano becomes the last weekly humour anthology comic after The Dandy prints its final edition having recently celebrated 75 years.
2013	July 8	The Dennis and Gnasher animated series is relaunched, with the new name of Dennis the Menace and Gnasher, effectively reversing the "softy" changes made to the Menace in the last series, but retains some of the characters. CBBC Presenter, Chris Johnson has taken over the voice role of Dennis the Menace.
2013	July 24	Issue 3695, The Beano's 75th anniversary issues is released, featuring a handful of celebrities including Sir Alex Ferguson, David Beckham, will.i.am, Bruce Forsyth, and the Dandy's very own Harry Hill.
2013	December 4	Long-serving artist Charles Grigg dies aged 97.
2014	February 26	A real-life Bash Street is unveiled in Dundee to celebrate the 60th anniversary of The Bash Street Kids.	^[3]
2014	August 26	Artist Jim Petrie dies aged 82.
2014	December 1	The Dennis the Menace Minecraft mod is launched.
2015	April 1	The Blast in Beanotown app for the iPad is launched.

References

External links

Beano official website

The Beano

Current strips	Ball Boy Bananaman The Bash Street Kids Beaginnings Biffo the Bear Billy Whizz Calamity James Dennis the Menace Gnipper Les Pretend Little Plum Lord Snooty Minnie the Minx Number 13 Beano Street The Numskulls Pansy Potter Pup Parade Rasher Roger the Dodger Tom, Dick and Sally Tricky Dicky

Notable former strips	Baby Face Finlayson The Bash Street Kids - Singled Out Beaginnings The Belles of St. Lemons Big Eggo Billy the Cat Colin the Vet Colonel Crackpot's Circus Crazy for Daisy Danny's Nanny Derek the Sheep Fatty Fudge Freddie Fear Fred's Bed General Jumbo Gnasher's Bit(e) Gnasher's Tale Gnash Gnews Gordon Bennett Grandpa Hairy Dan Helpful Henry The Germs Ivy the Terrible Jack Flash Jimmy and his Magic Patch Joe Jitsu Joe King Johnny Bean from Happy Bunny Green Jonah Lord Snooty the Third The Magic Lollipops Maxy's Taxi The McTickles Meebo and Zuky Morgyn the Mighty The Nibblers Nicky Nutjob Olaff the Madlander Ping the Elastic Man Pirates of the Caribeano Ratz Robbie Rebel Richard the Lion Simply Smiffy* Smudge Splodge Super School The Three Bears Tim Traveller Tin-Can Tommy Winston Wee Ben Nevis Wee Peem The Yeti with Betty Zap Zodiac

Supporting characters	Bea Gnasher Walter the Softy Foo Foo

See also	The Beano timeline Bash Street School Beanotown The Beano Annual Beano comic libraries BeanoMAX The Beano Summer Special List of Beano comic strips List of Beano comic strips by annual Beanotown Racing

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