Comic Idol

Comic Idol is a competition held in The Beano every few years. In it, three to six new strips (or old strips brought back), run as guest strips in The Beano for a few weeks, and the most popular, determined by votes, gets a sustained place in The Beano. See below for a full list of winners and the losing strips.

Winners

1995: Vic Volcano (Robert Nixon/Trevor Metcalfe)
1997: Tim Traveller (Vic Neill)/Crazy for Daisy (Nick Brennan)
1999: The Three Bears (Mike Pearse)
2002: Freddie Fear (Dave Eastbury)
2004: Joe Jitsu (Wayne Thompson) /Colin the Vet (Duncan Scott)
2005: Zap Zodiac (Steve Horrocks)
2006: Nicky Nutjob (Kelly Dyson)
2010: Meebo and Zuky (Laura Howell)

Losers

1995: S.O.S Squad (Robert Nixon) /Minder Bird (Terry Willers)
1997: Camp Cosmos (John Geering)/S.Y.D.D/Trash Can Alley/Have-a-go-Jo (John Geering, David Mostyn and Bob Dewar)
1999: Tricky Dicky (John Dallas)/Gordon Bennett (Jimmy Hansen)/Inspector Horse and Jocky (Terry Bave)
2002: Space Kidette (Robert Nixon)/Phone-a-Fiend (Wayne Thompson)
2004: Dean's Dino (Geoff Waterhouse)
2005: Hugh Dunnit (David Mostyn)/Christmas Carole (Keith Page)
2006: Scammin' Sam (Steve Horrocks)/Mia Starr (Duncan Scott)
2010: Home Invasion (David Sutherland)/Uh, Oh, Si Co! (Nigel Parkinson)

The Beano

DC Thomson
R. D. Low

Stories

1938-1939	Big Eggo Hairy Dan Helpful Henry Lord Snooty Morgyn the Mighty Pansy Potter Ping the Elastic Man Tin-Can Tommy Wee Peem
1940s	Biffo the Bear Jack Flash Jimmy and his Magic Patch Winnie the Witch
1950s	The Bash Street Kids (Pup Parade, Simply Smiffy, Singled Out, Winston) Dennis the Menace (Bea, Gnasher, Walter the Softy, Rasher) General Jumbo Grandpa Jonah Little Plum Minnie the Minx (Fatty Fudge) Roger the Dodger The Three Bears
1960s	Billy the Cat Billy Whizz Colonel Crackpot's Circus
1970s	Baby Face Finlayson The Belles of St. Lemons Gnasher's Tale The McTickles The Nibblers Richard the Lion Tom, Dick and Sally
1980s	Calamity James Danny's Nanny The Germs Gnasher and Gnipper Ivy the Terrible Number 13 Beano Street
1990s	Beaginnings Betty and the Yeti Crazy for Daisy Gordon Bennett Joe King Les Pretend The Numskulls Tim Traveller Tricky Dicky
2000s	Colin the Vet Derek the Sheep Freddie Fear Joe Jitsu Johnny Bean from Happy Bunny Green Lord Snooty the Third Olaff the Madlander Ratz Robbie Rebel Splodge Super School
2010s	Bananaman Corporal Clott Meebo and Zuky

Other media

Spin-off media	The Beano Annual List of Beano comic strips by annual Beano comic libraries/Fun Size Comics EPIC Magazine The Beano Summer Special Dennis the Menace Annual The Magic Comic Plug
Adaptations	Bananaman (TV series) (BBC, 1983-1986) The Beano's Dennis the Menace and Gnasher Show (TCC, 1990–91) The Beano Video (1993) The Beano Videostars (1994) Dennis and Gnasher (BBC, 1996–98) Dennis and Gnasher (BBC, 2009–13) Dennis & Gnasher: Unleashed! (BBC, 2017-present) Banananman Musical (2017-2018)

Creator staff

D.C. Thomson artists	Leo Baxendale Paddy Brennan Jim Petrie Ken Reid Dudley D. Watkins
Freelance artists	Barrie Appleby Nigel Auchterlounie Gordon Bell Basil Blackaller Nick Brennan Sid Burgon Reg Carter Wilbur Dawbarn Hunt Emerson Andy Fanton John Geering Barry Glennard Harry Hargreaves Ken H. Harrison Laura Howell Diego Jourdan Malcolm Judge David Law Trevor Metcalfe Allan Morley David Mostyn Vic Neill Robert Nixon Gary Northfield David Parkins Nigel Parkinson Tom Paterson Mike Pearse Dean Rankine Bill Ritchie Jon Rushby Cavan Scott Duncan Scott Jamie Smart Lew Stringer David Sutherland Kev F. Sutherland Stevie White

D.C. Thomson artists

Freelance artists