Beano Annual

The Beano is Britain's longest-running and best-loved comic. Since 1938 it has brought thrills and laughter to generation after generation of children, seeing the young and young-at-heart through World War 2, the social changes of the 1950s and 60s and on into a new millennium. How has the comic evolved since its early days? How many of the classic characters and their stories do you remember? What are the important changes that have happened through the years, why have they happened and why has The Beano survived when all the other comics have folded? Every child in the UK since the 1950s has known Dennis the Menace, the Bash Street Kids, Minnie the Minx and Roger the Dodger, but how many know the writers and artists who created these iconic comic characters? How do they write the scripts week after week? Where did the inspiration come from? How did the artists come to work for this Great British institution? This is the story of the Beano Comic, told in the words of the people who made it, going back to the dark, harsh days of the 1930s and continuing through to the present day. A unique insight into the country’s most beloved comic.

Kids young and old know the annual delivers on its promise of fun and mischief, which is why the Beano Annual has been No 1 seller in the UK in 10 of the last 11 years! Beano's core values are turbocharged in this year's annual, with each story firmly securing Beano's spot as Britain's No 1 comic for the next 80 years and beyond. Beano comic enjoys a base of 25,000 active subscribers each week, with newsstand sales up 7.6% YoY despite market trends. Celebrating his 70th anniversary in 2021, Dennis faces monsters from Greek myths in order to prove he's history's greatest menace! He's joined by legends such as Minnie the Minx, The Bash Street Kids... and many more!

Beanotown is the place to go for mischief and mayhem because it's the place where kids rule! The parents and the teachers of Bash Street School might think differently, but the kids from the longest-running weekly comic in the world know the truth ... as they'll prove in 112 pages of brand new, awesomely funny stories! Whether it's going on the run with an elephant in Dennis & Gnasher, or leaping through dimensions in Rubi's Screwtop Science, they'll prove there's no such thing as a normal day in Beanotown!