BeanoMAX
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The BeanoMAX is a month
ly British
comic published by D.C. Thomson & Co. Ltd It is a spin-off
of the UK comic, The Beano
. Each issue has 44 pages and costs £3.50.
The first issue was published on February 15, 2007 and was a Comic Relief
special.
There are now only two original strips in the monthly comic which have never appeared in the Beano.
A list of strips:
comic strip was present, as part of Comic Relief to boost the new movie, reprinted (under licence, as D.C. Thomson do not own it) from the Mr. Bean Magazine.
The original logo had the Beano logo as it was on the weekly comic, with the MAX overlapping it slightly at the right.
In late 2007, the MAX part of the logo started to grow in size. It was almost twice the height as the Beano logo at one point.
In 2008, for 3 issues in the summer, the logo changed so that the MAX was predominant to the Beano logo. Instead of the Beano logo running horizontal, it was now vertical, alongside the MAX which was by now on a diagonal bar. After these 3 issues, the BeanoMAX logo changed back to the style it had gained in late 2007.
In 2009, the logo changed again, with the Beano logo directly above the MAX logo.
Month
A month is a unit of time, used with calendars, which was first used and invented in Mesopotamia, as a natural period related to the motion of the Moon; month and Moon are cognates. The traditional concept arose with the cycle of moon phases; such months are synodic months and last approximately...
ly British
United Kingdom
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comic published by D.C. Thomson & Co. Ltd It is a spin-off
Spin-off (media)
In media, a spin-off is a radio program, television program, video game, or any narrative work, derived from one or more already existing works, that focuses, in particular, in more detail on one aspect of that original work...
of the UK comic, The Beano
The Beano
The Beano is a British children's comic, published by D.C. Thomson & Co and is arguably their most successful.The comic first appeared on 30 July 1938, and was published weekly. During the Second World War,The Beano and The Dandy were published on alternating weeks because of paper and ink...
. Each issue has 44 pages and costs £3.50.
The first issue was published on February 15, 2007 and was a Comic Relief
Comic Relief
Comic Relief is an operating British charity, founded in 1985 by the comedy scriptwriter Richard Curtis and comedian Lenny Henry in response to famine in Ethiopia. The highlight of Comic Relief's appeal is Red Nose Day, a biennial telethon held in March, alternating with sister project Sport Relief...
special.
Strips
Most of the strips in BeanoMAX also star in the weekly Beano. However, some of these started in the weekly, and also starred in BeanoMAX, but ended up being removed from the weekly (still showing sometimes, but only once every few months) and carrying on in the 'MAX, for example, the Neds.There are now only two original strips in the monthly comic which have never appeared in the Beano.
A list of strips:
Current Strips
- Beano Allstars! *Spotty Check *Wallace & Gromit *Mini Mega Comic *Evil Edgar *Kick-A** Koalas *Doctor BeastlyDoctor BeastlyDoctor Beastlys Tales of the Slightly Unpleasant was a comic strip in the British children's comic The Beano published by D. C. Thomson & Co.. The eponymous character first appeared in a Crazy for Daisy comic strip in January 2002...
*Freddie FearFreddie FearFreddie Fear is a fictional character who has his own comic strip in the UK comic The Beano, the tagline being Son of a Witch.Freddie Fear is a normal boy, but he lives with his mother, a witch. Each week they show adventures, mainly Freddie trying to do something normal and then his mum comes...
As well as others, such as Dennis the MenaceDennis the MenaceDennis the Menace may refer to:* Dennis the Menace , a daily US syndicated newspaper comic strip since March 12, 1951.**Various television and film adaptations of the comic strip:***Dennis the Menace...
and Super SchoolSuper SchoolSuper School is a comic strip, which started in November 2008 and is drawn by Lew Stringer. This strip, which is stated in the book The History of The Beano: The Story So Far as originally having the name The Ultras in the planning stages, and was inspired by the X-Men...
Occasional appearances
- Auntie Clockwise, from The DandyThe DandyThe Dandy is a long running children's comic published in the United Kingdom by D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd. The first issue was printed in 1937 and it is the world's third longest running comic, after Detective Comics and Il Giornalino...
, reprints from the early 2000s by Wayne Thompson. - Baby Face FinlaysonBaby Face FinlaysonBaby Face Finlayson was a fictional character in a comic strip in the UK comic The Beano, first appearing in issue 1553, dated 22 April 1972...
- Ball Boy
- The Bash Street KidsThe Bash Street KidsThe Bash Street Kids is an ongoing comic strip featuring in the British comic The Beano. The strip was created by Leo Baxendale under the title When the Bell Rings, and first appeared in The Beano in issue 604, dated 13 February 1954. It became The Bash Street Kids in 1956 and since then, it has...
, drawn by Nigel Parkinson with others by David Sutherland. - Calamity JamesCalamity JamesCalamity James is a comic strip in the UK comic The Beano. It is about a boy, named Calamity James, who has disastrous luck. He first appeared on November 1, 1986, in issue no. 2311. A copy of his first strip is viewable here. His strip replaced Biffo the Bear and Little Plum, which had both been...
, reprints from the early 2000s drawn by Tom Paterson. - Derek the SheepDerek the SheepDerek the Sheep is a fictional character and comic strip in the British comic The Beano. He first appeared in issue 3214, dated 21 February 2004...
- Football Earth, about Mother Nature playing football, yet another strip never to have featured in the Beano.
- Ivy the TerribleIvy the TerribleIvy the Terrible is a fictional character featured in The Beano. The strip involves a four-year-old girl whose mischievous antics are a constant annoyance to her parents.-Introduction:...
- The Legend of Little PlumLittle PlumLittle Plum is a fictional character in the UK comic The Beano.The eponymous hero and his friends Chiefy, Pimple and Hole-in-um-Head are members of the "Smellyfeet" American Indian tribe, who spend much of their time clashing with their rivals the "Puttyfeet" tribe. Other characters include Dr...
, reprints from the 1990s by Tom Paterson. - MaxMAX (comics)MAX is an imprint of Marvel Comics aimed at a niche 'adults only' audience, launched in 2001 after Marvel broke with the Comics Code Authority and established its own rating system...
, the first strip never to have made an appearance in the Beano. - Minnie the MinxMinnie the MinxMinnie the Minx is a fictional character in the British comic The Beano. Created and originally drawn by Leo Baxendale, she first appeared in issue 596, dated 19 December 1953 making her the third longest running Beano character, behind only Dennis the Menace and Roger the Dodger...
, sometimes as a reprint. - The Neds
- The NumskullsThe NumskullsThe Numskulls is a comic strip in The Beano, a UK comic. The strip is about some tiny human like creatures that live inside the head of Edd Case , a boy, and control his actions.The Numskulls are:...
- Classics, (Featuring past stars like ISpyISpyiSpy is a British Children's television series. The first season of the show was shot in summer of 2007 and aired in May 2007. The show is currently filming its second season after its pilot success. Season Two will have ten episodes, which is double the first season's small five...
and Send for Kelly in new strips) - Roger the DodgerRoger the DodgerThis is the article for The Beano comic strip, for other uses please see Roger the Dodger Roger the Dodger is a fictional character featured regularly in the UK comic The Beano...
, a special photo strip appeared in December 2008. - The 3 BearsThe Three Bears"The Story of the Three Bears" is a fairy tale first recorded in narrative form by British author and poet Robert Southey, and first published anonymously in a volume of his writings in 1837...
, reprints from the 2000s by Mike Pearse. - Willy NillyWilly NillyWilly Nilly is a New Zealand television series originally based on a short film by the same name. In 2002, a TV Guide poll found the series to be the most popular New Zealand comedy. The series' most prominent fan base is made up of women over the age of 60....
, story reprinted from The Beezer, new art.
Reprints
BeanoMAX also uses quite a few reprints. Issues that contain no reprints at all are rarely published. Some might say that Issue One had no reprints, as all the Beano character strips were new, but a Mr. BeanMr. Bean
Mr. Bean is a British comedy television programme series of 14 half-hour episodes written by and starring Rowan Atkinson as the title character. Different episodes were also written by Robin Driscoll, Richard Curtis and one by Ben Elton. The pilot episode was broadcast on ITV on 1 January 1990,...
comic strip was present, as part of Comic Relief to boost the new movie, reprinted (under licence, as D.C. Thomson do not own it) from the Mr. Bean Magazine.
Features
Regular features in the comic include:- The Lowdown - entrance feature. Also includes a contents bar at the side.
- Fashion Victims - A humorous "joke" about certain people and what they dress like, e.g. GothsGothsThe Goths were an East Germanic tribe of Scandinavian origin whose two branches, the Visigoths and the Ostrogoths, played an important role in the fall of the Roman Empire and the emergence of Medieval Europe....
, Nature lovers. Drawn by Duncan Scott, who also draws The Neds. - The Arcade - Game reviews by 'The Game Hunter'.
- Game Gurus - An extended "Arcade" feature that gives game cheats and hints, by two boys - Jamie and Josh.
- A pull-out posterPosterA poster is any piece of printed paper designed to be attached to a wall or vertical surface. Typically posters include both textual and graphic elements, although a poster may be either wholly graphical or wholly text. Posters are designed to be both eye-catching and informative. Posters may be...
(occasionally) - Puzzle pages, with a theme and name having something to do with the issue, for example the "Wild Creatures" puzzle page is full of animal puzzles, and entitled "Creature Conundrums".
- MAX-imum - 2 pages worth of free prizes, won by telephone calls.
- Subscription offers and Beano Club forms.
Logos
The logo has always been a combination of the old Beano logo (from 1977–1998), slightly updated with the help of computer technology, and a blue, graffito style MAX alongside it.The original logo had the Beano logo as it was on the weekly comic, with the MAX overlapping it slightly at the right.
In late 2007, the MAX part of the logo started to grow in size. It was almost twice the height as the Beano logo at one point.
In 2008, for 3 issues in the summer, the logo changed so that the MAX was predominant to the Beano logo. Instead of the Beano logo running horizontal, it was now vertical, alongside the MAX which was by now on a diagonal bar. After these 3 issues, the BeanoMAX logo changed back to the style it had gained in late 2007.
In 2009, the logo changed again, with the Beano logo directly above the MAX logo.