Hairy Dan
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Hairy Dan was a comic strip
in the UK comic The Beano
. It first appeared in Beano issue 1, dated 30 July 1938 and ran until issue 297, dated 16 November 1946.
The strip revolved around Hairy Dan, an old man whose long white beard
usually saved the day. In the very first strip, Dan used his beard as a sail
to win a boat
race. A later story (from the 1940 Beano Book
) saw Dan climb inside a horse
skin and use his beard as a tail
to win a "horse tail contest". The character later appeared for a short time in Sparky in 1965.
A similar strip appeared in the first Dandy Monster Comic entitled Old Beaver's Brainwaves and also featured a man with a large white beard and using it to save the day. He also appeared in the Beanos 65th anniversary edition in a strip appearing alongside Ball Boy.
Comic strip
A comic strip is a sequence of drawings arranged in interrelated panels to display brief humor or form a narrative, often serialized, with text in balloons and captions....
in 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...
. It first appeared in Beano issue 1, dated 30 July 1938 and ran until issue 297, dated 16 November 1946.
The strip revolved around Hairy Dan, an old man whose long white beard
Beard
A beard is the collection of hair that grows on the chin, cheeks and neck of human beings. Usually, only pubescent or adult males are able to grow beards. However, women with hirsutism may develop a beard...
usually saved the day. In the very first strip, Dan used his beard as a sail
Sail
A sail is any type of surface intended to move a vessel, vehicle or rotor by being placed in a wind—in essence a propulsion wing. Sails are used in sailing.-History of sails:...
to win a boat
Boat
A boat is a watercraft of any size designed to float or plane, to provide passage across water. Usually this water will be inland or in protected coastal areas. However, boats such as the whaleboat were designed to be operated from a ship in an offshore environment. In naval terms, a boat is a...
race. A later story (from the 1940 Beano Book
The Beano Annual
The Beano Annual is the current name of the book that has been published every year since 1939, to tie in with the children's comic The Beano. there have been 73 editions They are traditionally published in August, in time for Christmas, and since 1965 they have had the date of the following year...
) saw Dan climb inside a horse
Horse
The horse is one of two extant subspecies of Equus ferus, or the wild horse. It is a single-hooved mammal belonging to the taxonomic family Equidae. The horse has evolved over the past 45 to 55 million years from a small multi-toed creature into the large, single-toed animal of today...
skin and use his beard as a tail
Tail
The tail is the section at the rear end of an animal's body; in general, the term refers to a distinct, flexible appendage to the torso. It is the part of the body that corresponds roughly to the sacrum and coccyx in mammals, reptiles, and birds...
to win a "horse tail contest". The character later appeared for a short time in Sparky in 1965.
A similar strip appeared in the first Dandy Monster Comic entitled Old Beaver's Brainwaves and also featured a man with a large white beard and using it to save the day. He also appeared in the Beanos 65th anniversary edition in a strip appearing alongside Ball Boy.