Pirates of the Caribeano
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Pirates of the Caribeano was a comic strip
drawn by Barry Appleby
which appeared in the British children's comic, The Beano
between September 2006 and January 2009. The strip's title parodies Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean
franchise. It made some appearances in the Beano annuals 2009 and 2010. It appeared as a classic strip in the BeanoMax in 2011.
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....
drawn by Barry Appleby
Barry Appleby
Barry Appleby was a British cartoonist famous for creating The Gambols for the Daily Express. The strip premiered on March 16, 1950. The script was written by his wife Dobs, and was based on their own lives....
which appeared in the British children's 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...
between September 2006 and January 2009. The strip's title parodies Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean
Pirates of the Caribbean
Pirates of the Caribbean is a multi-billion dollar Walt Disney franchise encompassing a series of films, a theme park ride, and spinoff novels as well as numerous video games and other publications. The franchise originates with the Pirates of the Caribbean attraction, which opened at Disneyland in...
franchise. It made some appearances in the Beano annuals 2009 and 2010. It appeared as a classic strip in the BeanoMax in 2011.
Characters
- Danny is a character from 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...
who is the comic strips' protagonistProtagonistA protagonist is the main character of a literary, theatrical, cinematic, or musical narrative, around whom the events of the narrative's plot revolve and with whom the audience is intended to most identify...
. He was shipwrecked but rescued by the eccentric piratePiracyPiracy is an act of robbery or criminal violence at sea. The term can include acts committed on land, in the air, or in other major bodies of water or on a shore. It does not normally include crimes committed against persons traveling on the same vessel as the perpetrator...
crew. He is known as "Death's Head". - Captain Flint is the pirate captainCaptain (nautical)A sea captain is a licensed mariner in ultimate command of the vessel. The captain is responsible for its safe and efficient operation, including cargo operations, navigation, crew management and ensuring that the vessel complies with local and international laws, as well as company and flag...
. He is curseCurseA curse is any expressed wish that some form of adversity or misfortune will befall or attach to some other entity—one or more persons, a place, or an object...
d to be a dinosaurDinosaurDinosaurs are a diverse group of animals of the clade and superorder Dinosauria. They were the dominant terrestrial vertebrates for over 160 million years, from the late Triassic period until the end of the Cretaceous , when the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event led to the extinction of...
for stealing treasure belonging to a witch called Carmella, who is the only one who can remove his curse. The pirates are in search of Carmella's ship and have many adventures while engaged in their quest. - Sally is the first mateChief MateA Chief Mate or Chief Officer, usually also synonymous with the First Mate or First Officer , is a licensed member and head of the deck department of a merchant ship...
and the only girl on the pirate ship. She is also the best fighter in the crew. - Two-Patch Mulligan who wears two eyepatchEyepatchAn eyepatch or eye pad is a small patch that is worn in front of one eye. It may be a cloth patch attached around the head by an elastic band or by a string, or an adhesive bandage. It is often worn by people to cover a lost or injured eye, but it also has a therapeutic use in children for the...
es and regularly bumps into things. - Hyena Jack has the world's largest smile; he tried to get through a three-foot-wide door with a four-foot-wide cutlassCutlassA cutlass is a short, broad sabre or slashing sword, with a straight or slightly curved blade sharpened on the cutting edge, and a hilt often featuring a solid cupped or basket shaped guard...
in his mouth. - Anchor, who is fatter than Fatty from The Bash Street Kids, is the ship's anchorAnchorAn anchor is a device, normally made of metal, that is used to connect a vessel to the bed of a body of water to prevent the vessel from drifting due to wind or current. The word derives from Latin ancora, which itself comes from the Greek ἄγκυρα .Anchors can either be temporary or permanent...
. - Guv'nor, who has put a bounty on the Caribeano crew and is trying to capture them. He replaced Carmella as the villain after only a few stories.