The Bash Street Kids Annual
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The Bash Street Kids Annual was a book that has been published yearly since 1979 to tie in with the children's comic
The Beano
, specifically The Bash Street Kids
comic strip
. there have been 26 editions. They are published in the autumn in time for Christmas, and have the date of the following year on the cover. The annuals featured about 15-20 reprints from 7–12 years ago of The Bash Street Kids strips in The Beano, and some new material.
Originally a new "annual" was published every two years. However, after the 1986 annual was published in 1985, it was decided to make the annual a yearly publication instead. The next annual was published in 1988, and another every year since then.
The original title was simply 'The Bash Street Kids' followed by the year, with the words 'from The Beano' printed elsewhere on the cover. This name continued, the year changing for each different annual until the release of the 2002 book in 2001 when it was called 'The Bash Street Kids Book', and then changed again with the release of the 2003 annual in 2002 when it first adapted its next name, The Bash Street Kids Annual, though the year and 'from The Beano still appeared at the end.
The last annual to be called this was the 2008 one, published in 2007. The one published for 2009 was called "The Bash Street Kids in Space Cadets". There were 4 long stories by Mike Pearse inside, and no David Sutherland work for the first time ever. The Space Cadets story was new, the others were reprints from the weekly Beano.
Mike Pearse is also the main artist in the Bash Street Kids Annual 2010, with once again having no artwork from David Sutherland.
Pup Parade
also appeared in a few stories in the Annuals. The 2010 one was mostly Singled Out
stories.
There is no 2011 edition, which means the 2010 edition has proven to be the last one.
Comic book
A comic book or comicbook is a magazine made up of comics, narrative artwork in the form of separate panels that represent individual scenes, often accompanied by dialog as well as including...
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...
, specifically The Bash Street Kids
The Bash Street Kids
The 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...
comic strip
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....
. there have been 26 editions. They are published in the autumn in time for Christmas, and have the date of the following year on the cover. The annuals featured about 15-20 reprints from 7–12 years ago of The Bash Street Kids strips in The Beano, and some new material.
Originally a new "annual" was published every two years. However, after the 1986 annual was published in 1985, it was decided to make the annual a yearly publication instead. The next annual was published in 1988, and another every year since then.
The original title was simply 'The Bash Street Kids' followed by the year, with the words 'from The Beano' printed elsewhere on the cover. This name continued, the year changing for each different annual until the release of the 2002 book in 2001 when it was called 'The Bash Street Kids Book', and then changed again with the release of the 2003 annual in 2002 when it first adapted its next name, The Bash Street Kids Annual, though the year and 'from The Beano still appeared at the end.
The last annual to be called this was the 2008 one, published in 2007. The one published for 2009 was called "The Bash Street Kids in Space Cadets". There were 4 long stories by Mike Pearse inside, and no David Sutherland work for the first time ever. The Space Cadets story was new, the others were reprints from the weekly Beano.
Mike Pearse is also the main artist in the Bash Street Kids Annual 2010, with once again having no artwork from David Sutherland.
Pup Parade
Pup Parade
Pup Parade was a comic strip in the UK comic The Beano. It centred around The Bash Street Kids' dogs, known as The Bash Street Pups, and their many adventures. It made its first appearance in issue 1326, dated 16 December 1967, and was drawn by Gordon Bell. The dogs were all anthropomorphic...
also appeared in a few stories in the Annuals. The 2010 one was mostly Singled Out
Singled Out
Singled Out was a game show that ran on MTV from 1995-1998. Each episode featured a group of 50 men and a group of 50 women competing for a date with one main contestant of the opposite sex.The original hosts were Chris Hardwick and Jenny McCarthy...
stories.
There is no 2011 edition, which means the 2010 edition has proven to be the last one.