The Beano

The Beano - Current strips. Ball Boy The Bash Street Kids Bash Street Kids - Singled Out Bea Billy Whizz Calamity James Colin the Vet Crazy for Daisy Dennis the Menace and Gnasher Derek the Sheep (occasionally) Freddie Fear Son of a Witch Gordon Bennett Gnasher and Gnipper Ivy the Terrible Les Pretend He's Round the Bend/The Little Kid with the BIG Imagination (occasionally)

As from issue 3282 (dated 16 October 2004) in an attempt to boost sales, The Dandy underwent a radical format overhaul. The comic was turned towards a more television-oriented style, now printed on glossy magazine paper instead of newsprint. The price was raised from 70p to £1.20 (99p for the first two weeks), a new comic strip called Office Hours appeared, and two supposedly new ones also started, though were actually revivals from a few years earlier. The first was Dreadlock Holmes, billed as The Dandy's first ethnic character (though thi ...

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The Dandy, The Dandy - Image updates, The Dandy - Dandy characters

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British humour has a reputation for being puzzling to non-British speakers of English. Nonetheless, many UK comedy TV shows which use it as a basis have been internationally popular. British humour - Themes. Some themes which underpin twentieth-century British humour were: Smut and innuendo with sexual and scatological themes, typified by the seaside postcards of Donald McGill, the humour of Benny Hill, the series of Carry On films, and the comi ...

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• British humour - Themes
• British humour - Historical roots

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Chessington World of Adventures is a British theme park owned by the Tussauds Group. It was formerly Chessington Zoo but was reopened in 1987 under the new name following a £18 million development investment. It is situated 12 miles South West of central London on the A243, 2 miles from the A3 and M25 (junction 9 or 10). In recent years, the Tussauds Group has been transforming the theme park into a more family-oriented attraction, with the more extreme rides being relocated to Thorpe Park. Chessington World of Adventur ...

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• Chessington World of Adventures - Park Guide
• Chessington World of Adventures - Animal Land
• Chessington World of Adventures - Beanoland
• Chessington World of Adventures - Forbidden Kingdom
• Chessington World of Adventures - Land of the Dragons
• Chessington World of Adventures - Market Square
• Chessington World of Adventures - Mexicana
• Chessington World of Adventures - Mystic East
• Chessington World of Adventures - Pirates Cove
• Chessington World of Adventures - Toytown
• Chessington World of Adventures - Transylvania
• Chessington World of Adventures - Rollercoasters
• Chessington World of Adventures - The Vampire
• Chessington World of Adventures - Dragon's Fury
• Chessington World of Adventures - Rattlesnake

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Viz is a popular British adult spoof comic magazine. The comic's style parodies the strait-laced British comics of the post-war period, notably The Beano and The Dandy, but with very adult language, crude toilet humour and either sexual or violent story lines (and often both). It also sends up tabloid style newspapers, with mockeries of letters pages and daft competitions with rubbish prizes. It also often satirises current events and politicians, and pretends to be obsessed with celebrities, including half ...

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• Viz comic - History
• Viz comic - Regular Features
• Viz comic - Featured Strips
• Viz comic - Spoof News Stories
• Viz comic - Letterbocks
• Viz comic - Top Tips
• Viz comic - Spoof Adverts and Competitions
• Viz comic - Photo Strips
• Viz comic - Viz in other media

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A gnome is a mythical creature characterized by its small stature and subterranean lifestyle. According to Paracelsus, gnomes are the most important of the elemental spirits of the classical element earth, and they move as easily through the earth as humans walk upon it. The sun's rays turn them into stone. In other traditions, they are simply small, mischievous sprites or goblins. Some sources claim they spe ...

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• Gnome - Garden gnomes
• Gnome - Gnomic Culture

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A comic book is a magazine or book containing sequential art in the form of a narrative. Comic books are often called comics for short. Although the term implies otherwise, the subject matter in comic books is not necessarily humorous, and in fact its dramatic seriousness varies widely. The term "comics" in this context does not refer to comic strips (such as Peanuts or Dilbert). In the last quarter of the 20th century, greater acceptance of the comics form among the general reading populace coincided with a great ...

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• Comic book - The comic book in the United States of America
• Comic book - Underground comics
• Comic book - Independent and alternative comics
• Comic book - Decline of serial comic-book format
• Comic book - The comics of Europe
• Comic book - Franco-Belgian comics
• Comic book - The British comic
• Comic book - Italian comics
• Comic book - Other European comics
• Comic book - The graphic novel
• Comic book - Regional categories
• Comic book - Other Forms
• Comic book - Genres
• Comic book - Some particularly notable comic books
• Comic book - Comics - the sequential art form in general
• Comic book - Comic book awards
• Comic book - Miscellaneous
• Comic book - Lists

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A potter is someone who makes pottery. Potter - People. Potter, Alonzo, Bishop of Pennsylvania Potter, Barnaby (1577–1642), Bishop of Carlisle Potter, Beatrix (1866–1943), British children's writer Potter, Charles E. (1916–1979), U.S. politician Potter, Cipriani (1792–1871) British composer, pianist and educator Potter, Clareson Nott (1825–1882), U.S. civil engineer, lawyer and politician Potter, Darren (born 1984), British footba ...

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• Potter - Profession
• Potter - People
• Potter - Fictional characters
• Potter - Places
• Potter - Other uses

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The company began as a branch of the Thomson family business. In 1884, David Couper Thomson took over the publishing business, and established it as DC Thomson in 1905. The firm flourished, and took its place as the third J in the 'Three Js', the traditional summary of Dundee industry ('jam, jute and journalism'). Thomson was notable for his conservatism, vigorously opposing the introduction of trade unions into his workforce, and de ...

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D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd, D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd - The Company, D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd - Publications, D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd - Reference, D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd - External link

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Over the years a variety of subsidiary characters have arisen. Dennis' Dad, along with Dennis himself, appeared in the first strip. His hair loss is down to Dennis's menacing, and his real name has never been given. He also appears in both Bea and Gnasher and Gnipper. The real name of his wife, Dennis's Mum, has also never been given. According to the letters page of an early 1990s Beano, he was christened "Dennis' Dad". In his twenties he met a girl named Dennis's ...

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Dennis the Menace UK, Dennis the Menace UK - Characters

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Since the invention of the comic book format in the 1930s, the United States has been the leading producer, with only the British comic (during the inter-war period through the 1970s) and Japanese manga as close competitors in terms of quantity of titles (although, Japan outweighs America currently in overall sales by a vast margin). The majority of all comic books in the U.S. are marketed at younger teenagers, though the market also produces work for general as well as more mature audiences. The history of the comic ...

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Comic book, Comic book - The comic book in the United States of America, Comic book - Underground comics, Comic book - Independent and alternative comics, Comic book - Decline of serial comic-book format, Comic book - The comics of Europe, Comic book - Franco-Belgian comics, Comic book - The British comic, Comic book - Italian comics, Comic book - Other European comics, Comic book - The graphic novel, Comic book - Regional categories, Comic book - Other forms, Comic book - Genres, Comic book - Some particularly notable comic books, Comic book - Comics - the sequential art form in general, Comic book - Comic book awards, Comic book - Miscellaneous, Comic book - Lists

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Complex sugars are also produced as a consequence of the malting process that eventually produces beer. The complex sugars are not broken down by the yeast, and are eventually consumed by the beer drinker, causing flatulence. Homebrewers have found that it is possible to add Beano to their brew to produce a beer that causes less flatulence. The Beano breaks the complex sugars into simple sugars, and these simple sugars are consumed by the yeast, producing alcohol (or some a ...

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Beano dietary supplement, Beano dietary supplement - Beano Homebrew, Beano dietary supplement - Caution, Beano dietary supplement - History, Beano dietary supplement - External link

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The park is split into many areas. Chessington World of Adventures - Animal Land. Animal Land contains most of the animals which are kept in the park, a tradition which goes back to the days of Chessington being a zoo. The animals kept today include gorillas, two tigers (Ratna and Batu), meerkats, and monkeys. There is also a sealion enclosure, in which there are shows several times a day, and Creepy Caves, a reptiles house. Zookeepers onsite care for the animals, many of which are endangered, and there is an active breeding programme. ...

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Chessington World of Adventures, Chessington World of Adventures - Park Guide, Chessington World of Adventures - Animal Land, Chessington World of Adventures - Beanoland, Chessington World of Adventures - Forbidden Kingdom, Chessington World of Adventures - Land of the Dragons, Chessington World of Adventures - Market Square, Chessington World of Adventures - Mexicana, Chessington World of Adventures - Mystic East, Chessington World of Adventures - Pirates Cove, Chessington World of Adventures - Toytown, Chessington World of Adventures - Transylvania, Chessington World of Adventures - Rollercoasters, Chessington World of Adventures - The Vampire, Chessington World of Adventures - Dragon's Fury, Chessington World of Adventures - Rattlesnake

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In 1925 his family moved to Scotland where he attended classes at the Glasgow School of Art. The school principal recommended Watkins to the thriving publisher D.C. Thomson, based in Dundee. Watkins was offered what he thought to be a temporary job, moved to their Dundee base, and began providing illustrations for Thomson's "Big Five" story papers for boys (Adventure, Rover, Wizard, and later Skipper and Hotspur). For several years he was just another illustrator, supplementing his small salary by teaching ...

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Dudley D. Watkins, Dudley D. Watkins - Early Life, Dudley D. Watkins - Work with D.C. Thomson, Dudley D. Watkins - Private Life

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NORTH AMERICAN SECTION The following award nominations cover creators and work published in the US and Canada only (irrespective of the country of origin of the work or the nationality of its creators), with nominations based purely on work published in 1999: 1/1 FAVOURITE COLOUR COMICBOOK (Sponsored by Quality Comics) 1999: Preacher, by Garth Ennis & Steve Dillon JLA Transmetropolitan Acme Novelty Library ...

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Eagle Awards, Eagle Awards - 1976, Eagle Awards - 1977, Eagle Awards - 1982, Eagle Awards - 1983, Eagle Awards - 1984, Eagle Awards - 1985, Eagle Awards - 1986, Eagle Awards - 1988, Eagle Awards - 1990, Eagle Awards - 1993, Eagle Awards - 1996, Eagle Awards - 1999, Eagle Awards - 2000, Eagle Awards - 2004

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The story has been adapted for other media for the last two centuries, from stage plays to cartoons to films. Actor Joseph Jefferson was most associated with the character on the 19th century stage and made a series of films starring the character starting in 1896, the earliest of which is in the US National Film Registry. Jefferson's son Thomas followed in his father's footsteps and also played the character in a number of early 20th century films. The story contains a "Note 1" at the end, but this w ...

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Rip van Winkle, Rip van Winkle - Adaptations

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Each card in the pack describes an item from a selected theme, such as cars or aircraft. The given item is usually described in terms of a number of statistics. Thus in the example of a pack on the cars theme, each card will describe one car in terms of its engine size, weight, top speed etc. All the cards are dealt among the players, which can vary from two upwards. The starting player selects a category from his topmost card and reads out its value. Each other player will do the same. The winner of the round is the one with the high ...

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Top Trumps, Top Trumps - Gameplay, Top Trumps - History, Top Trumps - External links

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A typical Morecambe and Wise show, as scripted by Braben, was effectively a sketch show crossed with a sit-com, although shows could also include the duo appearing "as themselves" on a mock stage in front of curtains emblazoned with an M and W logo (this was usually to open the show). Braben gave the duo characterisations—Wise egotistical but naive, Morecambe child-like and cocky—although at other times they relied on their acting ability to appear as characters in sketches. Wise was essentially the 'straight man' of the duo, with Moreca ...

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Morecambe and Wise, Morecambe and Wise - History, Morecambe and Wise - Collaborators, Morecambe and Wise - The show, Morecambe and Wise - Christmas specials, Morecambe and Wise - Catchphrases and visual gags

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Meta-reference - Examples in television. The Simpsons features meta-references quite frequently, and the Usenet group alt.tv.simpsons features a Meta reference watch for each episode. A classic example is when Homer Simpson — in the style of a Road Runner cartoon — gets stuck in a hole in the ground of a narrow ledge jutting from the edge of a tall cliff. Homer declares "If this were a cartoon, this cliff would break off now." Sure enough, after a pause for comic effect, it does, but not t ...

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Meta-reference, Meta-reference - Early uses of meta-reference, Meta-reference - Other examples, Meta-reference - Examples in television, Meta-reference - Examples in cinema, Meta-reference - Examples in theatrical drama, Meta-reference - Examples in written media, Meta-reference - Examples in interactive entertainment

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See List of eponyms (L-Z) An asterisk designates people who became eponyms despite their stated wishes not to. ...

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List of eponyms, List of eponyms - A, List of eponyms - B, List of eponyms - C, List of eponyms - D, List of eponyms - E, List of eponyms - F, List of eponyms - G, List of eponyms - H, List of eponyms - I - J, List of eponyms - K, List of eponyms - L - Z

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