Congratulations to Beano which celebrates its eighty fifth birthday this week and most importantly is still going strong and is still funny! It has entertained readers since 1938, introducing such iconic characters as Dennis the Menace, The Bash Street Kids, Minnie the Minx, Roger the Dodger, Jonah and Lord Snooty and his Pals to British readers. Well served by talented artists like Dudley D. Watkins, Leo Baxendale, David Law, Ken Reid, Jim Petrie, Nigel Parkinson, Tom Paterson, Lew Stringer, Kev F. Sutherland and David Sutherland, it is Britain's longest running comic by some distance. Currently edited by John Anderson, it has benefitted from good editorship, with George Moonie, Harold Cramond and Euan Kerr all having long runs in the role. Long may it continue!
