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. As of 2023 there have been 85 editions. The annuals are traditionally published in July or August, in time for Christmas, and since 1965 they have had the date of the following year on the cover. Before then no date was given.
The cover of "The Beano Book 1972"
The Beano is a British anthology comic magazine created by Scottish publishing company DC Thomson. Its first issue was published on 30 July 1938, and it published its 4000th issue in August 2019. Popular and well-known comic strips and characters include Dennis the Menace, Minnie the Minx, The Bash Street Kids, Roger the Dodger, Billy Whizz, Lord Snooty and His Pals, Ivy the Terrible, General Jumbo, Jonah, and Biffo the Bear.
Jimmy and his Magic Patch was a popular text comic adventure that would have eight series (three of them reprints) between 1944 and 1959.
The 80th-anniversary comic memorably features characters from the first issue and the rest of 1938. Left to right: Wee Peem, Tin-Can Tommy, Pansy Potter, Lord Snooty, and Big Fat Joe.
The now-defunct Beanoland at Chessington World of Adventures in the UK.
Beano stamp issued by Royal Mail in 2012.
