Even Big Kids Love It (Beano, the)

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Product:	Beano, the
Date:	07/05/01 (215 review reads)
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~ ~ As a boy growing up I was reared on staple diet of children’s comics, of which The Beano was a particular favourite up until the time I was about ten or eleven years old.
I then moved on to more serious fare such as the Hotspur, Victor, and the Tiger, which were crammed full of exciting yarns and heroes to captivate the enquiring mind of any youngster.

~ ~ My little nine-year-old daughter is very much following in her father’s footsteps, and is also an avid fan of the Beano, getting extremely upset if her daddy forgets to buy it for her on a weekly basis.
The days of newsagents delivering newspapers and magazines to your door now sadly seems to be a thing of the past, at least here in Ireland, as I can quite vividly recall literally waiting at the letterbox for the paperboy to arrive when I was a child. In fact, the Beano and its ilk were fairly often the cause of me turning up late for school, as I would attempt to read just one more story before having to get down to the daily grind.

~ ~ The Beano is published in London by D.C. Thompson & Co. Ltd. Of Fleet Street, and must be one of the most long-lived children’s comics still on the market today.
One of the favourite characters, and the front page personality, is none other than every boy’s favourite rascal, Dennis The Menace, who, since my young days, has now been joined by his scoundrel of a dog called Gnasher, and by the fairly recent new arrival to the household, his baby sister Bea.
Bea also has her own column in the inside pages, called “Bea Ginnings”, as does Gnasher the dog, or should I say Gnasher and his offspring Gnipper, who occupy a slot on the back cover weekly.
I have actually put away the first six editions of the comic that introduced baby Bea to her adoring public, as I’m convinced that in years to come they will become collector’s items, and worth their own weight in gold!

~ ~ In recent yea
rs these characters have become even better known to today’s kids by also starring in there very own TV series, that sadly seems to be off the air at the moment here in Ireland.
The scrapes and spills that these much loved characters get into have captured the hearts of countless numbers of children for generations, and show no obvious signs of diminishing in popularity for a few generations yet.
They have also spawned a yearly annual, that in our house is always one of the first items to be added to the list of presents from Santa.

~ ~ The Beano has even joined the Information Age, as it now has its very own website and fanclub at www.beanotown.com, that was loaded into the favourites file on our PC immediately upon discovery, and is now consulted religiously by my wee daughter on a daily basis.

~ ~ There are many other favourite characters in the Beano such as Minnie the Minx, (a girlie equivalent of Dennis) The Numskulls, Roger the Dodger, the Bash Street Kids, and a host of others who are as popular today as ever they were in the past.
I’m an adult of 49 years of age now, and buying this comic for the little lass gives me just the excuse I need to have a good read of it for myself, and to still take pleasure from doing so, even after all these years.
At 55 pence it’s a tad more expensive than in my young days, but still exceptional value for money.

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