Comic Idol

Comic Idol is a competition held in The Beano every few years. In it, 3 to 6 new strips (or old strips brought back), run as guest strips in Beano for a few weeks, and the most popular, determined by votes, gets a permanent place in the Beano (although often not lasting forever). See below for a full list of winners and the losing strips.

Winners
1995: Vic Volcano (Robert Nixon/Trevor Metcalfe)
1997: Tim Traveller (Vic Neill)/Crazy for Daisy (Nick Brennan)
1999: The Three Bears (Mike Pearse)
2002: Freddie Fear (Dave Eastbury)
2004: Joe Jitsu (Wayne Thompson) /Colin the Vet (Duncan Scott)
2005: Zap Zodiac (Steve Horrocks)
2006: Nicky Nutjob (Kelly Dyson)
2010: Meebo and Zuky (Laura Howell)
Loser
1995: S.O.S Squad (Robert Nixon) /Minder Bird (Terry Willers)
1997: Camp Cosmos (John Geering)/S.Y.D.D/Trash Can Alley/Have-a-go-Jo (John Geering, David Mostyn and Bob Dewar)
1999: Tricky Dicky (John Dallas)/Gordon Bennett (Jimmy Hansen)/Inspector Horse and Jocky (Terry Bave)
2002: Space Kidette (Robert Nixon)/Phone-a-Fiend (Wayne Thompson)
2004: Dean's Dino (Geoff Waterhouse)
2005: Hugh Dunnit (David Mostyn)/Christmas Carole (Keith Page)
2006: Scammin' Sam (Steve Horrocks)/Mia Starr (Duncan Scott)
2010: Home Invasion (David Sutherland)/Uh, Oh, Si Co! (Nigel Parkinson)

The Beano
Current strips	Bananaman The Bash Street Kids Biffo the Bear Big Eggo Billy Whizz Calamity James Dangerous Dan Dennis the Menace Gnasher and Gnipper JJ Les Pretend Minnie the Minx The Numskulls Roger the Dodger Rubi's Screwtop Science Tricky Dicky Betty and the Yeti
Notable former strips	Baby Face Finlayson Ball Boy The Bash Street Kids - Singled Out Beaginnings Bea and Ivy The Belles of St. Lemons Billy the Cat Colin the Vet Colonel Crackpot's Circus Crazy for Daisy Danny's Nanny Derek the Sheep Fatty Fudge Freddie Fear General Jumbo Gnasher's Bit(e) Gnasher's Tale Gnash Gnews Gordon Bennett Grandpa Hairy Dan Helpful Henry The Germs Ivy the Terrible Jack Flash Jimmy and his Magic Patch Joe Jitsu Joe King Johnny Bean from Happy Bunny Green Jonah Little Plum Lord Snooty Lord Snooty the Third The Magic Lollipops The McTickles Meebo and Zuky Morgyn the Mighty The Nibblers Nicky Nutjob Number 13 Beano Street Olaff the Madlander Pansy Potter Ping the Elastic Man Pirates of the Caribeano Pup Parade Rasher Ratz Robbie Rebel Richard the Lion Simply Smiffy Smudge Splodge Super School The Three Bears Tim Traveller Tin-Can Tommy Tom, Dick and Sally Wee Ben Nevis Wee Peem Winnie the Witch Winston Zap Zodiac
Supporting characters	Bea Gnasher Walter the Softy
Television adaptations	The Beano's Dennis the Menace and Gnasher Show (ITV/TCC, 1990-91) Dennis and Gnasher (BBC, 1996–98) Dennis and Gnasher (BBC, 2009–13) Dennis And Gnasher: Unleashed! (BBC) The Magnificent Misadventures of Minnie
Writers and Artists	Barrie Appleby Nigel Auchterlounie Leo Baxendale Gordon Bell Basil Blackaller Paddy Brennan Nick Brennan Sid Burgon Reg Carter Wilbur Dawbarn Hunt Emerson Andy Fanton John Geering Barry Glennard Harry Hargreaves Ken H. Harrison Laura Howell Diego Jourdan Malcolm Judge David Law Trevor Metcalfe Allan Morley David Mostyn Vic Neill Robert Nixon Gary Northfield David Parkins Nigel Parkinson Tom Paterson Mike Pearse Jim Petrie Dean Rankine Ken Reid Bill Ritchie Jon Rushby Cavan Scott Duncan Scott Jamie Smart Lew Stringer David Sutherland Kev F. Sutherland Dudley D. Watkins Stevie White
See also	The Beano timeline The Beano Annual List of Beano comic strips by annual Beano comic libraries/Fun Size Comics EPIC Magazine The Beano Summer Special Beano Video Beano Videostars List of Beano comic strips Dennis the Menace Annual The Magic Comic Fun Size Beano Plug

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