BeanoMAX (Comic)
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The BeanoMAX is a monthly British comic published by D.C. Thomson & Co. Ltd It is a spin-off of the UK comic, The Beano. Each issue has 44 pages and costs £2.48. The first issue was published on February 15, 2007 and was a Comic Relief special.
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[edit] Issues
Every issue of BeanoMAX has a different theme. The themes are as follows:
1. Comic Relief
2. Spies
3. Bugs and Creepy Crawlies
4. Tricks and Wind-Ups
5. At the Movies
6. Summer
7. Football and Sports
8. Horrible Histories
9. Hallowe'en
10. Christmas
11. Wild and Wicked
12. Gadgets
13. Sport Relief
14. Thrills
15. Creatures
16. Football Superstars
17. Summer (not yet published)
[edit] Strips
Most of the strips in BeanoMAX also star in the weekly Beano. However, some of these started in the weekly, and also starred in BeanoMAX, but ended up being removed from the weekly (still showing sometimes, but only once every few months) and carrying on in the 'MAX, for example, the Neds. There is only one strip in the monthly comic which has never appeared in the Beano.
A list of strips:
- "Baby-Face" Finlayson (occasionally)
- Ball Boy (occasionally)
- The Bash Street Kids, + an extra strip on pg 43, and usually a longer Kev F Sutherland strip
- Billy Whizz (occasionally)
- Calamity James (occasionally, as a reprint)
- Dennis the Menace and Gnasher
- Derek the Sheep (occasionally)
- Ivy the Terrible (occasionally)
- MAX - Only the ultimate will do! Title character. Only strip never to have appeared in the weekly Beano. Did not appear until the Creatures issue.
- Minnie the Minx
- The Neds
- The Numskulls (occasionally)
- Roger the Dodger (occasionally)
[edit] Reprints
BeanoMAX also uses quite a few reprints. Issues that contain no reprints at all are rarely published. Some might say that Issue One had no reprints, as all the Beano character strips were new, but a Mr. Bean comic strip was present, as part of Comic Relief to boost the new movie, reprinted (under licence, D.C. Thomson don't own it) from the Mr. Bean Magazine.
[edit] Features
Regular features in the comic include:
- Fashion Victims - A humorous "joke" about certain people and what they dress like, e.g. Goths, Nature lovers. Drawn by Duncan Scott, who also draws The Neds.
- The Lowdown - entrance feature. Also includes a contents bar at the side.
- The Arcade - Game reviews, apparently by 9 boys: Angus, Arfan, Daryn, Jack, Jonah, Lee, Mark, Ryan and Saul. Moved from weekly Beano.
- Game Gurus - An extended "Arcade" feature, also apparently by two boys - Jamie and Josh.
- A pull-out poster (occasionally)
- Puzzle pages, with a theme and name having something to do with the issue, for example the "Wild Creatures" puzzle page is full of animal puzzles, and entitled "Creature Conundrums".
- MAX-imum - 2 pages worth of free prizes, won by telephone calls.
- Subscription offers and Beano Club forms.
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