Beano Annual 2012

The Beano Book/Annual #73

by D.C. Thomson & Company Limited (-Publisher)

The Beano Book All the usual favourites - Minnie the Minx, Roger the Dodger, The Bash Street Kids etc. "Where did you get the weaving material, Minnie? From below the ''WHUMP!'' chair seats! Haw! Haw! Haw!"

Genres: Comics

Hardcover

Published January 1, 2011

About the author

D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd, is a publishing company based in Dundee, Scotland, best known for producing The Dundee Courier, The Evening Telegraph, The Sunday Post, Oor Wullie, The Broons, The Beano, The Dandy and Commando comics. It also owns Friends Reunited, Parragon, and the Aberdeen Journals Group which publishes the Press and Journal, the Evening Express, the Aberdeen Citizen and the North Scotland edition of ScotAds.

The company began as a branch of the Thomson family business when William Thomson became the sole proprietor of Charles Alexander & Co., publishers of Dundee Courier and Daily Argus. In 1884, David Coupar Thomson took over the publishing business, and established it as DC Thomson in 1905. The firm flourished, and took its place as the third J in the "Three Js", the traditional summary of Dundee industry ('jam, jute and journalism'). Thomson was notable for his conservatism, vigorously opposing the introduction of trade unions into his workforce, and for refusing to employ Catholics.

Reviews

[Neil Wright]

Good version and a very easy read. I might even be getting used to the new versions of the characters

[Shel]

Unfortunately I find that the Beano annual gets more disappointing every year as more computer images and rubbish characters are introduced. My long time favourites are of course, Dennis the Menace, Beryl the Peril and the Numskulls. Hopefully the story writing will improve by next Christmas.

[Tim]

Very disappointing. Next year I will pre-view the annuals to avoid a duffer. I miss Buster and Beryl the Peril (the later appeared in The Dandy Annual 2012).