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The Beano Book/Annual #44
The Beano Book 1983
THE BEANO 1983. [Hardcover] Various.
- GenresComics
140 pages, Hardcover
Published September 1, 1982
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D.C. Thomson & Company Limited
783 books39 followersD. 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.
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.
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October 6, 2023
Bought this in a charity shop for £1 on a whim and decided to give it a read for nostalgia's sake and thoroughly enjoyed it.
Between P4 and P7, I loved DC Thomson's comics and used to regularly read the likes of the Dandy, Beezer, and Topper - but the Beano was always my favourite.
My brothers and I used to collect the weekly issues as well as the comic libraries and yearly annuals, and used to live picking up old editions in second hand book shops with our dad.
This one was from 1983 and included some of the older characters I enjoyed like Little Plum, the 3 Bears, Lord Snooty and Biffo The Beat but also plenty who endured into what I'd consider my era such as Dennis The Menace, Gnasher, Minnie The Minx. Roger The Dodger, The Bash Street Kids, Ball Boy, and Billy Whiz.
Reading as an adult, I found the strips more entertaining than I expected and found myself "chuckling" and "chortling" at the turns of phrase and language that all came flooding back.
Well worth one pound!
Between P4 and P7, I loved DC Thomson's comics and used to regularly read the likes of the Dandy, Beezer, and Topper - but the Beano was always my favourite.
My brothers and I used to collect the weekly issues as well as the comic libraries and yearly annuals, and used to live picking up old editions in second hand book shops with our dad.
This one was from 1983 and included some of the older characters I enjoyed like Little Plum, the 3 Bears, Lord Snooty and Biffo The Beat but also plenty who endured into what I'd consider my era such as Dennis The Menace, Gnasher, Minnie The Minx. Roger The Dodger, The Bash Street Kids, Ball Boy, and Billy Whiz.
Reading as an adult, I found the strips more entertaining than I expected and found myself "chuckling" and "chortling" at the turns of phrase and language that all came flooding back.
Well worth one pound!
July 6, 2021
More fun from favourite Beano characters as well some favourites from the 80s such as Smudge and Lucinda and Pepper (Beano's answer to Thelwell's Penelope and Kipper).
April 13, 2023
The annual from the year of my birth was a treat to go back to.
Still doesn't disappoint with fun characters and storylines.
Still doesn't disappoint with fun characters and storylines.
Displaying 1 - 3 of 3 reviews