The Beano

The Beano is a long running British children's comic, published by DC Thomson.

The comic first appeared on 30 July 1938, and was published weekly. In September 2009, The Beano's 3,500th issue was published.The Beano is currently edited by Craig Graham. Each issue is published on a Thursday, with the issue date being that of the following Saturday.

Its characters include Dennis the Menace, Minnie the Minx, The Bash Street Kids, The Numskulls, Roger the Dodger, Billy Whizz and Ball Boy. Earlier characters who have been phased out include Ivy the Terrible, Calamity James, The Three Bears and Pansy Potter. Some old characters, like Biffo the Bear, Lord Snooty, Baby Face Finlayson and Little Plum, have more recently made a return as "funsize" quarter-page strips.

The style of Beano humour has shifted noticeably over the years, though the longstanding tradition of anarchic humour has remained. For decades strips have appeared to glorify immoral behaviour, e.g. bullying (Dennis the Menace), dishonesty (Roger the Dodger) and even robbery (Baby Face Finlayson and The Three Bears). Although the readers' sympathies are assumed to be with the miscreants, the latter are very often shown punished for their actions. Recent years have seen a rise in humour involving gross bodily functions, especially flatulence (which would have been taboo in children's comics prior to the 1990s), while depictions of corporal punishment have declined. For example, the literal slipper (Dennis the Menace's father's instrument of chastisement) has become the name of the local chief of police (Sergeant Slipper).

Kerr

Kerr may refer to:

People

Places

Buildings and institutions

Dams and lakes

Science and technology

Plants and animals

Other uses

Kerr (given name)

While Kerr is traditionally a Scottish surname, it is also used as an English language given name. People with the given name Kerr include:

See also

Kerr (surname)

Kerr is a Scottish surname ⁱ/kɛr/. See Clan Kerr for the Scottish origins.

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