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Nigel Parkinson , the modern day face of The Beano weekly comic , on upcoming Beano plans , at this weekend ’s MegaCon Live
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The Beanois the second longest - work comical book in the domain , onlyAction Comicsin the USA beats it . It is also the well - deal comic in the macrocosm , outside of Japan , with over two billion copy of the comedian sold to its name . A kid ’s hebdomadary anthology comedian release by Scottish publishers DC Thomson and sold in newsagents and supermarkets , it boast character such as Dennis The Menace , Minnie The Minx , the Bash Street Kids and Little Plum . The Beanotells short , sharp-worded 1 - 3 page stories , with their characters get up to all manner of hijinx . However , the identities of the creators are n’t highlighted in theBeanoas they are in other comic strip . ButNigel Parkinsonhas done his best to make up for that . He appears at many comical cons , media display , book fairs , toy bazaar , schools , libraries , and anywhere that theBeanomight have a mien and might find an audience . He draws hoi polloi in the fashion of theBeanocomic strip and has become a dead on target embassador for the make ; outside of the sketch pen , he has become the de facto face of the Beano .
I met him again at MegaCon Live today at London ’s ExCel Centre . The show did n’t have a large funny book contingent , but Nigel Parkinson was there anyway , a Edgar Guest of the show , and ply his trade .
When I chatter with Nigel Parkinson today , he told me that he was working on two long stories for theBeano , featuring many of the Beano characters , all of which appeared in the same account . By long , he mean about twenty pages , but that is a Homerian epos for the Beano , the equivalent ofSecret WarsorCrisis On Infinite Earths . One of them will come along this summertime , the other in the upcoming Beano Annual , still a stable Christmas present for kids … of all ages .
Of deep , some bright twinkle at the Beano have discovered that their rivals at the DFC , publisher of thelesser - sellingPhoenix Weekly Comic , have ascertain enormous winner repacking their comics for middle - grade bookstore interview . Jamie Smart ’s work has topped the bookseller lists in the UK and challengedthe AmericanDog Manseries . To the extent that they , too , have get repacking stories in a format like toBeano Presents . Might Nigel Parkinson be about to receive a whole new interview ? For now here ’s the recently publishedMinnie The Minx : Batmin : The Dark Minx Returns …
Beano Presents Minnie The Minx – Batmin : The Dark Minx Returnsby Nigel Auchterlounie , Andy Fanton , Nigel Parkinson , Laura HowellMinnie is unstoppable . Minnie is intrepid . Minnie is enthusiastic . And as far as she ’s interest , she ’s also tougher , smart and better looking than anyone else too ! Minnie ’s mum and dad , best protagonist Francis , not so best friend Soppy Susan , and the whole of Beanotown , feature in Minnie ’s antics . love 68 pages of uproarious maleficence from writer Nigel Auchterlounie and Andy Fanton , and illustrators Laura Howell and Nigel Parkinson .
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