Beano Annual 2022

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By 1966, DC Thomson artist Jim Petrie had taken over Minnie the Minx. He would go on to do exactly 2000 Minnie the Minx strips for the weekly comic! Front: Dennis is jumping onto a seesaw which causes Gnasher to fly over a fence into the Beanotown Cats' Home. Biffo is completing a jigsaw puzzle of the Bash Street Kids, which shows an angry dog chasing after the Teacher. Biffo the Bear is painting a portrait of Big Eggo and all the other (then-current) characters on a large canvas.

Because of his popularity, Dennis the Menace has appeared on the front cover of every annual since the release of the 1979 book in 1978. All the then-current characters are dancing around the spinning Big Eggo – with Lord Snooty playing the bagpipes. Front: The Bash Street Kids are bouncing across a farm on a spacehopper (or a "Super Bouncer", as the book refers to it) that has Dennis's face. Front: All the characters are riding through the countryside in a series of connected wheeled trashcans being pulled by Gnasher.Front: Dennis is walking through Beanotown, and switches on his torch to find many "Beano Bugs" flying around him. Big Eggo and Koko the Pup are having a three-legged race with all the other characters running behind them. Front: In a parody of "Honey I Shrunk The Kids", several miniature characters are jumping across from Gnasher's nose to Dennis'. Front: All the characters are at the Beano's 75th birthday street party (this was a reference to all the street parties that were held over the country in 2012 to celebrate The Queen's Diamond Jubilee). Dennis rides his bike over a river into his Dad's prize apple tree, and all the other characters cheer him on.

Front: Dennis is about to score a goal, for his football team. Gnasher is growling at the Bash Street Kids (who are all on top of the goalpost). Front: Dennis and Gnasher are driving their Menace Car through a computer-generated world, trying to escape from an army of weird Beano robots (as there was a story about them travelling to a planet inhabited by them, and destroying them, in the annual).

Front: Dennis is painting a picture, of what appears to be Gnasher dressed as a Cavalier (he has actually titled it "The Gnashing Cavalier" as a result). The Beano Annual is the current name of the book that has been published every year since 1939, to tie in with the children's comic The Beano. As of 2023 [update] there have been 85 editions. The annuals are traditionally published in July or August, in time for Christmas, and since 1965 they have had the date of the following year on the cover. Before then no date was given. Front: Roger (top left), Minnie (top middle), Billy Whizz (top right), the Bash Street Kids (middle left), and Ivy the Terrible (bottom middle). Biffo the Bear watches Dennis, as he plays a game of leapfrog with Little Plum, and a goat is about to butt him.

Front: Dennis, Gnasher, and all the other characters (some retired) are flying through space, using special vehicles. Front: The first completely hand-drawn front cover picture since 1999, with a giant Loch Ness monster (whose face is very similar to Plug's) interfering with all the characters' relaxing swim up at "Loch Mess" (it is obviously a parody of Loch Ness). The Bash Street Kids are sitting on a giant swing which is tied to the comic's name (Danny is reading the book). Like the Dandy Annual of the year, it is the first to have a decimalized price instead of the old shillings & pence. Front: Dennis and Gnasher are chasing a pair of cats through the snow (and past a Dennis-like snowman).Front: All the characters are having a Christmas party with Dennis blowing a noisemaker in Gnasher's face. Big Eggo and Koko the Pup are having a pillow fight on a balance beam and it looks like Eggo is going to sneeze.