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The Beano Book/Annual #70
The Beano Annual 2009
The Beano Annual 2009 [Hardcover] D C Thomson
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Hardcover
Published January 1, 2008
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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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September 21, 2018
This Beano annual has all the favourite Beano stars within, such as Dennis the Menace and Minnie the Minx, as well as some of the newer ones, like Pirates of the Caribeano, and all in full-colour too. What more could you want?
Highlights include:
* A Bash Street Kids musical
* A look at Roger the Dodger's ancestors
* Cameo appearances from Beano stars of old such as the Nibblers and the Bash Street Pups
If I was nit-picking I could find some faults:
* The 7 wonders of Beanotown weren't strictly based on the 7 wonders of the world (so not good educationally)
* The 4-part strip based on reservoir dogs was (in my eyes) not well drawn or scripted (although the concept was good)
* Walter's mum is different inside the book compared with the more familiar version on the back cover
But that is just nit-picking. This Beano annual still deserves 5 out of 5.
Highlights include:
* A Bash Street Kids musical
* A look at Roger the Dodger's ancestors
* Cameo appearances from Beano stars of old such as the Nibblers and the Bash Street Pups
If I was nit-picking I could find some faults:
* The 7 wonders of Beanotown weren't strictly based on the 7 wonders of the world (so not good educationally)
* The 4-part strip based on reservoir dogs was (in my eyes) not well drawn or scripted (although the concept was good)
* Walter's mum is different inside the book compared with the more familiar version on the back cover
But that is just nit-picking. This Beano annual still deserves 5 out of 5.
January 26, 2026
The Beano is now becoming a different beast to the childhood book I fell in love with.
A raft of new characters feels different and maybe would have felt more in line with a child at the time.
It still is enjoyable and the stories with characters I know still hit the same way. I will continue to plough through into the now and see how I get on
A raft of new characters feels different and maybe would have felt more in line with a child at the time.
It still is enjoyable and the stories with characters I know still hit the same way. I will continue to plough through into the now and see how I get on
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