The History of the Beano: The Story So Far by Morris Heggie and Christopher Riches (next sale is in November) Where to seeīeano: The Art of Breaking the Rules is at Somerset House from 21 October to 6 March, What to read Never have so many images of school dinners, catapults and go-karts appeared in one place, all in the magazine’s beautifully drawn yet drab suburban setting – which always seems to be on the brink of collapse.Ī (next comic auction is 10-11 November)
Where superhero comics are all about defeating the bad guys and upholding the law, The Beano is about breaking the rules imaginatively, says Andy Holden, curator of an exhibition opening at Somerset House this month celebrating the comic’s anarchic spirit. First published in July 1938 by Scottish publishing house DC Thompson, the comic magazine’s riot of mischief and mayhem has a legion of fervent collectors and admirers: David Bowie selected it among his 100 favourite books, alongside Madame Bovary and The Iliad, while sculptor Phyllida Barlow, who represented Britain at the Venice Biennale in 2017, and Nick Park, Oscar-winning creator of Wallace and Gromit, cite it as inspiration.
From pocket money essential to second-world-war propagandist, The Beano has been an icon of British childhoods for more than 80 years.
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