Famous British Comic Strips

Famous Character - Publication

1. Judge Dread - 2000 AD
2. Rupert Bear - Daily Express
3. Fred Basset - Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday
4. The Perishers - Daily Mirror








5. Andy Capp - Daily Mirror, Sunday Mirror
6. Dan Dare - Eagle
7. Beryl the Peril - issue 1 of The Topper in 1953 (Topper was cancelled in 1993, and Beryl joined The Dandy comic)
8. Biffo the Bear - The Beano
9. Billy Whizz - The Beano
10. Roger the Dodger - The Beano
11. Pansy Potter The Strongman's Daughter - created in 1938 by Hugh McNeill for The Beano
12. Lord Snooty and his Pals - The Beano
13. The Bash Street Kids - The Beano
14. Dennis the Menace - The Beano
15. Minnie the Minx (real name: Hermione Makepeace) - The Beano
16. Korky the Cat - The Dandy
17. Desperate Dan - The Dandy
18. Clare in the Community - The Guardian
19. Nobby's Piles - Viz
20. The Fat Slags - Viz
21. Felix and his Amazing Underpants - Viz
22. Captain Pugwash - printed in the first 19 issues of the Eagle
23. Colonel Blimp - created by cartoonist David Low, first drawn for the London Evening Standard in 1934
24. Ronald Searle published his first St Trinian's School cartoon in 1941 in the magazine Lilliput