Happy 70th Birthday to The Beano
Minnie the Minx by Paul Harrison Davies

Creator Notes

Minnie the Minx by Paul Harrison-Davies

Paul Harrison-Davies is a modest but accomplished comics artist popular in British indie circles, whose work has been published in the Mammoth Book of Best New Manga. His upcoming strip for Accent Press' Robots anthology, "MY Robot!" has been adapted into a ROK Comic series.

Web Link
paulhd.blogspot.com

Did You Know...

• Minnie has a cat called Chester, whose rival is the dog, Bonzo, from Number 12

• Minnie once took Dennis the Menace to a Valentines Day party

• According to an item in The Beano issue 3435, published in 2008, Artist Jim Petrie, who took over drawing Minie the Minx when her creator, Leo Baxendale, left DC Thomson drew exactly 2000 strips and then retired.

 
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