Happy 70th Birthday to The Beano
Minnie the Minx by Garen Ewing

Creator Notes

Minnie the Minx is drawn here by Garen Ewing

Garen, the creator of the highly-acclaimed Rainbow Orchid, is currently drawing for The DFC and compiling an A-Z of popular British comic characters on his blog.

Web Link
www.garenewing.co.uk

Did You Know...

• Minnie the Minx was created and originally drawn by Leo Baxendale, also creator of Little Plum and The Bash Street Kids, whose own tribute to the Beano at 70 can be found here on the Forbidden Planet International blog.

• Minnie first appeared in The Beano issue 596, dated 19 December 1953.

• There's a statue of Minnie in Dundee (as well as The Dandy's Desperate Dan)

 
• You're already at the START of this tribute!
Next: Kev F. Sutherland

The Beano and its respective characters are © DC Thomson Ltd. No cooyright infringement is intended by this tribute to Britain's top weekly humour comic.
downthetubes would like to thank all the comic creators who kindly provided artwork and memories of The Beano for this special tribute
• Vist the Official BeanoTown web site • Find out more about London's Cartoon Museum's Beano Exhibition (2008)

• Beano Birthday Start • Go back to the downthetubes web site • Share your Beano memories on the downthetubes forum