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Beano 1987 👌 a great comic adored by many ❤️ #beano #comics #80skids #retrokids #Nostalgia #throwback #DennisTheMenace

Le jeudi c'est permis. #bluesbreakers #johnmayall #ericclapton #beano #vinyl #transatrecordshop #confortmoderne #poitiers

Apparently British comics are keeping an eye on DC's "Absolute" line....
I hear the Batman comics are pretty good and I'm definitely in on the Green Lantern story.

But now we have... Absolute Bananaman!
https://bleedingcool.com/comics/absolute-bananaman-in-the-beano-comic/

#Comics #DC #Beano

Another mini-zine in the bag.
This one is about the UK comics I grew up with.

#zine #zines #minizine #beano #dandy #comics

Are there any other Irish people who thought (as kids) that "Geordie" was another name for posh kids, because the Geordies wore blazers?

#beano

Beano whoopee cushions in comeback as 'Retro' toys become UK's best sellers (Mirror)

Old classics like Stretch Armstrong, Care Bears, Sylvanian Families, Beano joke boxes, Subbuteo, marbles and Pac-man are growing in popularity

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/beano-whoopee-cushions-comeback-retro-34611624

#toys #retro #Beano

I was fortunate to get a lot of stuff for Christmas, but here are some #books. Beano and Dandy has stories from the #60s which are pretty cool.

#Octobooks #Christmas #NewBooks #Fantasy #Scifi #BookSky #Octocon #GraphicNovels #Beano #Dandy #BeanoAndDandy #Comics

Three books on a white bed. The Last Ronan by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird (Ninja Turtles), Beano and Dandy Classics, Appliance of Science, and The Book of Gold by Ruth Frances Long.

New post!
My thoughts on #BEANO the Board Game, with Dennis the Menace. No, the other Dennis the Menace. #BoardGame
https://jinxedthought.blogspot.com/2024/12/beano-board-game-board-game-review.html

I’ve been picking up these Beano and Dandy Books for my son, who’s really into the weekly #Beano now and loves the old annuals too.

I haven’t quite got over the fact that from 2002 they started calling them Annuals rather than Books.

A collection of colourful "The Beano" and "The Dandy," annuals arranged on a shelf, spine out.

@surprised you don't have at least 10 cards #beano

Spent a fizzer of a weekend in Dundee last weekend. Being a huge Beano and Dandy comic fan in my young days (look it up kids!) it felt like a homage. Shame only had literally 28 hours there ( with 2 football games!) but will definitely visit again. Waiting on a test roll on yet another new camera purchase, so here's a phone camera pic.
Bish! Bash! Bosh! you rotter!
#photo #photography #streetphotography #streetphoto #dundee #scotland #dandy #beano #streetart #comics

Colour photo of Desperate Dan, Dawg and Minnie The Minx statues in Dundee, Scotland. These are characters in the comic The Dandy which originated Dundee, first published in 1937. Photo shows characters from behind with historical architecture buildings in background. A clear blue evening sky says Beanotown wants you back soon..

"Beano ate pets!" - BEANO, A Phoenix Raises [ft. Christopher Scott & Matt Little], Mission to Zyxx #MissiontoZyxx #NationalPetDay #Beano

Beers Of The Beano - Saturday 10 February 2024

www.rwnash.info/blog/beers-of-the-beano-saturday-10-february-2024

#Beano #Ale #Beer #Bier #February2024

A Quality Beano Needs The Finest Of Chips

#Beano #Chips #Newport #Blogging

https://www.rwnash.info/blog/a-quality-beano-needs-the-finest-of-chips

This week’s #Beano celebrates 70 years of #TheBashStreetKids, originally created by #LeoBaxendale as When The Bell Rings.

From 13 February 1954, the first, joyously-detailed strip by Leo (a committed leftist) is below, full of violence, anarchy, mischief and a squad of policemen about to break up the fun. Only Danny in his skull jumper and Toots are recognisable from the later regulars.

David Sutherland, however, is the strip’s main artist, having drawn it from 1962 to his death in 2023.

Vintage comic strip showing chaotic scenes of children exiting school and engaging in various activities, including skating and playing hockey. Text bubbles and sound effects are interspersed throughout, and the upper section contains the title "WHEN THE BELL RINGS”.

Cover of this week’s "Beano" comic book featuring a celebratory scene with the Bash Street Kids celebrating their 70th birthday and their teacher quitting, with speech bubbles and the text "The Bash Street Kids Take Over!"

"Gotta love Beano!" - BEANO, The New Norm [ft. Dru Johnston], Mission to Zyxx #MissiontoZyxx #NationalBeanDay #Beano

I have two things I want to comment on that refer to members of Rush.

First, I watched the second episode of Are Bass Players Human Too this morning before work. It focused on Robert Trujillo of Metallica. I knew nothing about this guy as I’m not much of a metal fan, never mind a Metallica fan. I saw them in 1989 when Jason Newsted was their bass player. I guess Robert Trujillo played for Ozzy Osbourne back in the 90’s. I saw Ozzy in the 90’s but Geezer Butler was playing bass at that time. I guess I sort of missed him twice then? Not really.

Anyway, Robert Trujillo is the current owner of Jaco Pastorius’ Fender Jazz bass. The one he ripped the frets out of to turn it into a fretless bass (but what did he put into the gaps? How did that work?). Watching Geddy Lee play Jaco’s bass, even if just for a few seconds, was something that I did not realize I needed in my life. It was a quietly magical moment.

On a side note, Metallica’s bass player owns Jaco Pastorius’ bass, which to many is the holy grail of electric bass guitars, and Metallica’s guitar player, Kirk Hammett, owns Peter Green/Gary Moore’s 1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard, which to many (including me*) is the holy grail of electric guitars. How did that happen? Does Metallica’s drummer own Keith Moon’s kit or anything? That would be too weird for my tiny brain to process.

Anyway, on to Alex Lifeson. I mentioned yesterday that Lerxst has released an overdrive pedal. It’s called By Tor. The first write up I read said that it had two channels that shared drive and tone controls. I don’t think that’s the case. I think one channel is just a volume boost and only has a level control. The other channel is an overdrive which has level, gain, and tone controls. That makes more sense.

Check out this demo from (the youtube legend) Andy from Reverb. I started watching this last night but had to shut it off before I finished. I’m posting it here so that I won’t forget to watch the rest of it later tonight.

*Peter Green’s Les Paul is probably my definition of The Guitar Holy Grail. The only guitar that might challenge for that tile would be Eric Clapton’s 1960 Les Paul Standard that is generally known as The Beano Burst. It was stolen in 1966 and has never resurfaced. I’m sure it’s out there somewhere, but unless some collector gives it back to Clapton we will probably never see it again. The reason it might not supersede Greeny is simply that I prefer the spec of a 1959 Les Paul Standard to the spec of a 1960. The neck is supposed to be thicker on 1959’s. By that logic I would probably prefer 1958’s to 1959’s as the neck is supposed to be even thicker on 1958’s. How’s that for cork sniffing? A little too much, maybe? Nope. It’s never too much.

https://robertjames1971.blog/2023/12/07/two-rush-items-to-note/

#AlexLifeson #areBassPlayersHumanToo #beano #beanoBurst #classicGuitars #geddyLee #GibsonLesPaul #gibsonLesPaulStandard #greeny #Guitar #GuitarGear #GuitarPedals #legendaryGuitars #Lerxst #mojotone #Music #overdrivePedals #Rush #vintageGuitars

The current #Beano comic (issue 4213) pays tribute to #DoctorWho. The Beano started in 1938 and the #BashStreetKids first appeared in 1954, so 60-year old Who is a young whippersnapper comparatively.

I like that the twins Toots and Sidney are the 10th and 14th Doctors, that Plug’s 3rd Doctor is seen off by the Queen of the Spiders, and think Wilfred does in fact pull off the 9th Doctor costume fantastically.

Script by #AndyFanton, art by #ShannonGallant

Happy #DoctorWhoDay! #DoctorWho60th