Interview with Beano writer Andy Fanton

John Caro

doi:10.1386/stic_00039_7

Interview with Beano writer Andy Fanton

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Abstract

An interview with Andy Fanton, a current writer for the Beano UK humour comic. Andy got his break writing and drawing for the sadly now defunct Dandy weekly, and now writes legacy characters such as Minnie the Minx and The Bash Street Kids. The interview covers Andy’s and DC Thomson’s working practices and methods, considers the role and relevance of Beano in the transmedia age, and defends Beano from accusations that the comic has lost its edge and is no longer as cheeky or rebellious as it once was.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	423-441
Number of pages	19
Journal	Studies in Comics
Volume	11
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1386/stic_00039_7
Publication status	Published - 1 Nov 2020

Keywords

Beano
Dandy
UK humour comics
transmedia
social clas
Minnie the Minx
The Bash Street Kids

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