Children design another Beano character

[Digifiend]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/au ... -character

The Guardian reported on August 12th that children were to design a new Beano character at the Edinburgh international book festival that weekend.

Minnie the Minx, Dennis the Menace, Gnasher the dog and friends are to be joined by a new Beano character, which will be designed by children at the Edinburgh international book festival this weekend.

The sold-out event on Saturday morning will see former Beano writer Morris Heggie, editor Euan Kerr and two illustrators work with festival-goers to come up with a new character for the classic comic. Heggie said the character would definitely be appearing in a future edition of the Beano – whether it makes its debut in a walk-on role or a more substantial part will depend on its quality.

Fomer editor they mean.

I stumbled across this while looking for any mention of the free comics that they're giving away next week. This of course comes after a Blue Peter viewer created Wayne's In Pain.

[Jonny Whizz]

I noticed that in the article, it did not mention that this new character would become a Beano regular, only that it would appear in the Beano. Hope it's more successful than Wayne in Pain, who was little more than a cameo character beyond his first appearance, and was dropped within a year. He doesn't appear in the comic now.