In his
comment to my previous blogpost Peter Grey mentioned two more visits of the
Bash Street Kids to THE BEANO offices. Both were reprints from old
comics included in the DANDY/Beano Magic Moments book which unfortunately I haven’t got a copy
of. Peter kindly sent me photos of the two sets and I checked my collection for
the original comics where both stories first appeared but it turns out I
haven’t got them either (Peter – the Sutherland set is definitely not from
1961, 1962, 1963 or 1964… It must have appeared later on, or maybe it was in an
early Beano Holiday Special). Here is the cover of the book and photos of both
reprints.
The search
for the two episodes wasn’t in vain because I came across other two interesting sets
about the making of comics. The first one comes from THE BEANO No. 1090 (year 1963).
The
Bash Street Kids visit THE BEANO printing works and cause a full-scale
ecological disaster. It’s a lovely episode and even includes a colouring
contest. Below is the image of the whole centrespread, followed by cropped panels
for easier reading. I will include the other episode in my next blogpost. It is
from a 1964 issue and shows how the class went into publishing business. Watch this space :)
Glad you found two more gems...great fun to read and see..and a colouring picture for kids to do...But they all looking grumpy and sad is very unusual contest picture to colour..
ReplyDeleteThe book said on the Leo Baxendale page that a few years later they appeared again at the Beano office..so strange its not in those years you've looked in..