The Beano Annual 2001–2002, both exemplified this in their stories in which Dennis defeated a race of 'Beanobots'. It is now clear that Walter has a new personality. Beatrice, nicknamed Bea, is a character in Dennis the Menace and Gnasher. The mantra in design classes is: 'Black and Red will always be read.' Throughout the years, Law's Dennis became taller than his debut appearance. Since the 2017 revamp, however, Curly seems to have largely disappeared when he moved. Why Law chose to do this is unknown, but many believe it was due to Law's perfectionist nature. In the 1960s a well-known police officer was known as Slipper of the Yard, though "slipper" is also a nod to the instrument with which Dennis's father usually chastised him before corporal punishment was deemed politically incorrect. Badly behaved and visually rebellious, Dennis uses a wide range of pranks and weaponry in order to cause chaos and mayhem to those around him. 1954: David Law's style of drawing Dennis changed dramatically, making the characters tall and thin. On The Beano's 50th anniversary, Dennis's strip consisted of him saving The Beano's birthday cake, which had begun to float away after the rope in which the sailor was pulling it along with was cut by a nearby crab. The two most other frequently seen Softies are Algernon 'Spotty' Perkins and Bertie Blenkinsop. It later became a television series and then an animated cartoon series. He moved in as Dennis's next-door neighbor. The idea and name of the character emerged when the comic's editor heard a British music hall song with the chorus "I'm Dennis the Menace from Venice". [20] The daughters of Dennis the Menace creator David Law further criticized the makeover, saying their father would be 'horrified' with how he was depicted now and said the new design was 'bland' and 'ordinary'. In 2003, Dennis appeared as a playable character in the PC game Beanotown Racing. Out of frustration, Chisholm grabbed a pencil and quickly sketched out his creation to Law in the back of his cigarette packet. Walter finds himself in unfavourable circumstances on many occasions, although he sometimes gets the last laugh. He is recognised by his scruffy, black hair and red & black jumper. Barrie Appleby, who had previously drawn Roger the Dodger, became the artist as the strip was extended to three pages rather than the usual two. Soon, the diary entries make Dad a reluctant celebrity, and with a Hollywood film director making a film based on the book, Dennis discovers that his antics are no longer seen as threatening. This was the first strip in which Dennis seemed to actually do his 'menacing' intentionally since his re-launch in 2009. Whilst a rivalry with The Bash Street Kids was touched on before in other strips, it was this story which made the rivalry far more well known. dENNIS THE MENACE AND GNASHER MINNIE THE MINX ROGER THE DOGER. She tries to beat Gnasher at his own game. She has her own strip (Bea, originally Beaginnings) and sometimes appears in Dennis the Menace and Gnasher. Since 1986, Gnasher has had a son, Gnipper, who appears with him in the separate strip (Gnasher and Gnipper). While most of his mischief is for fun, sometimes it can cause serious problems, or even help others. Dennis’s search for the existence of the Tooth Fairy takes him (along with Gnasher and Pie-Face) into the farthest reaches of his mattress, where he ends up in a war zone between the Fairy Freedom Fighters, a bunch of goblins, and their familiar-looking ruler…. Santa Claws also appeared in a Roger the Dodger strip in the 2008 Beano Annual. By August 2012, Dennis's 2009 re-launch was reverted following yet another re-launch of the comic. [23], In The Feynman Lectures on Physics, Dennis the Menace appears as a character in the fourth chapter, Conservation of Energy.[24]. The Colonel is an old army colonel, who is often seen with toy soldiers and often makes references to being in battles which happened hundreds of years ago. Dennis the Menace and Gnasher was first drawn by David Law (1951–1970), who gave the mischievous boy his distinctive red-and-black-striped jersey, outsized shoes, and devilish grin, then David Sutherland (1970–1998). He once bought a snake called Hisser. In 2001, Dennis turned 50 and celebrated with a house party in which several Beano characters were invited. Apart from Gnasher, he has been seen owning other pets, namely Rasher (a pig), Splasher (a fish) and Dasher (a spider). This became the foundation of The Beano Club years later. ", Dennis the Menace is still a rebel even at 60 | Express Comment | Comment | Daily Express, Dennis the Menace receives politically correct makeover, Dennis without the menace is a bad idea, says Beano illustrator from Clevedon | News, "The Feynman Lectures on Physics Vol. The show used to be shown at 4.00pm from Monday-Friday on CBBC. Dennis. 2004: David Parkins stopped drawing Dennis altogether, and Jimmy Hansen joined Nigel Parkinson as main artist. [19] Kev F Sutherland, who wrote for The Beano in the early noughties, also spoke out against the makeover saying it was a 'bad idea' and argued 'if you pander too much to over-sensitive parents you will end with not very funny comedy'. Dave Sutherland, who was already the artist of Biffo the Bear and The Bash Street Kids, was chosen. The slipper was no longer used, partly due to changing attitudes towards child discipline at the time. November 2017: Dennis & Gnasher: Unleashed! Dennis & Gnasher: Unleashed! Again, David Sutherland is the strip's artist. Granny is Dennis's and Bea's 80-year-old grandmother. Nigel Parkinson, at this point named sole official Dennis artist, begins all regular weekly strips again. Various television and film adaptations of the comic strip: Dennis the Menace (1959 TV series), a CBS network live action television show 14 September 1974: Dennis took the front cover of The Beano replacing Biffo the Bear. Auchterlounie has proven to be a very popular writer since taking over Dennis. Dennis has also been shown to be very heroic, having saved his town on occasion from potential disaster. Although Curly and Dennis get into many fights, they still remain the best of friends, and Pieface (real name Kevin Peter Shepherd), whose favourite food is pies. 1990: The Beano's Dennis the Menace and Gnasher Show appeared for the first time on ITV and TCC. He was featured prominently throughout the land including a large figure atop the shop, a member of the squirting water fountain, a character on the dodgems, a silhouette on the entrance and a cast member in the live show located in his treehouse. The strip appeared in two colours (red and black). The "Gnasher and Gnipper" strip was taken over by Barry Glennard in order to ease Sutherland's workload, though the style remains similar. Originally, the spider was all black, but when it reappeared in 1997, it was red and black, matching Dennis's jersey. Dennis's idol was revealed to be 'Rat-Bucket' a fictional heavy metal singer introduced in the strip. Bea, real name Beatrice, is a fictional character in the UK comic strip Dennis the Menace and Gnasher, from The Beano.She is Dennis' baby sister, born in issue 2931, dated 19 September 1998. After some trouble with Dennis, Mum and Dad join an adult education class to understand children, only to understand the tutor is a bit loopy! Other softies, seen less often, have included Bennie Benry, Sweet William, Dudley Nightshirt, Jeremy Snodgrass, Softy Matthew, Softy Pal Erasmus, Lisping Lester, Matilda (Walter's girlfriend introduced in the 1996 TV series), and Nervous Rex, a character who is scared of everything and everyone. Following a story arc in 1986 which was reprinted in the 1990 Dennis the Menace Annual as a 16-page story entitled Who's Gnicked Gnasher, Gnipper (one of a whole litter of Gnasher's puppies) was introduced to the comic.The characters first appeared in issue 2286, dated 10 May 1986. His weapons of choice are a catapult, a peashooter or a water pistol. Dad's determined to get Dennis in the bath, but the Ministry of Defence wants Dennis left unwashed, for his smelly socks are their latest secret weapon! Watch Dennis the Menace and Gnasher - Menace on the Mend-----Subscribe to Beano so you NEVER miss an upload! It featured a guest appearance from Minnie the Minx and consisted of the two fighting over to whom the red-and-black jersey image truly belongs. On 27 November 2010, The Beano Club was relaunched into The Beano V.I.P. 1990: Granny's personality was changed drastically. Dennis the Menace; voiced by Richard Pearce. Despite that Foo-Foo is not seen often, she is a minor antagonist. Two months later, Law gave the mischievous boy his distinctive red-and-black-striped jersey, outsized shoes, and devilish grin.[1]. A strip promoting an all-new Dennis T-shirt for club members emerged in 1978. As a result of this, the US series has initially been retitled Dennis for UK audiences, while the British character's appearances are often titled Dennis and Gnasher outside the UK. [15] Express called Dennis 'the child template for every post-war rebel without a cause'. This page is about the British version as published in the Anthology Comic The Beano. Mid-1953: Dennis got expanded to a full page, while earlier strips were only half a page long. 21 May 1977: Gnasher got his own strip in the comic, called "Gnasher's Tale", also drawn by David Sutherland. Parkinson, Hansen and Paterson continued to draw the strips, although Dennis became slightly shorter with a boyish look to him as opposed to the brute, tough guy look the previous artists had established. Over the years, a variety of subsidiary characters have arisen. Now, rather than a mean old woman, she became an elderly menace. March 2011: Dennis celebrated his 60th birthday. This was a single page strip which featured Dennis in a short story, and was usually illustrated by Nigel Parkinson. They all are in a band called Dennis and the Dinmakers. His illustrations were more in tone with David Parkins' era and he partook in genuine naughtiness and disruption again. Dennis is forced by his mum and dad to go for a haircut at Slasher Brown's barber shop, and ends up being chased by the World Federation of Barbers. 8 images of the Dennis and Gnasher cast of characters. The strip isn't as influenced by the 2009 series now, with Dennis behaving more menacingly, the series-style backgrounds being dropped, Dennis being referred to more often as 'the menace' and the return of several characters who disappeared around the time of the new series, such as Foo-Foo. '[17] In an article for the Guardian, Dennis is cited as 'Britain's longest surviving comic villain'.[18]. 1955: The first Dennis Annual was published, using reprinted stories from previous years. Feature-length strips in The Beano reveal that Dennis actually has a rivalling nature with The Bash Street Kids, often brawling and attempting to outwit them. He is essentially out for mischief all the time'. '[2] Both strips were extremely well received amongst both the athletes and the public. Gnasher. Dennis is the main character of the strip. Instead of being camp and frilly, he was quite rude and obnoxious especially towards Dennis and his friends. The main Dennis strip is now mainly drawn by Hansen, with Sixty Second Dennis usually by Nigel Parkinson. The same issue also showed readers how Dennis received his trademark jersey which, it reveals, was initially owned by a boy called Tufty. [16] John McShane, a comic historian further praised the strip calling Dennis 'an original looking character. Additionally, Dennis is often considered to be a loner, seeking no solace in anyone's company aside from his faithful pet dog Gnasher. All 9 episodes of series two are available on two, separate volumes each containing four-five episodes. Later in the park's history, Dennis's Madhouse was introduced which was a foam ball play area. See more ideas about dennis the menace, dennis, childhood memories. Walter Brown, or Walter the Softy and Softy Walter as he is sometimes called, is a fictional character and the main antagonist in Dennis the Menace and Gnasher, the … Dennis was also present in the first Dandy-Beano Summer Special, where he appeared in full colour. [1] Screenshots and an episode can be found at the production company Red Kite Animation's website.[2]. In 1986, one of Dennis's first story arcs appeared. It was later revealed in 2015 that Dennis' father was the original Dennis the Menace from the 1980s in issue 3932[4] in a featured strip about him campaigning to be mayor, in which his opponent, Walter the Softy's father, starts a hate campaign by showing potential voters videos of Dennis, Sr.'s antics as a child. When two wanted criminals see Dennis's amazing ways of making mischief, they trick him into doing his biggest blow yet...robbing the Beanotown bank! Character Clothing & Accessories. But the great thing about Dennis is he never gets better'. Distraught, Dennis asked readers to join him on a "Gnational Gnasher Search". In the series, Dennis did not use any weapons such as catapult, peashooter and water guns and his personality was re-established as naively troublesome rather than intentionally so. And it's menacing of a pretty benign kind'. Boris Hiestand as … Minnie the Minx. Dennis is the archetypal badly behaved schoolboy. He also no longer used weapons such as a catapult or peashooter save for a few times, so he became more creative in his mischief. Pieface currently has his own strip in The Beano as well as his 'pet' Paul the Potato. Gnasher became a regular from this point onwards. She is Dennis' baby sister. Each celebrity was drawn holding a weapon – Hugh had a peashooter, Chris had a watergun, Dara had a plunger and bow, and Andy had a catapult, and all four were drawn with Dennis's trademark red and black striped top, shorts, black socks, and brown shoes (except Andy, who had red trainers).[3]. Photos of the Dennis the Menace and Gnasher (Show) voice actors. In an episode of the animated TV series entitled 'Skull and Crossbones', his first name was revealed to be Godfrey. and goes out. She appeared in just a few stories, visiting along with her cat Santa Claws. Dennis is not actually evil ... Dennis just wants fun and is prepared to accept the consequences'. His parents had a make-over, so his traditionally balding father now shared his messy spiked hair and his mother was no longer neatly shaped. 1 August 1970: Bash Street Kids artist Dave Sutherland started drawing Dennis, although drawing the strip almost identically to David Law. The end of the strip showed Dennis returning in his trademark jersey and shorts and pea-shooting his nemesis Walter. March 2001 Dennis celebrated his 50th Birthday. He also made other appearances in the spin-off Bash Street Kids - Singled Out, where he would take on a similar role. These were later re-released in a box-set alongside "The Beano Videostars", "The Beano Allstars", "Haunted House & 12 Other Stories", and "Dennis' Hiccups & 22 Other Stories" released in September 2010. Dennis tuned up his Menace-Mobile to make a dune buggy. On 31 August, a strip depicted Dennis being informed by his father that many pets look like their owners. Official home Dennis & Gnasher: Unleashed!, an animated series available on CBBC and Netflix. They both love adventures, pranking, hanging out with their friends and having a blam time! She is Dennis ' baby sister. The character was then featured in one of the first Beano spin-off comics, The Beano Comic Libraries. In 1954, Dennis replaced Big Eggo as the character next to The Beano title, citing one of many changes of the comic during this period. What's more, the series aired, but was considerably altered during its second season to suit the tone of the comics, making Dennis closer to his comic book age and personality. 4: Conservation of Energy", "Dennis the Menace and Gnasher become Christmas stamps on the Isle of Man", List of D. C. Thomson & Co. 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In 2011, he took over as Dennis's main artist. Foo Foo is Walter's pet poodle and Gnasher's rival. Dennis Menace , nicknamed Dennis the Menace, is the main titular protagonist character of the Beano strip, Dennis The Menace and Gnasher. To celebrate, Dennis's weekly comic strip this week featured him celebrating his birthday and his menacing antics with his brand new cowboy outfit. Jun 21, 2015 - Explore Sam Pouch's board "Dennis & Gnasher", followed by 1320 people on Pinterest. May 1951: Dennis got his trademark red-and-black striped jersey, knitted for him by his granny (aka Whentball). [21] The change lasted for roughly a year before artist Nigel Parkinson was sought out to return the character to its roots and original design. This is a list of characters from the TV series, Dennis the Menace and Gnasher. There was never a script out of DC Thomson where a bully succeeded – there was always a punishment – however horrible Dennis was with his water pistol, be sure that round the corner there was an elephant with a trunkful of water for him. Nasty Norman was a bully often seen as Dennis's rival. A heated court trial ensues to prove Gnasher’s canine ancestry, but is Hugo really the world traveller he claims he is? He appeared a few times from 1997 to 2008, and than reappeared in the 2011 and 2016 Halloween issue. Gnasher the Abyssinian Wire-Haired Tripe Hound is a character in Dennis the Menace and Gnasher. In early 2011, Dennis's re-launched character slowly and subtly began returning to his 'menacing' ways. He has extremely strong teeth that can leave teethmarks in seemingly anything, and enjoys chasing postmen. Losing his temper, he takes the lead off the dog and puts it on Dennis, thus ending the menace's hijinks. He is Dennis' pet dog and sidekick. His name comes from the British slang for teeth (gnashers), which in turn comes from the French ganache meaning "jowl", a word also used in chocolate manufacture. Instead of being a gentle, well-behaved boy, he's become camp, considerably meaner, and almost certainly evil. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Dennis The Menace And Gnasher - Vol. From this point onwards the front cover page usually consists of just one frame of the strip rather than several. However, the tracksuit bottoms ripped due to Dennis's knobbly knees and he ditched the jacket as his father could catch him easier after he had menaced. Bea wears a stripy yellow and black vest, this is a pun on her name as the colours are the same as the colours on a Bumble bee. He lives in Beanotown and owns an Abyssinian Wire-Haired Tripe Hound named Gnasher. Dad appeared in the first strip. Gnasher and Gnipper. Gnipper's name is a pun since 'to nip' something means to give something a small bite, while 'nipper' is a slang term for a young child. Dennis was deemed not popular enough to gain a full-page strip until around 1954. Seemingly replaced by the Colonel, though the character had disappeared a while before the Colonel first appeared. Sort By. The strip's title was shortened to Dennis and Gnasher during these years, and Dennis rarely used the term 'menacing' to describe his actions. You can help Beano-pedia by expanding it. He was also given more rivals as Athena and Sugar were both introduced to the strip. Gnasher is a black dog (an "Abyssinian wire-haired tripehound") who first appeared in issue 1363, dated 31 August 1968. Dennis and Gnasher (or Dennis the Menace and Dennis the Menace and Gnasher) is a British animated television series based on characters from The Beano comic, which was broadcast on BBC from April 2, 1996 until May 7, 1998. It was also made in the United Kingdom in March 17, 1951, as Dennis the Menace and Gnasher. 1992: The Menace Car was seen for the first time. One such story featured the illness of Gnasher's young pup, Gnipper who had been bitten by a poisonous snake. A landmark issue for Dennis appeared in 1991, as The Beano announced they were to change his image. Dennis and his sidekick dog, Gnasher. Soon, things take a turn for the abominable when a furry giant begins following them…, The series finale. Main and major characters. Dennis kicked off the new millennium with a strip of him charging 50 pence to access the Menace Dome, a more 'menacing' version of the Millennium Dome. When the Colonel organises an outward bound weekend in the woods, Dennis and Gnasher decide to tag along and cause mayhem for a laugh, but things are not longer a joke when they learn that Genghis Kong, an escaped circus gorilla, is on the loose in the woods and has somehow taken an interest to Dennis's granny. He has a pet poodle called Foo-Foo. Hiding from the wrath of Dad after a chaotic morning (aided by Granny), Dennis comes across what he thinks is his Dad's diary, and realises that in his youth he was far from the respectable young man he claimed to be. Over the years, a variety of subsidiary characters have arisen. Dennis is an uncontrollable schoolboy who takes pride in causing chaos and mayhem to those around him due to his intolerance for rules and order. Cartoonists talk about drawings just 'coming right'; that expression is perfect. It followed Dennis, Curly, Pie-Face and Gnasher as they attempt to brighten up the average day in Beanotown through new ideas, adventures and pranks. Dennis's Teacher often appeared in Dennis the Menace strips from the early 1970s and has been replaced, although the character was absent for most of the intervening period, in the 2009 TV Series by another Teacher named Mrs Creecher. Dennis continued to gain popularity solo as time moved on. 2002: Buster By this time, Nigel Parkinson was drawing Dennis as often as David Parkins, and effectively became main artist the following year. When Gnasher is forced to stay in bed due to a toothache, Dennis cheers him up by telling him a story, but not just any old story...why just read from a book when you can mix them up and make your own special version? Matthew Jarron of Dundee University, curator of a Beano exhibition, claimed that the strips 'blatant anti-establishment tone' is what keeps children entertained throughout the decades. Dennis's first comic-strip appearance consisted of him walking into the park with his father and his dog, where a sign is planted informing visitors that they should 'Keep Off the Grass'. Denise is Dennis's cousin, who bears a striking resemblance to Beryl the Peril, although she also wears a red and black striped jumper. 25 July 1970: David Law retired, and one comic was drawn by Pup Parade artist Gordon Bell. October 1998: Bea got her own strip called Beaginnings drawn by Nigel Parkinson. The following year, Dennis became one of a few characters from DC Thomson comics to be featured in his own annual (the 1956 edition), which continued to 2011. He was also given a new spin-off called Sixty Second Dennis. Starting in November 2012, Dennis was written by former Dandy writer, Nigel Auchterlounie, who gave Dennis and the other characters wider personalities. Dennis dismisses this as being a load of "rot!" Sixty Second Dennis was also dropped, being replaced by a Gnasher spin-off strip called Gnashional Treasure, which was later renamed as Gnasher's Bit(e). Expecting a ‘Model Space Racer Jet Set Kit’, Dennis and Gnasher instead receive Jacques, a hulking, information-guzzling fellow who becomes a huge hit with the school and wins the heart of Matilda. Dennis’s plans to create chaos at the school parents’ evening are seemingly thwarted when his parents arrange The Colonel to baby-sit for them and tell-tale Walter comes to stay for the night, but when a top-secret weapon is aimed at the school, only Dennis knows how to save the day…. In 2018, the Isle of Man produced a set of Christmas stamps featuring Dennis and Gnasher. In the 2009 TV series, Rasher and Gnipper are owned by Dennis's Granny. His father had become a pot-bellied man with black, spiky hair and similar colour-schemed clothes to him, and his mother had red, shaggy hair. Guitarist Mike Campbell wears a shirt depicting Dennis and Gnasher in the music video for Tom Petty's song "I Won't Back Down". Take on action-packed challenges, slime your enemies, play as your favourite characters from the Dennis & Gnasher TV show as you run, jump, slide and grind your way to the finish line. The strip was renamed "Dennis the Menace & Gnasher" when originally it was just called "Dennis the Menace" as Gnasher had been appearing every week on the strips. Bananaman. The comic stars a boy named Dennis the Menace and his Abyssinian wire-haired tripe hound Gnasher. The news received much media attention throughout the UK and it was later revealed to be a publicity stunt in the very strip the image was introduced. However, not everyone in Beanotown takes an instant liking to Dennis’ new monstrous mate…. Author Michael Rosen states, “In most children's books, a bad child gets made good – but the great thing about Dennis is he never gets better.”[1]. Parkins' first Dennis strips featured a storyline that formally introduced Dennis's younger sister Bea into the comic. The story lasted three issues and consisted of Dennis's fear that a younger sister would ruin his reputation as the toughest menace in Beanotown. Pie-Face has been redesigned. After The Beano's 60th anniversary issue in 1998, David Sutherland stopped drawing the strip, and was replaced by former Billy Whizz and The Three Bears artist, David Parkins. During Series 12 of the BBC's Mock the Week, host Dara Ó Briain, and comedians Hugh Dennis, Andy Parsons and Chris Addison were drawn by Nigel Parkinson in a one-off pic with Dennis, which was shown in the second episode, whilst they and guest comedians were discussing about the appearance of Charles, Prince of Wales and Camilla Parker Bowles in The Beano. 31 August 1968: Dennis found a dog on the street, Gnasher, on his way to the dog show at the local town hall. Dr. Martens & The Beano comic have partnered to create a limited edition range of boots especially for children, featuring legendary characters Dennis the Menace, Gnasher and Minnie the Minx. Has Dennis met his match, or will his new found friend, the loopy female inventor Flossy save the day? When the chief of the police fires Slipper for not being able to stop Dennis's trouble-making about town, it looks like it will be the end for Dennis's menacing when the post of Sergeant is replaced by a seemingly unbeatable robot! BBC News once called Dennis the 'definitive naughty boy'. Show. In 1993, Beano editor Euan Kerr was becoming concerned at the direction David Sutherland's depiction of the character was taking, with Dennis becoming ever stockier and larger. The most famous, Dennis's greatest sworn enemy, is a character called Walter, sometimes called the "Prince of Softies". Despite Dennis's previous resentment towards most girls in earlier years, he accepts them as his friends. They are both by Nigel Auchterlounie and Diego Jourdan. Walter got revamped when drawn by Jimmy Hansen, and he now bears the appearance of an Elvis impersonator with much bigger glasses. In the early days it was not in full colour but had a red overlay, but Davy Law, the artist, made a virtue out of this necessity by having the red-and-black striped T-shirt. Sergeant Slipper is the police sergeant who is always trying to catch Dennis for menacing. He retained his familiar outfit, but started to wear trainers. "Gnasher and Gnipper" replaced "Gnasher's Tale". Mrs. Pie Face, Kevin Pie Face's Mum; voiced by, Mr. Pie Face, Kevin Pie Face's Dad; voiced by, Rasher: Dennis' pet pig that made a cameo in the episode, Sidney: Dennis' spider based on the comic book spider Dasher that with his web saved the day. Dennis is a trouble-making 11-year-old kid who loves making mischief and, as his name implies, is considered a menace by everyone. Watch Dennis the Menace and Gnasher - Dig This ----- Subscribe to Beano so you NEVER miss an upload! March 2014: The Dennis the Menace and Gnasher Megazine was renamed Dennis the Menace and Gnasher's EPIC Magazine. Dennis the Menace is the main character in the Beano comic and the fifth student of the seven pupils in Bash Street School's Class IA. This, like many succeeding it, only made up half a page. Despite his villainous behavior, some of … 2011: Barrie Appleby took over as regular Dennis artist. When Dennis and the gang volunteer to do a days work on the SS Rustbucket on a race around the Cape of Good Hope, they find themselves swallowed alive by "Dopey Mick", the daftest whale of the 7 seas. Dennis the Menace and Gnasher (previously titled Dennis and Gnasher, and originally titled Dennis the Menace) is a long-running comic strip in the British children's comic The Beano, published by D. C. 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