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The following is a list of British Comic Strips. A comic strip is a sequence of drawings arranged in interrelated panels to display brief humor or form a narrative, often serialized, with text in balloons and captions.
The coloured backgrounds denote the publisher: – indicates D. C. Thomson. – indicates AP, Fleetway and IPC Comics. – indicates Viz. – indicates a strip published in a newspaper.
StripPublication(s)DatesNotesThe 12½p Buytonic BoyKrazy, Whizzer and Chips1976 - 1986Ace Trucking Co.2000 AD1981 - 1986Addie and HermyThe Dandy1940sAlexLondon Daily News, The Independent, The Daily Telegraph1987 - 2025Andy CappDaily Mirror, Sunday Mirror1957 -AXAThe Sun1978 - 1986Beat Your NeighbourKnockout, Whizzer and Chips1971Beau PeepDaily Star1978 - 2016Beelzebub JonesDaily Mirror1937 - 1945BelindaDaily Mirror1936 - 1959Beryl the Peril(July 21, 2008). "I was the inspiration for Beryl the Peril, reveals gran," Daily Record.The Topper1953 -Bessie BunterThe Schoolgirl1919 - 1949BiffGuardian retrospective, accessed 26 April 2008The Guardian1985 -Biffa BaconVizBiffo the BearThe Beano1948 - 1986Big VernVizBilly BunterThe Magnet, Knockout, The Comet1908 - 1958Billy's Boots Tiger, Scorcher, Eagle, Roy of the Rovers1961 - ?Billy the BeeEvening Standard1950sBilly the FishVizBilly WhizzThe Beano1964 - Birdman and ChickenKrazyBlack BagVizBobby BearDaily Herald1919 - ?Bobby's GhoulWhizzer and Chips, BusterBookwormWhoopee!, Whizzer and ChipsBrickmanHarrier Comics1979 - 2009BristowAberdeen Press & Journal, Birmingham Evening Mail1961 - 2010 Brown BottleVizBuck RyanDaily Mirror1937 - 1962The Bumpkin BillionairesWhoopee!, Whizzer and Chips, Buster1974 - 2000Buster CappBusterBuster GonadVizCannonball KidNutty1980 - 1985Captain BiplaneCaptain Morgan and his Hammond OrganVizCaptain StarNME, The ObserverCelebPrivate EyeCharley's WarBattle Picture Weekly1979 - 1985Charlie PeaceValiant, Buster1964 - 1974Clare in the CommunityThe GuardianCliff HangerBuster1983 - 1999The CloggiesPrivate Eye, The Listener1967 - 1986Cockney WankerVizColonel PewterCountdownCountdown (Polystyle Publications)1971 - 1973The Crimson BallThe Dandy1963–1964The CriticsVizDan DareEagle1950 - 1994Dangerous DanThe Beano2011Dennis the MenaceThe Beano1951 -Desert Island TeacherVizDesperate DanThe Dandy1937 -Dirty DickThe Dandy1960sDoctor PooVizDoomlordEagle1982 - 1991DredgerAction1976 - 1978Drunken BakersVizEight AceVizEmThe London Paper, The Sun2006 - 2010ErnieEagle1982 - 1983Emperor of the DaleksDoctor Who Magazine1993FaceacheJet, Buster1971 - 1988FarmageddonHartlepool Mail1992 - 1994Farmer PalmerVizThe Fat SlagsViz1989 -Felix and his Amazing UnderpantsVizFerdinand the FoodieVizFinbarr SaundersVizFishboyBuster1968 - 1975FlookDaily Mail1949 - 1984The Fosdyke SagaDaily Mirror1971 - 1985Fred BassetDaily Mail, The Mail on Sunday1963 -Fru T. BunnVizFuss PotKnockout, Whizzer and Chips, Buster1971 - 2000The GambolsDaily Express, The Mail on Sunday1950 -GarthDaily Mirror1943 - 1997GeniusThe Observer1978 - 1983George BestialVizGilbert RatchetViz1990 - ?Grassy KnollingtonVizGreat Pop ThingsRecord Mirror, NMEGrimbledon DownNew Scientist1970 - 1994Grimly FeendishWham!, Smash!1964 - ?Harlem Heroes2000 ADHarold's PlanetOnline, Financial Times, The Scotsman1998 -Hellman of Hammer ForceAction1976 - 1978The House of DolmannValiant1966 - 1973If...The Guardian1981 -Ivan JelicalVizIvor Lott and Tony BrokeCor!!, BusterJack BlackVizJames BondDaily Express, The Sunday Times1958 - 1983JaneDaily Mirror1932 - 1959Japhet and HappyThe Daily News, News Chronicle1919 - ?Jeff HawkeDaily Express1955 - 1974Jet-Ace LoganThe Comet, Tiger, Thriller Picture Library1956 - 1972Joe SoapEagle1982 - 1983Johnny FartpantsVizJokerKnockout, Whizzer and Chips1971 - 2000Judge Dredd2000 AD, Judge Dredd Megazine1977 -Junior RotterWhizzer and Chips, BusterJust JakeDaily Mirror1938 - 1952Karenni the MinxVizKewl ChixVizKid ChameleonCor!!1970 - 1972King's CounselThe Times1993 - PresentLaurie DriverVizLazy BonesWhizzer and Chips1978 - ?The Leopard from Lime StreetBuster1976 - 1985LeviathanThe Independent on Sunday1990sLost ConsonantsThe Guardian, The ObserverLuck of the LegionEagle1952 - 1961Luvvie DarlingVizMajor MisunderstandingVizMaster MindBuster1980 - 1983Maxwell the Magic CatNorthants Post1979 - 1986Written by Alan Moore under a pseudonym.Memory BanksWhizzer and Chips, BusterMickey the MonkeyThe Topper1953 - 1970sMickey's Miniature GrandpaVizMickey's Monkey Spunk MopedViz1993 - 2010Millie TantVizThe Modern ParentsVizModesty BlaiseEvening Standard, Evening Citizen, Modesty Blaise Quarterly1963 - 2002Mr LogicVizMrs Brady the Old LadyVizMummy's BoyMonster Fun, BusterMustapha MillionCheeky Weekly, Whoopee!, Whizzer and Chips1977 - 1990Nobby's PilesVizNorbert ColonVizOdd BallWhizzer and Chips, BusterOgriBike, Back Street Heroes1970s -Ollie and Quentin2002 - 2011OojahDaily Sketch1919 - 1958One-Eyed JackAction1975 - 1977Orson CartVizPathetic SharksVizPaul WhickerVizThe PerishersDaily Mirror1959 - 2006 ( re-prints from 2010 -)Pip, Squeak and WilfredSunday Pictorial, Daily Mirror1919 - 1956Pirates of the CaribeanoThe Beano2006 - 2009Postman PlodVizThe Purple CloudThe Dandy1961 (re-run 1968–1969)Queens CounselThe Times1993 -Raffles, Gentleman ThugVizRat BoyVizRob RileyRanger, Look and LearnRobot ArchieLion1952 - 1974Rogan GoshRevolver1990Roger IrrelevantVizRoger MellieVizRomeo BrownDaily Mirror1954 - 1963Roy of the RoversTiger, Roy of the Rovers (comic)1954 - 1995Rupert BearDaily Express1920 -Scarth A.D. 2195The SunSchool BelleSchool Fun, Buster1983 - 2000The SeekersDaily Sketch1966 - 1971Sexton BlakeHalfpenny Marvel, Union Jack (magazine), Detective Weekly, The Boys' Friend, Penny Pictorial, The Sexton Blake Library, Knockout, Valiant, Tornado1893 - 1979Sid's SnakeWhizzer and Chips1969 - 2000Sid the SexistVizThe Silent ThreeSchool Friend1950 - 1963Skid KiddBusterSpiderLion, Vulcan1965 - 1971Steel ClawValiant1962 - 1973Store WarsWhizzer and ChipsStrikerThe Sun, Nuts1985 - 2010Strontium DogStarlord, 2000 AD1978–presentStudent GrantVizSuburban SatanistsGeek, Herman Hedning1997 -Suicidal SydVizThe Suicide SixTigerSuper SchoolThe Beano2008 -Sweary MaryViz1994 - 1995Sweeny ToddlerShiver and Shake, Whoopee!, Whizzer and Chips1973 - 2000Sweet ToothWhizzer and Chips1973 - 2000Tamara DreweThe Guardian2005 - 2007Tasha SlappaVizTeddy TailDaily Mail1915 - 1960sTharg the Mighty2000 AD1977 -The ThingsVizThrud the BarbarianWhite Dwarf1981 - 2007TinribsVizToby Twirl1946 - 1958Tom ThugOink!, Buster1986 - 2000TomboyCor!!, BusterTommy "Banana" JohnsonVizTranny MagnetViz2000 - ?Tricky DickyCor!!The Trigan EmpireRanger magazine, Look and Learn1965 - 1982Tug TransomVictorian DadVizVid KidBuster1987 - 2000WarlordWarlord (DC Thomson)1974 - 1986Watch Out Beagle's AboutBusterWhackyCor!!, Buster1970 - 1973Wicked Willie1984 -Wonder WelliesBuster1983 - 1985X-Ray Specs Monster Fun, Buster1975 - 2000Yankee DougalViz
Lesser known British comic strips
BelindaPerry, George and Aldridge, Alan. The Penguin Book of Comics (Penguin, 1967) was modelled after the American Strip Little Orphan Annie was published in the Daily Mirror. It was drawn by Steve Dowling and Tony Royle during the 1930s & 1940s. Billy and Bunny was a long-running comic strip featured in a Scottish Newspaper. They were drawn by James Crighton better known for drawing Korky the Cat for The Dandy comic. Billy was a young boy and Bunny was an anthropomorphised rabbit. Their stories were set in a fantasy fairytale world where they often got up to mischief. There were several annuals from 1922 to 1941 and in 1948 & 1949. Even on the last 1949 Annual, they were still wearing their early 1920s trademark spats and gaiters, a popular male fashion item from decades before. These annuals were all published by John Leng & Co, London Boy meets Girl was started in the Sunday Dispatch in 1940. It was drawn by Rouson and featured amusing ways of boy meeting girl Carol Day was a strip created by painter David Wright, and continued after his death by Kenneth Inns. It was published initially in 1956 in the Daily Mail, but later in 1971, it was in the Sunday Express. Carol was an ex-fashion model and was drawn as being very elegant. Come on Steve Published initially in the Sunday Express in 1936 and transferred to the Sunday Dispatch in 1941. It was drawn by Roland Davies. The character "Steve" was a cart horse name after the British jockey Steve Donoghue. The expression "Come on Steve" was a cheer used by racing fans to encourage Donoghue. Dot and Carrie was introduced as a three-month trial in the London Evening Standard at the end of 1922. It transferred to the London Evening News on 18 October 1960, finally ceasing on 23 May 1964. its author was J F Horrabin. Dot and Carrie were secretaries in an office under a Mr Spillikin. Eb and Flo were drawn by Wilfred Haughton who also drew the Mickey Mouse Annuals from 1931 to 1939 and the Mickey Mouse Weekly comic covers as well as the Bobby Bear annuals in the 1930s. Haughton first drew this cartoon strip for The Daily Herald before his 1930s Disney work. It was about two Negro orphans, Ebenezer and Florence, who acted as parents to the unnamed Twins. Also featured were Timothy - a school pal, Uncles Joe and Desmond, Auntie Kate, Gran'pa and their pup, Sausage. There was a later annual published in 1939 (as dated by a 1939 inscription as found in a copy) by Deans called Eb' and Flo' annual which featured stories and reprinted cartoon strips all in a similar style to the Mickey Mouse Annuals. From their initial appearance in the late 1920s, an enamelled badge shows Eb and Flo were the characters related to the 'Cheery Coons Club' for the Sunday People newspaper in the early 1930s. Flint of the Flying Squad was published in the Daily Express, starting in 1952. It was written by Alan Stranks and drawn by George Davies. The characters were used on a BBC Radio Home Service series in 1952, starring Bruce Seton, Mary Mackenzie & Norman Claridge. This used the same title Jimpy was drawn by Hugh McClelland (cartoonist). It started in the Daily Mirror on 5 January 1946 and lasted for six years. Set in medieval times the main character was a youth trying to become an apprentice wizard. Selection of title frames The Larks drawn by Jack Dunkley in the Daily Mirror, it was first seen on 5 August 1957. Lord God Almighty by Steve Bell appeared in The Leveller in the 1970s The Nipper started during 1933 in the Daily Mail and was drawn by Brian White (cartoonist). An annual was produced for many years. The nipper was a child of about 2 years age, who was able to get into the mischief of children of that age . It should not be confused with the Canadian comic strip by Doug Wright about a similar child, but about 4 years old, and in a Canadian suburban setting. Paul Temple a strip based on Francis Durbridge's radio detective started in the London Evening News 19 November 1951 and lasted over twenty years, The graphics were by Alfred Sindall. Penny by George Davies appeared in the Sunday Pictorial during the 1940s and 1950s. The strip is featured in the film Penny and the Pownall Case (1948). Psycops. A strip that appeared in The Sun between 1994 and 1999. Written by Pete Nash (Striker) and illustrated by Nash, John Cooper and John M Burns. Sporting Sam was thirty years from 1944 in the Sunday Express. It was produced by Reg Wootton. Spotlight on Sally by Arthur Ferrier appeared in the News of the World at the end of World War II. It was contemporary and competed with the strip Jane.