Hoot was a British comic magazine that ran from (issues dates) 26 October 1985 to 25 October 1986, when it merged with The Dandy. Its cover price was 20p, represented by a stylized graphic depiction of a 20p coin. Throughout its run, it billed itself as "Britain's bubbling new comic!", a reference to the title masthead being made up of steam-billowing pipes (hence the title). The comic was the last new humour anthology comic from DC Thomson which mostly featured original characters.
List of Hoot comic strips Strips throughout its 53 issue run included. Listed in order of appearance. All numbers refer to issues of Hoot. Strip Title Artist First Appearance Last Appearance NotesCuddlesBarrie Appleby153The cover star. Originally appeared in Nutty
Joined another Dandy strip ("Dimples") and became "Cuddles and Dimples".The Hoot SquadKen H. Harrison153Reprinted as The Riot Squad in The Beano in 2007Wanta Job BobSteve Bright153Polar BlairRobert Nixon152Continued in The DandySam's Secret DiaryJerry Swaffield148L Plated EllaRobert Nixon153DogsbodyJohn Geering153Piggles Barrie Appleby153Revised reprints of Piggles appeared in The Dandy for about half a year in 2004.SnackulaDavid Mostyn153Super FranSteve Bright151Spotted Dick Barrie Appleby/Jerry Swaffield/John Aldrich152Continued in The DandyCharliJim Petrie553Harry and WilliamGeorge Martin5053Much of the jokes in this strip involved the two title characters being mistaken for Prince Harry and Prince William.The Old OnesJerry Swaffield5050Strip's title is a play on The Young OnesWinstonSteve Bright5152An identical-looking character under the name Jim appeared in a Wanta Job Bob strip in issue 8.Space CopGeorge Martin5353
List of Characters featured in Hoot mini-strips The comic also featured short, four-frame strips featuring pre-existing DC Thomson characters, but few of these strips seemed to have been drawn by their "proper" artists, hence a rather odd-looking Lord Snooty.Graham Kibble-White's Ultimate Book of British Comics Below is a list of these four frame strips. These strips were drawn by George Martin and after Hoots merger with The Dandy they reappeared in The Dandy (still drawn by George Martin) under the title Comic Cuts and this time featured more Dandy characters than in Hoot.
Strip Title Original Comic First Appearance Last Appearance NotesBig UggyThe Topper153Tarzan Stripes150Also appeared as a half page comic strip.Flip 'n Flop3152Dennis the MenaceThe Beano953Big EggoThe Beano4053Desperate DanThe Dandy153The Bash Street KidsThe Beano222Jay RNutty251Colonel BlinkThe Beezer153The Three BearsThe Beano230FoxyThe Topper253BananamanNutty338Desert Island DickThe Topper351The Badd LadsThe Beezer147Lord SnootyThe Beano149Roger the DodgerThe Beano2250Julius CheeserThe Topper4252Biffo the BearThe Beano4040King GussieThe Topper4253
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See also List of DC Thomson Publications