Bea (Dennis the Menace)
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Beatrice "Bea" Menace is a fictional character from the British comic magazine
She is very
Physical appearance
Bea's appearance is extremely similar to her elder brother's in that she sports short jet-black messy hair and a behind the nose grin. She is a toddler who wears a striped yellow and black onesie with a short ponytail with a yellow hair band to match. After the 2009 re-launch of Dennis and Gnasher, eyelashes were added to her appearance and she became far more baby-like in not only looks but also personality.
David Parkins had always intended that the character would be called "Bea" (short for Beatrice), but the comic staff decided to put the name up for a reader vote. The readers seemed to agree with Parkins, as "Bea" won the vote by a nearly two-thirds majority.[citation needed] Dennis' Mum regularly shouts, "Bea! No!" whenever she misbehaves.
Publication history
Introduction to The Beano
As part of
Solo stories
In issue 2935, Bea starred in Beaginnings drawn by Nigel Parkinson.[4] It was about her misbehaviour at home, saying her first word ("mud") and playing with her older brother's pets. The title changed to Dennis's Little Sister Bea – the Mini-Menace from issue 3099,[5] but was also known as Bea. She shares notable similarities with fellow Beano character, Ivy the Terrible, who, from August 2008, joined Bea in her strip, renamed Bea and Ivy. Nigel Parkinson continued as artist, as Ivy had been reprinted before the team up.
Bea's own strip returned for a few issues in 2009, however, this was dropped later that year, mainly due to her older brother's
Subsequent appearances
Issue 2942 (5 December 1998) was a special issue dedicated to her, where she appeared in every strip in the comic.
Bea makes appearances in the CBBC series Dennis the Menace and Gnasher.
References
- ^ Kerr, Euan, ed. (8 August 1998). "Dennis and Gnasher". The Beano. No. 2925. Illustrated by David Parkins. D.C.Thomson & Co. Ltd.
- ^ Kerr, Euan, ed. (12 September 1998). "Dennis the Menace and Gnasher". The Beano. No. 2930. Illustrated by David Parkins. D.C. Thomson & Co. Ltd.
- ^ a b Kerr, Euan, ed. (19 September 1998). "Dennis the Menace and Gnasher". The Beano. No. 2931. Illustrated by David Parkins. D.C. Thomson & Co. Ltd.
- ^ Kerr, Euan, ed. (17 October 1998). "Beaginnings". The Beano. No. 2935. Illustrated by Nigel Parkinson. D.C. Thomson & Co. Ltd.
- ^ Kerr, Euan, ed. (8 December 2001). "Dennis's Little Sister Bea – the Mini-Menace". The Beano. No. 3099. Illustrated by Nigel Parkinson. D.C. Thomsn & Co. Ltd.
- ^ "Bea". The Beano. No. 3737. D.C. Thomson & Co. Ltd. 7 June 2014.
External links
- Bea's fact file on the official Beano website