Ivy the Terrible
| Ivy the Terrible | |
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| Character from Robert Nixon | |
| Author(s) | Uncredited
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| In-universe information | |
| Friends | Bea |
Ivy the Terrible is a fictional character featured in The Beano. She is a four-year-old girl who annoys her parents with her misbehaviour. She first appeared in The Beano in 1985 in the comic strip of the same name, but has starred in other comic strips throughout Beano history.
Character history
Concept
In 1985, The Beano's editor-in-chief Euan Kerr wrote to Robert Nixon about plans of creating a new character that was "tough and menacing like Dennis and Minnie, but doesn't have the strength or maturity to carry it off." The decided character design was a four-year-old girl named Ivy "dressed in dungarees and T-shirt, and with bunches in her hair"[6]
Introduction
Ivy first appeared in issue #2233, dated 4 May 1985, drawn by
Death of Nixon and later history
Robert Nixon continued to draw Ivy until his death in 2002.
In August 2008, the strip was merged with the strip
In October 2010, new single page strips of Ivy started appearing in the Beano drawn by Diego Jourdan Pereira.[9] Most of the title banners consisted of parodies of famous films such as Rocky and Fight Club and a tagline was introduced; Be thankful she's not your little sister. However, this only lasted until February 2011, as a change of editor at the Beano saw Ivy get dropped. Although a few of Diego Jourdan's strips appeared after this point, they were simply stockpiled strips which had yet to be used.
In the 2008 and 2009 Beano Annuals, her strip was drawn by Steve Horrocks, in the 2011 edition she was drawn by Dave Eastbury, the Ball Boy artist, and in the 2012 edition she was drawn by Laura Howell.
In August 2014, Ivy returned, drawn by Lew Stringer.
Personality traits
Ivy can be compared to that of an average
Physical appearance
Ivy sports two pigtails on her jet-black messy hair and a single tooth in her mouth. Her usual apparel mainly consists of a yellow fleece
In other media
Television
- Ivy appeared alongside other Beano stars in the straight-to-DVD release of The Beano Videostars. She enters the red carpet via space hopper. She was voiced by Alex Patterson.
Theme park
- Pictures of Ivy were posted all around Beanoland in Chessington World of Adventures before it was changed into Wild Asia in 2009.
Other comics
- A girl similar to Ivy appeared in a Dandytown rather than Beanotown) it is assumed by most to simply be a small reference by illustrator Andy Fanton.
References
- ^ a b c "Archive: Ivy the Terrible No. 1 - Ivy The Terrible - Archive Comic Strips on Beano.com". Archived from the original on 8 December 2020.
- ^ a b Anderson, John, ed. (3 June 2017). "Ivy the Terrible". Beano. No. 3887. Illustrated by Lew Stringer. D.C. Thomson & Co. Ltd.
- ^ Munro, Stu (13 August 2014). "Ivy the Terrible". The Beano. No. 3747. Illustrated by Lew Stringer.
- ^ "Ivy the Terrible". The Beano. No. 3765. 3 January 2015.
- ^ "Ivy the Terrible". Beano. No. 3865. Illustrated by Lew Stringer. 28 December 2016.
{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ Nixon, Cath (May 2009) [29 January 1985]. "ROBERT THOMAS NIXON (1939—2002) A CARTOON HISTORY" (PDF). The Beano and Dandy Collectors Club. phil-comics. p. 4. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 December 2019.
- ^ Beano Issue 2233
- ^ History of Beano page. 235
- ^ "Comics UK – View topic – Ivy has a new artist". comicsuk.co.uk. Archived from the original on 15 June 2011. Retrieved 19 October 2010.
