They're as British as Marmite, cricket and fish ‘n' chips. They've seen off the Second World War, more than a few recessions and the dawn of computer games and DVDs. For more than 70 years children ...

Your offspring may have the manners of Minnie the Minx or Dennis the Menace, but that doesn't mean they shouldn't be '˜down with the kids'. Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, ...

The first editions of the Beano and Dandy annuals could fetch up to £3,000 each at auction. The classic comics from 1940 and 1939 respectively are set to attract international attention before they go ...

You may not be familiar with the name Dudley Dexter Watkins, but chances are you will recognise his art. Half a century after his death, the work of the talented British comic strip artist and ...

EXCLUSIVE: Classic British comic characters from The Beano, The Dandy and Commando are set to head to film and TV after publisher DC Thomson and Beano Studios launched Emanata Studios. The companies, ...

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Incredibly, The Beano has ...

21 November 1988 1980s woman has taken over the style once enjoyed exclusively by men in the 19th century Woman is the opposite of the dandy, said Baudelaire, ‘because she is natural and vulgar’. As ...

Britishness is hard to define. It took Danny Boyle, the man behind the Olympic opening ceremony, two hours, 800 nurses and a heck of a lot of fireworks to define it. Some would argue he could have ...

A copy of the very first issue of the Beano comic, dated July 30, 1938, and costing two old pence, has just been sold for &pound8,525. Minus, I should mention, the bumper free gift of a Whoopee Mask.

Fashion designer Stella McCartney has produced a new line of kids clothes featuring Beano and Dandy favourites Minnie the Minx and Dinah Mo. McCartney has teamed up with Beano Studios once again for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Author provided You may not be familiar with the name Dudley Dexter Watkins, but chances are you will recognise his art. Half a ...