Minnie The Minx

Minnie the Minx is a fictional character in a comic strip in the UK comic The Beano. Created and originally drawn by Leo Baxendale, she first appeared in issue 596, dated 19 December 1953. A world champion "minx", she would seem to be a female counterpart to Dennis the Menace on the surface, even wearing a similar red-and-black jumper. However, as David Law's Beryl the Peril had already taken on the role of a female Dennis, Baxendale imagined Minnie with the ferocity and strength of an Amazon warrior- naturally, she is tougher than most boys. Minnie has a cat called Chester, who's rival is Bonzo (a dog) from number 12. Other characters in the strip include PC Tyme, Soppy Susan and Fatty Fudge. Generally these characters are the butt of Minnie's pranks, but Fatty Fudge particularly is also sometimes called upon to assist Minnie in a particularly elaborate plot, since his services can always be bought with a bag of sweets. Jim Petrie took over drawing when Baxendale left DC Thomson, Petrie drawing the strip from June 1961 to issue 3052 (dated 13 January 2001) after which he retired. The artist since then has been Tom Paterson.

External links

Minnie the Minx artist retires - BBC News, 8 January 2001

 

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