Minnie the Minx celebrates 65 years!

In the shops today is Minnie: 65 Years of Minxing, a 68 page bookazine celebrating the long running Beano character. The magazine is a good mixture of features and classic strips, covering the evolution of Minnie from her beginnings in 1953 up to the present day. 

Each artist who has drawn the strip for any length of time is spotlighted with a bio and examples of their runs on the series. That means we get some vintage Leo Baxendale pages, plus strips by Jim Petrie, Tom Paterson, Ken Harrison, Nigel Parkinson, Paul Palmer... and even Laura Howell's three-page test strip. 

There's some previously unseen material here too, such as the original letters from 1950s Beano editor George Moonie to Leo Baxendale on the creation of the character, and the cover to the dummy issue of Minnie's own never-published comic! 

Minnie: 65 Years of Minxing is essential for anyone who's interested in the history of UK comics, or who just likes the Beano! You'll find it in branches of WH Smith, or you can order it directly from D.C. Thomson at this link:
https://www.dcthomsonshop.co.uk/minnie-65-years-of-minxing





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