Hoot (comics)

For other uses, see Hoot (disambiguation).

Hoot was a British comic that ran from (issues dates) 26 October 1985 to 25 October 1986, when it merged with The Dandy. Its cover price was 20p, represented by a stylized graphic depiction of a 20p coin. Throughout its run, it billed itself as "Britain's bubbling new comic!", a reference to the title masthead being made up of steam-billowing pipes (hence the title). Strips throughout its 53 issue run included:

Strip Title	Artist	First Appearance	Last Appearance	Notes
Cuddles	Barrie Appleby	1	53	The cover star. Originally appeared in Nutty Joined another Dandy strip (Dimples) and becoming Cuddles and Dimples.
The Hoot Squad	Ken H. Harrison		53	Reprinted as The Riot Squad in The Beano in 2007
Charli	Jim Petrie		53
Dogsbody	John Geering		53
L Plated Ella	Robert Nixon		53
Piggles	Barrie Appleby		53	Revised reprints of Piggles appeared in The Dandy for about half a year in 2004.
Polar Blair	Robert Nixon		52	Continued in The Dandy
Sam's Secret Diary	Steve Bright		48
Snackula	David Mostyn		53
Spotted Dick	Barrie Appleby		52	Continued in The Dandy
Super Fran	Steve Bright		51
Wanta Job Bob	Steve Bright		53
Harry and William		50	53	Much of the jokes in this strip involved the two titular characters being mistaken for Prince Harry and William.
The Old Ones		50	50	Strip's title is a play on The Young Ones
Winston		51	52
Space Cop		53	53

The comic also featured short, four-frame strips featuring pre-existng DC Thomson characters, but few of these strips seemed to have been drawn by their "proper" artists, hence a rather odd-looking Lord Snooty . Below is a list of these four frame strips. These strips were drawn by George Martin and after Hoot's merger with The Dandy they reappeared in The Dandy (still drawn by George Martin) under the title Comic Cuts and this time featured more Dandy characters than in Hoot.

Strip Title	Original Comic	First Appearance	Last Appearance	Notes
Big Uggy	The Topper		53
Tarzan Stripes			50	Also appeared as a half page comic strip.
Flip 'n Flop			52
Dennis the Menace	The Beano		53
Big Eggo	The Beano		53
Desperate Dan	The Dandy		53
The Bash Street Kids	The Beano
Jay R	Nutty		51
Colonel Blink	The Beezer		53
The Three Bears	The Beano
Foxy	The Topper		53
Bananaman	Nutty
Desert Island Dick	The Topper		51
The Badd Lads	The Beezer		47
Lord Snooty	The Beano		49
Roger the Dodger	The Beano		50
Julius Cheeser	The Topper		52
King Gussie	The Topper		53

See also

• List of DC Thomson Publications