Minnie the Minx will star alone on The Beano’s cover; a first in the magazine’s history.
The bumper Christmas issue goes on sale on Wednesday 11th December with a cover featuring Minnie, up to her usual high jinks, exclaiming, “It’s my birthday and I’ll Minx if I want to!”.
In this special issue, say publishers DC Thomson, the Beanotown gang also throw Minnie a surprise birthday party which renders her speechless… for the first time EVER.
The Beano Editor in Chief Mike Stirling said, “We can’t quite believe its Minnie’s 60th anniversary – she looks so young!
“The Christmas issue cover is the most coveted of the year in Beanotown. It usually stars Dennis and some of the gang. Dennis and Gnasher were not happy that it’s all about Minnie this year… come to think of it, she’s lucky they threw her a surprise party with only a little menacing thrown in for good measure.”
Alongside The Beano’s regular strips the Christmas issue also features Will.i.am the Conqueror, How The Cowell Stole Christmas, Dec-k The Halls and The Numskulls taking over Santa’s brain with disastrous consequences.
Mike added, “This bumper issue has a Christmas theme running throughout - we couldn’t make it all about Minnie no matter how much she tried to trick us into it.
“It’s packed full of funny stories including How The Cowell Stole Christmas which sees Simon Cowell receive a Grinch style makeover. Plus, those naughty Numskulls make Santa forget all about Christmas – eek!”
