Shopkeepers are being warned that there will be a Wokingham-wide shortage of Beanos after the popular children’s comic gained a new editor.
Seven-year-old Isabella Penney was given a new name – Irritating Izzy – for her week-long stint as boss of the long-running title.
For her role she had to help choose storylines for favourites such as Dennis The Menace and Minnie The Minx, pick jokes and help out with an April fools storyline that saw her Dad, Julian, roped in.
And she has been immortalised in cartoon form for the comic, which went on sale yesterday.
Mr Penney said: “She was very excited when she found out – she’s been over the moon.
“We first knew about it six weeks ago and the Beano team have been brilliant, she’s been really involved in telling jokes and choosing stories.
“Isabella is a big Beano fan. She’s been reading it and acting out stories from it.”
And the Westende pupil’s love for all things Dennis The Menace is inherited – Julian used to read The Beano and The Dandy when he was little.
For her cartoon appearance, Julian was also immortalised – Isabella was asked to send in a picture of him looking angry.
“She’s very happy to be in cartoon form,” Mr Penney said.
“There may be a shortage of Beanos in Wokingham this week as we snap up copies.”
Claire Bartlett, content editor for Beano, said: “Who better to decide what’s funny enough
for the pages of Beano than the readers themselves? That’s why each week we choose
one reader from thousands of entries to be the boss.
“They decide which pranks, jokes, readers’ letters and comic strips get to make it into their Beano.
“They also appear at the very start in a strip of their own. I’m sure all Beano fans dream of starring in their favourite comic and we’re delighted we can make those dreams come true.”
Pictures: A Beano Studios Product. ©DC Thomson Ltd. 2017
