In which British comic did 'Lord Snooty' regularly appear for over fifty years?
'Lord Snooty' (or 'Lord Snooty and his Pals') is a fictional character in a comic strip in the UK comic The Beano, first appearing in issue 1, dated 30 July 1938, and was the longest-running strip in the comic until 'Dennis the Menace and Gnasher' overtook it. The central character was Lord Marmaduke of Bunkerton, known to his friends as 'Snooty', a very ordinary boy who just happens to be an Earl.
The Beano is the longest-running British children's comic magazine, published by DC Thomson in Dundee, Scotland. The comic first appeared on 30 July 1938 and was published weekly.
The strip was mostly drawn by Dudley D. Watkins until his death in 1969, though Leo Baxendale and Albert Holroyd occasionally filled in for Watkins.
Robert Nixon took over in 1968. Nixon continued to draw it for the next few years, before being succeeded by Jimmy Glen in 1973. Ken H. Harrison took over in 1988 and continued to draw it until the strip discontinued from The Beano in 1991. Lord Snooty was the only remaining strip left from the first issue when it was withdrawn.
On 9 September 1998, a book entitled 'The Legend of Lord Snooty and his Pals' was released. This contained history and reprints from the first 30 years of the strip's life.
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