Comic Idol

Comic Idol is a competition held in The Beano every few years. In it, three to six new strips (or old strips brought back), run as guest strips in The Beano for a few weeks, and the most popular, determined by votes, gets a sustained place in The Beano. See below for a full list of winners and the losing strips.

Winners

 * 1995: Vic Volcano (Robert Nixon/Trevor Metcalfe)
 * 1997: Tim Traveller (Vic Neill)/Crazy for Daisy (Nick Brennan)
 * 1999: The Three Bears (Mike Pearse)
 * 2002: Freddie Fear (Dave Eastbury)
 * 2004: Joe Jitsu (Wayne Thompson) /Colin the Vet (Duncan Scott)
 * 2005: Zap Zodiac (Steve Horrocks)
 * 2006: Nicky Nutjob (Kelly Dyson)
 * 2010: Meebo and Zuky (Laura Howell)

Losers

 * 1995: S.O.S Squad (Robert Nixon) /Minder Bird (Terry Willers)
 * 1997: Camp Cosmos (John Geering)/S.Y.D.D/Trash Can Alley/Have-a-go-Jo (John Geering, David Mostyn and Bob Dewar)
 * 1999: Tricky Dicky (John Dallas)/Gordon Bennett (Jimmy Hansen)/Inspector Horse and Jocky (Terry Bave)
 * 2002: Space Kidette (Robert Nixon)/Phone-a-Fiend (Wayne Thompson)
 * 2004: Dean's Dino (Geoff Waterhouse)
 * 2005: Hugh Dunnit (David Mostyn)/Christmas Carole (Keith Page)
 * 2006: Scammin' Sam (Steve Horrocks)/Mia Starr (Duncan Scott)
 * 2010: Home Invasion (David Sutherland)/Uh, Oh, Si Co! (Nigel Parkinson)