Talk:Dennis the Menace (U.S. comics)

Dennis Halloween?
Does anyone have a cite for the purported Dennis Halloween movie project? I've done some poking around and no one seems to know anything about it. Lynnejanet 20:06, 19 July 2007 (UTC)Lynnejanet

General
Discussion about the title of this article and its recent change can be found at Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (acronyms). Feel free to contribute. -- hike395 16:57, 27 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Dairy Queen publicity
ISTR that DQ dropped Dennis images very soon after Ketcham died, so it's possible that the deal whereby they were licensed was with Ketcham himself and not his syndicators. But the only way to tell for sure would be to contact both DQ head office and whoever's in charge of the strip. knoodelhed 19:21, 8 September 2005 (UTC)

Henry = Hank?
Since Dennis's father has (nearly) the same name as the strip's creator, is there supposed to be any idea that Ketcham based the strip on his own son? -- Toby Bartels 09:42, 27 November 2005 (UTC)

Dennis (The Pickle)?
I don't remember the U.S. Dennis ever being called "The Pickle." Was this a U.K. only thing? Kevrob 21:39, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Yes. Because there is a separate strip in the UK called "Dennis the Menace".  So the US strip was given that title in the UK.  ---Emb021 Nov 17 2006
 * Does "pickle" have a particular meaning in UK slang pertaining to troublesome children? Because otherwise "that just raises MORE questions". Asat (talk) 21:04, 20 July 2008 (UTC)

Info box
I filled up the info box, but I am unable to do anything about the beano strip title on the top. If I replace it with anything else the box disappears. Also someone will have to fill in the issue no, currently I have put the number 1 there since I am unable to remove the entry.-- PremKudva Talk  09:58, 20 October 2006 (UTC)
 * What issue number should it be? Also, I've replaced the Beano template with a non-template table for the time being.  Maybe we could just make another template, but I don't know any article that needs one of these right now so I won't do that. Haplolology 22:48, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

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Dennis the Menace in other languages
In France, the title of the comic strip is Dennis la malice (with a double N) though the title of the movie is Denis la malice (with a single N). Arct - 81.64.154.242 00:38, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

British isn't a language, I assume you mean English, and the UK version of the TV show really only has a new title card (because "the Menace" cannot be used as it would be confused with The Beano character) and is not a translation anyway. Digifiend (talk) 10:29, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Actually the title Dennis the Menace has been used to refer to Ketcham's character in UK releases since the mid 2000s while the Beano character is now usually released as Dennis the Menace and Gnasher. Tk420 (talk) 20:11, 13 March 2016 (UTC)

Dennis the computer game
After the 1993 film there was a computer game, simply called Dennis, released by Ocean for Amiga 1200/CD32 and the SNES, but despite being bundled with the "Desktop Dynamite" Amiga 1200 packs for Christmas 1993, was considered something of a mediocre game (it was commented in several magazines at the time that Ocean was following its 'typical formula' of buying up the name of a recent and popular film and making a mediocre game out of it, and many believed if it had been released under a different name with slightly different images it would have been more successful) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.74.144.237 (talk) 16:11, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

Added to tone to help cut "trivia"
I added to the "tone" section, as I felt it would help cut into the trivia by placing an item within the article. I felt the notion of timelessness would be good in drawing the link from the "Our Gang" reference through Dennis and to characters like Bart Simpson, but also, this let a couple things be added that I was surprised weren't there - his outfit (I didn't see anywhere in the article how he was almost always in a striped shirt and suspenders) and also the love of Westerns and cowboys which you can still see some of in Dennis, though not as much as when he first appeared.

I hope this helps.209.244.30.221 (talk) 12:58, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

For years, Dennis carried a slingshot in his back pocket. When was the last time the slingshot appeared? Who decided to remove it? OldBlindDog (talk) 07:58, 22 October 2009 (UTC)

WikiProject Comics B-Class Assesment required
This article needs the B-Class checklist filled in to remain a B-Class article for the Comics WikiProject. If the checklist is not filled in by 7th August this article will be re-assessed as C-Class. The checklist should be filled out referencing the guidance given at Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Assessment/B-Class criteria. For further details please contact the Comics WikiProject. Comics-awb (talk) 16:19, 31 July 2008 (UTC)
 * I was going to say, how the heck did this article get a b-rating? There's some glaring flaws in the text. Tehw1k1 (talk) 21:54, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

Character List
Uhhh... Did anyone take a look at the first entry on the character list? I'm leaving it as is so you can see for yourself. 45750born (talk) 20:53, 23 September 2008 (UTC)

Dennis the Menace other languages list
it needs to be edited so that it reflects the translations and names of the comic strip only, not any of the TV shows or any other adaptation. Names of the TV adaptations can be added to the applicable show's wiki page--Tehw1k1 (talk) 01:17, 22 December 2008 (UTC)

comic books section
would be much easier to understand with a timeline or chart that mapped the different series and the years they were released.--Tehw1k1 (talk) 01:27, 22 December 2008 (UTC)

Joey's sister
Yeesh, what happened? Where's the tone section? And why is trivia back after it was removed, said removal supposedly always being better?

I inserted something I thought was important enough, that Joey was aged a bit, as his parents had a baby girl at one point. It shows how the comic has stayed relatively stable except for a few little adjustments like that. It's also interesting that we don't necessarily know if they of the others have siblings.

But, if someone even edited out really noteworthy stuff like Dennis always being drawn in the same outfits (like the one for Calvin and Hobbes mentions his clothing), namely Dennis' striped shirt and suspenders, and also removed mention of the Western motif that is recurring at times (which is *very* much a part of it, in my view) then I know 2 things. 1. I must not understand how to improve an article like I thought, as it seems like removal of trivia sections and mention of important motifs are important. And, 2. What I thought was an important component of a friend of Dennis', and note on friends of Dennis' in general, that being lack of mention of any siblings, probably won't be kept. (Charlie Brown type sigh.) It's no use trying to improve the stuff on here sometimes.209.244.187.155 (talk) 01:09, 19 April 2009 (UTC)

vapid
This is a good example of how Wikipedia's (largely justifiable) policy against "original research" results in a vapid article that tells us little useful about the subject. As written, the description of the strip is not only incomplete and inaccurate, but appears to blandly endorse its quality and content.

The original Dennis was Just Plain Nasty. He said and did things that not only angered people, but seemed calculated to destroy his parents' marriage. This couldn't be sustained, and Dennis gradually became a plumper, rounder, and less-unappealing character. For example, the online Britannica states "He was initially depicted as a defiant child who deliberately sought out mischief, but over the years his personality softened considerably." There are even-more-critical views out there, but I can't find them at the moment. This piece needs substantial editing.WilliamSommerwerck (talk) 13:04, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Original research isn't necessary, I'm sure there's some material that covers the Dennis character's evolution, its just not online, its in books and magazines. The over-reliance of online sources is the problem. Tehw1k1 (talk) 23:41, 22 June 2010 (UTC)

Wilsons' Children?
I thought George and Martha Wilson were childless, and Dennis was a kind of "surrogate son" to them (especially Mrs. Wilson). When was it revealed that they had children? (I'm thinking of the reference to George Everett Wilson, Sr.) Was this ever in the strips? 45750born (talk) 16:39, 10 January 2013 (UTC)

What lawsuit?
In the comic book section, the following is found:


 * Fawcett Comics (1958–80, during their only return to comics after losing the Captain Marvel lawsuit),

What lawsuit? There's nothing about this in the linked Fawcett page nor any further info on this one. This could be clarified a bit or at least reference a page that explains the issue. 99.245.248.91 (talk) 03:59, 18 December 2013 (UTC)

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End date
When did Dennis the Menace end?--Trisha Gaurav (talk) 22:04, 18 July 2016 (UTC)

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Postage Stamp & "Popular culture"
Why no mention of the U.S. 44-cent postage stamp issued on July 16, 2010?

And, since it's related, why no "Popular culture" section?

Just curious. 2600:8800:785:1300:C23F:D5FF:FEC4:D51D (talk) 11:35, 15 August 2018 (UTC)

not so subtle
Our current lead includes about the UK and US Dennises the Menaces that they "change their names subtly in each other's respective home bases to avoid confusion."

While that may be true to how its handled now, in the 1950s and 1960s (at least) the US panel ran in UK papers as "The Pickle", which I would not consider a subtle change. Might be worth noting that somewhere. -- Nat Gertler (talk) 05:09, 5 July 2023 (UTC)