Stuart Jeffries

How the Beano shaped art

The spirit of the comic's characters, who enjoy wreaking havoc in a rule-bound world, pervade British art

Antinomian scamps bent on wreaking havoc in a rule-bound world: ‘Bash Street Kids’, 1971, by David Sutherland. Credit: Courtesy of Beano

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