Billy Whizz Runs Down Stairs Screenprint She first appeared in 1953

She first appeared in 1953

Watkins drew Biffo from the character’s debut until he died on 20 August 1969

Desperate Dan made his appearance in the first issue of The Dandy – the sister comic to The Beano – which was dated 4 December 1937

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34cms x 28cms

Billy Whizz Runs Down Stairs Screenprint She first appeared in 1953Handmade screen print on cotton paper. Signed and numbered out of 200 in pencil by the printer, John Patrick Reynolds. Standard size: 26cm x 19cm Medium size: 48cm x 38cm Large size: 76cm x 56cm Billy Whizz was one of my favourites when I was a kid. There is something very appealing about characters with special abilities especially if they act as a handicap as often as not. But Billys speed gave the artists and writers at The Beano a very good excuse