"The Beano" and "The Dandy", were first published by DC Thomson in the 1930s. He has since appeared in "The Dandy" and "The Beano". This formerly had a theme based on Billy Whizz of The Beano. Dasher re-appeared with a red mask as the mascot of the "Beano" site. Dennis and Gnasher have remained mascots of "The Beano". The Bash Street Kids is a comic strip in the British comic book "The Beano". The mascots featured in an Olympic-themed comic strip in "The Beano", starting in issue 3601. Cheddar George was the name of a mouse in "The Beano" Comic. Gnipper featured in the Funsize Funnies section of The Beano in 2013. In 1998, these were replaced by the "Fun Size Beano". This later became the foundation of "The Beano" Club years later. Fatty has several stories about him in the Beano Library series. The 3,000th issue of "The Beano" was published in January 2000. In September 2009, "The Beano"'s 3,500th issue was published. Upon his arrival as editor, he made many changes to "The Beano".