Smiffy
Simply Smiffy
Comic strip from The Beano
Simply Smiffy is a comic strip published in the British comic magazine The Beano. It is one of the many spin-off comic strips off The Bash Street Kids, first appearing in issue 2254.[1]
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| Genre | Comic strip |
| Story timeline | Issues 2254 – 2338, 3660 – ?? |
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Simply Smiffy is the second Bash Street Kids spin-off that starred Smiffy, the first being Says Smiffy from 1971. It encouraged readers to mail the Beano office their ideas for new inventions, which are tested by Smiffy in the following issues. The series was illustrated by Jim Petrie and ran for over 25 issues.[6][7]
The stories are about Smiffy's life outside of going to school, usually making mistakes because of his ditziness. It is revealed he has a brother, a bespectacled boy (who looks similar to Smiffy) named Norman, who supervises Smiffy's antics.
Despite Jim Petrie illustrating Smiffy's previous comic strip, Simply Smiffy was illustrated by Jerry Swaffield. It was one of the first comic strips published and approved by chief editor Euan Kerr soon after Harry Cramond's retirement.[8] The strips were a page long and were set in Smiffy's home, garden, or in parks or the high street. The series ran from issue 2254 to 2338.[1][9]
Subsequent appearances
Simply Smiffy returned to The Beano in the Funsize Funnies, illustrated by Paul Palmer.[10] It also appeared in 1987 and 1988's Beano annuals,[2][3] and The Beano Summer Specials of 1986 and 1987.[4][5]
- Cramond, Harold, ed. (18 September 1971). "Says Smiffy". The Beano. No. 1522. Illustrated by Jim Petrie. D.C. Thomson & Co. Ltd.
- Cramond, Harold, ed. (1 April 1972). "Says Smiffy". The Beano. No. 1552. Illustrated by Jim Petrie. D.C. Thomson & Co. Ltd.
- The History of The Beano: The story so far. Waverley Books. 2008. p. 234. ISBN 978-1-902407-73-9.
- Kerr, Euan, ed. (9 May 1987). "Simply Smiffy". The Beano. No. 2338. Illustrated by Jerry Swaffield. D.C. Thomson & Co. Ltd.
- "Simply Smiffy (Funsize Funnies)". The Beano. No. 3660. 10 November 2012.
- Read a Simply Smiffy story from the Funsize Funnies run on the Beano website