Simply Smiffy is a comic strip published in the British comic magazine ''

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''. It is one of the many spin-off comic strips off ''

The Bash Street Kids ''The Bash Street Kids'' is a comic strip in the British comic magazine ''The Beano''. It also appeared briefly in The Wizard as series of prose stories in 1955. The strip, created by Leo Baxendale as ''When the Bell Rings'', first appeare ...

'', first appearing in issue 2254.

Background

''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 Jim Petrie (2 June 1932 – 25 August 2014) was a British comic artist born in Kirriemuir, Scotland. He is most notable for drawing 2,000 episodes of Minnie the Minx, a comic strip featured in The Beano, after taking over from the strips original ...

and ran for over 25 issues.

Synopsis

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.

Publication history

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. 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.

Subsequent appearances

''Simply Smiffy'' returned to The Beano in the Funsize Funnies, illustrated by

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. It also appeared in 1987 and 1988's ''Beano'' annuals, and ''The Beano Summer Special''s of 1986 and 1987.

References

External links

* from the Funsize Funnies run on the ''Beano'' website {{Beano Beano strips 1985 comics debuts 1986 comics endings Comics characters introduced in 1985 Child characters in comics British humour comics Gag-a-day comics Comics spin-offs The Bash Street Kids