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'''Comic Idol''' is a competition held in ''The Beano'' every few years. In it, three to six new strips (or old strips brought back), run as guest strips in ''The Beano'' for a few weeks, and the most popular, determined by votes, gets a sustained place in ''The Beano''.<ref>{{cite book |last=Kibble-White |first=Graham |date=2005 |title=The Ultimate Book of British Comics |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Ultimate_Book_of_British_Comics/os8bAQAAIAAJ |publisher=Allison & Busby |page=49 |isbn=9780749082116 |access-date=October 1, 2025}}</ref> == Winners == *1995: Vic Volcano (Robert Nixon/Trevor Metcalfe) *1997: Tim Traveller (Vic Neill)/Crazy for Daisy (Nick Brennan) *1999: The Three Bears (Mike Pearse) *2002: Freddie Fear (Dave Eastbury) *2004: Joe Jitsu (Wayne Thompson) /Colin the Vet (Duncan Scott) *2005: Zap Zodiac (Steve Horrocks) *2006: Nicky Nutjob (Kelly Dyson) *2010: Meebo and Zuky (Laura Howell) == Losers == *1995: S.O.S Squad (Robert Nixon) /Minder Bird (Terry Willers) *1997: Camp Cosmos (John Geering)/S.Y.D.D/Trash Can Alley/Have-a-go-Jo (John Geering, David Mostyn and Bob Dewar) *1999: Tricky Dicky (John Dallas)/Gordon Bennett (Jimmy Hansen)/Inspector Horse and Jocky (Terry Bave) *2002: Space Kidette (Robert Nixon)/Phone-a-Fiend (Wayne Thompson) *2004: Dean's Dino (Geoff Waterhouse) *2005: Hugh Dunnit (David Mostyn)/Christmas Carole (Keith Page) *2006: Scammin' Sam (Steve Horrocks)/Mia Starr (Duncan Scott) *2010: Home Invasion (David Sutherland)/''Uh, Oh, Si Co!'' (Nigel Parkinson)
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