Leo Baxendale

Leo Baxendale (born October 27, 1930) is a British cartoonist, who was the creator of the classic Beano strips "Minnie the Minx" (1953) and "The Bash Street Kids" (1954). He left the Beano in 1962, and created the short-lived "Wham!" comic for Odhams[?], before contributing his brand of cartoon mayhem to Fleetway[?]'s line of comics for many years. In the 1980s he fought a seven-year legal battle with D. C. Thompson[?] for the rights to his Beano creations, which was eventually settled out of court.

External Link

• Reaper Books (http://www.reaper.co.uk/) - Baxendale's own publishing company