Beryl the Peril Beryl attempting to maker her own film. Also, the character returned in the 2012 "Dandy Annual", once again drawn by Karl Dixon. Beryl returned to the main "Dandy" in February 2012 as reprints from the mid-80s from The Topper. In mid-2012, Beryl came out of reprints and new strips were printed in the comic for 12 weeks by Steve Bright. Later in 2012, Beryl returned once more but this time back in reprints by Steve Bright from 2006–2007. Beryl also appeared in the 75th anniversary special of "The Dandy", coming in at No. 8 by Nigel Parkinson in the style
Bill the Cat can speak English, but have advanced vocabularies. The former is a result of his regularly choking on hairballs, the latter sound an approximation of the "raspberry". Bill the Cat is commonly seen as a parody of Jim Davis' Garfield (Milo Bloom appears to fear a visit from United Feature Syndicate's copyright lawyers over Bill's similarities to Garfield). In the December 22, 2015 Facebook version of the comic, it was revealed that Bill the Cat is actually Garfield's son. Breathed has also described Bill as his attempt to create a character so repulsive that it would have absolutely no merchandising potential.