Jak and Todd Jak and Todd Jak Hurley and Todd Nolan are two fictional comic strip characters from the UK comic "The Dandy" who rose to popularity as the comic's main strip after its re-launch in 2004. Originally known as simply "Jak", both characters received equal billing after the popularity of Todd from readership. Jak's first incarnation was drawn by Jimmy Hansen starting from issue 2924, dated 6 December 1997. The strip played mostly on his relationship with his father (though not to the same extent as Molly and Beryl the Peril from that time). The second incarnation in the early 2000s (decade)
Beryl and the Croucher moved to a contemporary setting and was part of the Spiv cycle of films of the late 1940s. Beryl and the Croucher Beryl and the Croucher is a short story by the British writer Thomas Burke which was part of his 1916 collection "Limehouse Nights". A washed-up boxer, known as "the Croucher" for his distinctive fighting style, having fought his last fight sinks into dissipation and crime in the East End of London. His only hope to recover his former sense of self-worth is a former lover named Beryl. In 1949 the story was turned into a film "No Way