Beryl the Peril appeared in the first issue of "The Topper" in 1953. She was created to be a female equivalent to "The Beano"'s Dennis the Menace. Davey Law, her artist and creator, drew inspiration from his daughter, who would often pull faces during her tantrums. The strips were similar in concept to the Dennis the Menace ones in that she would cause chaos through menacing her neighbours, parents and school teachers. In 1958, Beryl was chosen as one of the few of D.C. Thomson's characters to earn an annual all to herself, consisting solely from reprints in past years. When Law retired
John Darling (comic strip) information about the father she lost at a very young age. John Darling (comic strip) John Darling is an American comic strip, created by Tom Batiuk, a spin-off of his earlier comic strip "Funky Winkerbean". "John Darling" appeared from March 25, 1979 to August 4, 1990. John Darling, a talk-show host, was originally a supporting character in Batiuk's strip "Funky Winkerbean" before being spun off into his own strip. The original artist was Tom Armstrong, who left the strip in 1985 for his own creation, "Marvin", though he did return to draw the final three weeks of the strip. His