Beryl the Peril 'Beak-Boy' due to his abnormally large nose. Beryl the Peril Beryl the Peril (or simply Beryl) is a fictional character created by David Law, the creator of Dennis the Menace, for issue 1 of "The Topper" comic (dated 7 February 1953) published by DC Thomson & Co. Limited. Like Dennis, she had black and red apparel, and devilishly tormented her parents and other members of her community. Despite not having quite as many appearances as other DC Thomson characters such as Dennis the Menace or Desperate Dan, Beryl is still considered one of the classic characters which define the popularity
John Darling (comic strip) 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 replacement was Gerry Shamray. Stan Lynde also contributed to the strip