Big Eggo

Big Eggo
Character from The Beano
Publication information
Star ofBig Eggo
First appearance
  • Issue 1
  • (30 July 1938)
Last appearance
  • Issue 3950
  • (1 September 2018)
Appearance timelineIssues 1 – 358, 3093, 3185, 3925 – 3950
Creator(s)Reg Carter and R. D. Low[1]
Author(s)Uncredited
Lew Stringer
Illustrator(s)
Also appeared in
Beano works
[2][3][4][5]

Big Eggo was a British comic strip series about an eponymous ostrich, published in the British comic magazine The Beano. He first appeared in issue 1, dated 30 July 1938, and was the first cover star.[6] His first words in the strip were "Somebody's taken my egg again!" It was drawn throughout by Reg Carter.[6]

  1. ^ Beano: 80 Years (2018), p. 7-11.
  2. ^ "Big Eggo". The Beano Book 1940. Illustrated by Reg Carter. D.C. Thomson & Co. Ltd. 1939. pp. 3, 22, 33, 52, 81, 121.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  3. ^ "Big Eggo". The Beano Book 1941. Illustrated by Reg Carter. D.C. Thomson & Co. Ltd. 1940. pp. 5, 25, 89, 137.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  4. ^ "Big Eggo". The Beano Book 1942. Illustrated by Reg Carter. D.C. Thomson & Co. Ltd. 1941. pp. 5, 25, 49, 73, 97, 121.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  5. ^ The Magic-Beano Book appearances:
    1. "Big Eggo and Koko the Pup". The Magic-Beano Book 1943. D.C. Thomson & Co. Ltd. 1942. p. 5.
    2. "Big Eggo". The Magic-Beano Book 1943. D.C. Thomson & Co. Ltd. 1942. pp. 25, 73, 99, 121.
    3. "Big Eggo and Koko". The Magic-Beano Book 1944. D.C. Thomson & Co. Ltd. 1943. p. 5.
    4. "Big Eggo". The Magic-Beano Book 1944. D.C. Thomson & Co. Ltd. 1943. pp. 33, 73.
    5. "Big Eggo and Koko". The Magic-Beano Book 1945. D.C. Thomson & Co. Ltd. 1944. p. 5.
    6. "Big Eggo". The Magic-Beano Book 1945. D.C. Thomson & Co. Ltd. 1944. pp. 33, 113.
    7. "Big Eggo and Koko". The Magic-Beano Book 1946. D.C. Thomson & Co. Ltd. 1945. p. 5.
    8. "Big Eggo". The Magic-Beano Book 1946. D.C. Thomson & Co. Ltd. 1945. pp. 33, 113.
    9. "Big Eggo". The Magic-Beano Book 1947. D.C. Thomson & Co. Ltd. 1946. pp. 5, 121.
    10. "Big Eggo and Koko". The Magic-Beano Book 1948. D.C. Thomson & Co. Ltd. 1947. p. 5.
    11. "Big Eggo". The Magic-Beano Book 1948. D.C. Thomson & Co. Ltd. 1947. pp. 25, 73, 121.
    12. "Big Eggo and Koko". The Magic-Beano Book 1949. D.C. Thomson & Co. Ltd. 1948. p. 5.
    13. "Big Eggo". The Magic-Beano Book 1949. D.C. Thomson & Co. Ltd. 1948. pp. 5, 121.
    14. "Big Eggo". The Magic-Beano Book 1950. D.C. Thomson & Co. Ltd. 1949. pp. 25, 56.
    15. "Big Eggo". The Magic-Beano Book 1950. D.C. Thomson & Co. Ltd. 1949. pp. 73, 127.
  6. ^ a b Morris, Paul (2001). "The Beano Comic, Big Eggo". paulmorris.co.uk. Retrieved 14 February 2019.