Beano Studios
Beano Studios is a British content production company specializing in children’s entertainment and media based in Dundee, Scotland and London, England. A subsidiary of DC Thomson & Co. Ltd, it was launched in 2016 to expand The Beano franchise.
History
Establishment and first productions
DC Thomson launched Beano Studios in June 2016. The launch included a revamp of the Beano comic's cover and logo, and the launch of the beano.com website. Nigel Pickard joined as non-executive director and Emma Scott served as CEO until 2020, when she was succeeded by David Guppy.The Beano.com website includes games, videos, articles, and news about celebrities. According to Mike Stirling, then Head of Beano Studios Scotland, the website aimed to be "a fun but trusted babysitter". The website gained over two million visitors per year and is credited with increasing comic sales by 10% in 2018.
2017–2021: ''Dennis and Gnasher: Unleashed!'' and wider expansion
Beano Studios produced the 3D-animated series Dennis & Gnasher: Unleashed! for CBBC, which premiered in November 2017. The series was distributed internationally by Jetpack and was sold to over 90 territories. It received an Emmy nomination in 2019.Other projects included a live-action Minnie the Minx series titled The Magnificent Misadventures of Minnie announced in 2018 and a Bananaman cartoon announced by Fox Entertainment in 2021.