Comic Idol

Comic Idol is a competition held in The Beano every few years. In it, three to six new strips, run as guest strips in The Beano for a few weeks, and the most popular, determined by votes, gets a sustained place in The Beano.

Winners

1995: Vic Volcano
1997: Tim Traveller /Crazy for Daisy
1999: The [Three Bears |The Three Bears]
2002: Freddie Fear
2004: Joe Jitsu /Colin the Vet
2005: Zap Zodiac
2006: Nicky Nutjob
2010: Meebo and Zuky
Losers
1995: S.O.S Squad /Minder Bird
1997: Camp Cosmos /S.Y.D.D/Trash Can Alley/Have-a-go-Jo
1999: Tricky Dicky /Gordon [Bennett |Gordon Bennett] /Inspector [Horse and Jocky]
2002: Space Kidette /Phone-a-Fiend
2004: Dean's Dino
2005: Hugh Dunnit /Christmas Carole
2006: Scammin' Sam /Mia Starr
2010: Home Invasion /''Uh, Oh, [Si Co!]''