Beano marks 85th birthday with Adele, Harry Styles and Stormzy

The Beano, the world's longest-running comic, has marked its 85th day with impermanent appearances from Adele, Stormzy and Harry Styles.

The commemorative issue, retired connected Wednesday, besides includes depictions of King Charles III and Queen Camilla.

The guests were drawn aft 3,000 children - aged 7 to 14 - were asked successful a canvass which celebrities they would similar to spot successful cartoon form.

Sir David Attenborough, Lewis Hamilton and Jill Scott each look too.

Footballer Marcus Rashford is successful determination arsenic good aft being voted arsenic the astir inspirational celebrity, portion TV presenting duo Ant and Dec topped the database of celebrated radical that youngsters would invitation to their day party.

Spider-Man histrion Tom Holland and Manchester City subordinate Phil Foden besides figured highly connected the database of celebrities that they would similar to beryllium champion friends with.

Since the Beano launched successful Dundee successful 1938, much than 4,000 issues person been printed featuring astir 700 characters, specified arsenic Dennis [the Menace] and Gnasher, the Bash Street Kids and Billy Whizz.

"As Beano proudly celebrates its 85th anniversary, it continues to champion the powerfulness and joyousness of puerility by doing what it's ever done, showing kids being kids," said Mike Stirling, caput of "mischief" astatine the publication.

"Here's to the adjacent 85 years, and we dedicate this day contented to each kid retired there, due to the fact that being a kid ne'er gets old."

Speaking to BBC Radio Scotland, Stirling cheekily suggested that Sir Mick Jagger, who similar the Beano besides celebrates a large day this week, 80, indispensable beryllium a scholar arsenic his set the Rolling Stones are inactive going.

"I get to talk to a wider radical of kids each week erstwhile we're moving connected the Beano and that makes you consciousness young and it keeps you young," helium added.

For its star-studded day edition, Beano creator Nigel Parkinson has depicted celebrities assisting the Beanotown kids successful stopping Mayor Brown from carving his ain look into Mount Beano.

The Queen is seen informing her hubby that it is successful information the children, not him, that regularisation implicit successful the fictional town.

The Prince and Princess of Wales besides look successful the caller comic portion alongside different euphony stars specified arsenic Dua Lipa, Lewis Capaldi and Kate Bush - who enjoyed a illustration resurgence owed to 1 of her tracks being utilized successful a cardinal occurrence of Stranger Things - arsenic good arsenic societal media influencer KSI.

"Dennis is inactive the aforesaid 10-year-old kid that helium was successful the 1950s but he's got antithetic references," noted Stirling.

An eight-page pull-out, entitled Beanow, has besides been created wrong consisting of children's comments and pictures that champion sum up the champion things astir being a kid contiguous - similar dancing, rapping and catapults.

To people the anniversary, 2,023 issues of the peculiar variation Beano - which archetypal went retired to subscribers astatine the play - volition beryllium fixed retired to classrooms crossed the state done the Beano for Schools programme this week, portion prizes tin besides beryllium won connected its website.