The Diary of Dennis the Menace (book 1)

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Scott Ketcham was born in Geneva, Switzerland, on March 14,1977, when his father Hank Ketcham worked abroad for 18 years. Growing up in a house full of artwork and comic strips, he was heavily influenced at an early age to draw. Looking over his father's shoulder most of his childhood, Scott was intrigued and decided, This is the life for me. On September 11, 1987, a Dennis the Menace live-action television film was broadcast; it was later released on video under the title Dennis the Menace: Dinosaur Hunter. [100] [101]

Murray, Noel (September 28, 2005). "Hank Ketcham's Complete Dennis The Menace 1951–1952 (review)". The Onion's avlub.com . Retrieved December 21, 2008. One of Ketcham's favorites in the large mix of publishing ventures became a collectors' item: Dennis and the Bible Kids. It featured Bible stories as told by Dennis. Ketcham's success enabled him to travel extensively. He lived in Switzerland for 18 years, where he worked on his feature from a penthouse studio overlooking Lake Geneva. In 2005, Dennis appeared as a guest for Blondie and Dagwood's 75th anniversary party in the comic strip Blondie. [80] Awards [ edit ] Marcus was born in Lexington, N.C., and graduated from Atlantic Christian College with a degree in commercial art. In 1965, he and his wife, Kaye, moved to Charlotte, N.C., where he worked in the art department of a local TV station.History". DennisTheMenace.com. Archived from the original on July 5, 2014 . Retrieved August 5, 2017. Korman, Seymour (September 26, 1959). "Dennis the Menace Goes on TV". Chicago Daily Tribune . Retrieved September 18, 2008. The Dennis the Menace Playground in Monterey, Calif., brings enjoyment to children of the area all year round and has served as a model for Dennis the Menace parks across the country.

It became so successful that it was adapted to other popular media, including a 1986 series, several television shows, both live-action and animated, and several feature films, including theatrical and direct-to-video releases. Dennis the Menace is the brainchild of Hank Ketcham. Appearing in more than 1,000 newspapers, the humor is based on the interaction of five-ana-half-year-old Dennis Mitchell with his parents, neighbors and various friends. Dennis is a combination of good intentions, misdirected helpfulness and exuberant energy, which never fails to provide an entertaining mixture of merriment. Dennis' civic-mindedness has made him a popular spokescharacter for many worthy causes, including the Boy Scouts of America, Unicef and the International Red Cross. Dennis the Menace was adapted into an animated special, Dennis the Menace in Mayday for Mother which aired in 1981 and was produced by DePatie–Freeling Enterprises and Mirisch Films. [102]Dennis the Menace is the original title of a British comic strip, written and published in Dundee, which first appeared in The Beano on 12 March 1951 and became the longest-running strip in the magazine in 2004; DIC also produced the All-New Dennis the Menace for CBS Saturday Mornings in 1993 with Adam Wylie voicing Dennis, Greg Burson voicing George Wilson, and June Foray voicing Martha Wilson. [104] I sent Hank some pencil sketches of the various characters, and after a few months of correspondence, I was brought on board to work on the Dennis the Menace comic books for Marvel. Hank Ketcham retired from the comic strip in 1994, [77] turning over production of the strip to his assistants Ron Ferdinand and Marcus Hamilton. They continued their run after Ketcham's death in 2001, alongside Scott Ketcham since 2010. [77] Advertising [ edit ]

Brian Walker. "Dennis the Menace – Introduction". Fantagraphics Books. Archived from the original on June 13, 2011 . Retrieved February 9, 2010. Cowboy Bob is a film cowboy whom Dennis idolizes. He appears in a series of Westerns known as Cowboy Bob films. The boy fails to realize that Westerns are rarely made in his day and that the films he watches are reruns. In one story arc, Dennis' parents invite the retired actor to a party, and Dennis meets him and comments that he must be Cowboy Bob's grandfather. Dennis the Menace may refer to either of two comic strip characters that both appeared in March 1951, one in the UK and one in the US.Dennis the Menace (known as Dennis in Europe), a video game tie-in to the 1993 feature film, was released that same year by Ocean Software for the Super NES, Amiga and Game Boy. The comic strip has been translated into many foreign languages, which has helped make the strip's characters famous worldwide. Ninety-six half-hours featuring Dennis' animated adventures, produced for the General Mills Corp. in 1988 to 1989, are distributed to independent television markets worldwide. Targeted to an audience of younger children, the series runs each weekday and is remarkably successful. Statue of Dennis the Menace Stolen". The Washington Post. Associated Press. October 28, 2006 . Retrieved September 18, 2007– via washingtonpost.com.

Grampa (Arnold "Swede" Aberdeen) is Alice's father, who spoils Dennis often. He evokes the unintentional jealousy of Mr. Wilson, for he gets to see Dennis occasionally, but Mr. Wilson sees him all the time. Because they are so much alike, Dennis and Grampa Johnson get along well. Mr. Wilson and Grampa have different perspectives on life and how to live it. While Mr. Wilson believes in acting one's age, Grampa encourages Dennis to enjoy life to the fullest. His wife's status is unknown; she is never seen in the comics, although she is mentioned four times—twice when, thanks to Dennis, Alice finds out Henry destroyed his Christmas gift (a tie) from his mother in law; [48] another time a furious Alice finds out that Henry had thrown his mother-in-law's gift (a tie) into the trash. [49] Another time, Alice wished her mother a Happy Mother's Day by telephone. [49] Grandpa mentions his wife to Dennis but not her status [ citation needed] In July 2010, the United States Postal Service unveiled a Dennis postage stamp in homage to his popularity. In 1972, Marcus began a career as a freelance illustrator doing artwork for such publications as Golf Digest and Saturday Evening Post. But in 1993, his career and life took an abrupt turn when he responded to a TV interview in which Hank Ketcham suggested that he would like to retire if he could find someone to draw Dennis the Menace. Marcus called Hank and asked for the opportunity. After seeing art samples, Hank agreed to train him to take over drawing the daily Dennis panels when he would retire in October 1995. He promoted two public-service messages through comic books, titled Dennis Takes a Poke at Poison and Coping With Family Stress. Dennis the Menace and Gnasher (1996 TV series) is an animated television series based on the Beano comic strip, known internationally as Dennis and Gnasher.The first one produced is a CBS sitcom that aired from 1959 to 1963 starring Jay North as Dennis, [97] Herbert Anderson as Henry Mitchell; Joseph Kearns [98] as George Wilson, and subsequently Gale Gordon as his brother, John Wilson. North also appeared as Dennis on an episode of The Donna Reed Show [99] and in the theatrical film Pepe (both 1960). Ketcham delighted in the ongoing development of a Broadway musical. In 1987, Tom Poston starred as Mr. Wilson, Dennis' long-suffering neighbor, in a workshop production that ran at the Cherry County Playhouse in Traverse City, Mich. In 1990, Dennis enjoyed a run at the Olney Playhouse in Maryland. Another series of workshop performances appeared in 1991 at the Coterie-Foley Theatre in Kansas City, Mo.