Jonah

Ken Reid's 'Jonah' first appeared in The Beano #817 (15th March 1958) and continued for five years until #1090 (8th June 1963). He was revived thirty years later in the Dandy for a second moderately successful run, this time by Keith Robson (Reid having passed on in the meantime) and has also appeared fairly regularly in Beano Comic libraries and a number of annuals. The gormless sailor, feared and shunned wherever he went because he somehow managed to accidentally sink every ship he sailed on, is generally regarded as one of Reid's finest creations.