Hoot was a weekly humour comic published by D.C. Thomson from 26th October 1985 to 25th October 1986, a total of 53 issues (though it billed itself as "Britain's bubbling new comic" throughout). It had a cover price of twenty pence, represented by a stylised drawing of a 20p coin. The last new humour title from D.C. Thomson to feature mostly new characters (though several characters from previous publications also appeared) it was eventually merged with The Dandy.
Featured strips[]
- Cuddles by Barrie Appleby (originally in Nutty, it started in issue #1 of Hoot and was eventually merged with Dimples in the Dandy to create Cuddles and Dimples)
- The Hoot Squad by Ken H. Harrison (started in issue #1, and was later reprinted in The Beano in 2007 as The Riot Squad)
- Wanta Job Bob by Steve Bright (started in issue #1)
- Super Fran by Steve Bright (started in issue #1 and ended in issue #51)
- Polar Blair by Robert Nixon (started in issue #1 and later transferred to the Dandy)
- Sam's Secret Diary by Jerry Swaffield (started in issue #1 and ended in issue #48)
- L Plated Ella by Robert Nixon (started in issue #1)
- Dogsbody by John Geering (started in issue #1)
- Piggles by Barrie Appleby (started in issue #1 and was later briefly reprinted in the Dandy in 2004)
- Snackula by David Mostyn (started in issue #1)
- Spotted Dick by Barrie Appleby, Jerry Swaffield and John Aldrich (starting in issue #1, it ended in issue #52 but was revived when Hoot merged with Dandy two weeks later)
- Charli by Jim Petrie (started in issue #5)
- Harry and William by George Martin (started in issue #50)
- The Old Ones by Jerry Swaffield (issue #50 only)
- Winston by Steve Bright (issues #51 and #52 only)
- Space Cop by George Martin (issue #53 only)
In addition, four frame mini-strips featuring established characters from other titles appeared in each issue, including Big Uggy, Julius Cheeser, Desert Island Dick, Foxy and King Gussie from the Topper; Dennis the Menace, Big Eggo, The Bash Street Kids, The Three Bears, Lord Snooty, Roger the Dodger and Biffo the Bear from the Beano; The Badd Lads and Colonel Blink from the Beezer; Bananaman and Jay R. Hood from Nutty; and Desperate Dan from the Dandy; as well as Tarzan Stripes and Flip 'n' Flop.