The Beano Takes Over U.K. Shopping Centers

’s chief troublemaker Dennis the Menace is visiting Intu shopping centers across the U.K. from now through the end of the year in a series of live events and brand activations.

The British shopping center conglomerate, which combined attracts more than 400 million visitors each year, has teamed up with

The Beano

publisher DC Thomson for the promotion. Over the next five months

The Beano

will offer arts and crafts, kids’ club activities, prank workshops and more at Intu locations across the country. Events will also feature animated author readings from Steven Butler, author of The

Diaries of Dennis the Menace

fiction series, and Comic Master Classes from one of

The Beano

’s cartoonists, Kev Sutherland.

A national competition will also be run during

The Beano

campaign to offer one winner the chance to appear with a friend as characters in the comic.

“

The Beano

is a much-loved comic, and whether you’re a child or an adult its sense of fun and cheekiness is something we can all relate