Leo Baxendale (born October 27, 1930) is a British cartoonist, who was the creator of the classic Beano strips "Little Plum" (1953), "Minnie the Minx" (1953), "The Bash Street Kids" (1954) and "The Three Bears" (1959). He left The Beano in 1962, and created the short-lived "Wham!" comic for Odhams Press , before contributing his brand of cartoon mayhem to Fleetway 's line of comics for many years. In the 1980s he fought a seven-year legal battle with D.C. Thomson for the rights to his Beano creations, which was eventually settled out of court.

External links

• Reaper Books - Baxendale's own publishing company
• Leo Baxendale at Lambiek.net
• Peter Gray's Leo Baxendale comic fansite