Lord Snooty
Lord Snooty was the longest running
cartoon strip in the
Beano comic. The central character was Marmaduke Lord Bunkerton, known to his friends as
Snooty, a very ordinary boy who just happens to be an
Earl.
The strip featured the following characters:
- Snooty
- Aunt Mat(ilda?), Snooty's guardian.
- Samuel, the castle guard.
- Snooty's friends (who appear to live with him in Bunkerton Castle):
- Joe - very fat and greedy.
- Scrapper - loves to fight.
- Liz - a very tall girl.
- Thomas - hair like a question mark (cf. Doubting Thomas)
- Rosie - short blonde girl.
- Polly - a black girl.
- Snitch and Snatch - identical twins.
- Other characters:
- Angus, Snooty's pet stag.
- The Gasworks Gang, sworn enemies of Snooty and his pals.