Roger the Dodger, is a character in the British comic The Beano, and the main character of Roger the Dodger.
Personality[]
Roger is crafty and cunning, and as his name implies, is always thinking of "dodges" he can use to avoid doing chores. He originally found his dodges in his Dodge Books, but in recent comics he started searching in his Dodge Pad.
Physical Appearance[]
Roger has fair skin and black hair. He wears a red and black chequered shirt, white vest, black trousers, white socks, and red and white trainers. He originally wore a white tie and black shorts.
Artists[]
Ken Reid (first run): 1953-1959
Gordon Bell: 1959-1960
Bob McGrath: 1961-1962
Ken Reid (second run): 1962-1964
Robert Nixon (first run): 1964-1973
Tom Lavery: 1973-1976
Frank McDiarmid: 1976-1986
Robert Nixon (second run): 1986-2002
Barrie Appleby: 2003-
Roger was originally drawn by Ken Reid, who continued as artist until 1959 when he was replaced by Gordon Bell. In 1960 Roger disappeared from the comic before returning about one year later drawn by Bob McGrath. Reid returned as artist the following year and drew it until his departure from DC Thomson in 1964, after which Robert Nixon took over. Nixon drew Roger until he too left DC Thomson in 1973, with art duties going first to Tom Lavery and then to Frank McDiarmid in 1976. McDiarmid was Roger's artist for the next decade until Robert Nixon returned in 1986, drawing in a noticeably different style from his earlier strips. At the same time, the comic strip was expanded to two pages and gained a spin-off titled Roger's Dodge Clinic, where readers would write in to Roger asking him to help them dodge various situation.
Nixon continued to draw Roger until his death in October 2002, with his final story appearing in January 2003, after which Barrie Appleby became artist. He became the strip's main artist for most of the next decade, with occasional strips drawn by Trevor Metcalfe in 2003-2004 and reprints of stories from Nixon's second run appearing from 2005 onwards, apart from between March 2011 and August 2012 when Appleby took over as full-time Dennis the Menace artist. Roger appeared as Nixon reprints until Nigel Parkinson took over as Dennis's artist, allowing Appleby to return to drawing Roger. In July 2013 Appleby was replaced by Jamie Smart, whose version appeared in the comic until April the following year. He was initially replaced by Wayne Thompson before Appleby returned, and he has continued to draw the character since then.
Trivia[]
- Roger's prized possession is his Dodgewatch, where he can find dodges to get out of anything![9]
- Roger's motto is "If at first you don't succeed, dodge, dodge again!".[10]
- Roger's super skill is Dodging![11]
- Roger keeps a wiki of all his dodges online - it is top secret![12]
References[]
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