Gnasher and Gnipper

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Gnasher and Gnipper
Beano strip

Current/last artist	Barry Glennard
First appearance	Issue N/A (1986)
Last appearance	Ongoing
Regular characters	Gnasher, Gnipper, Dennis, Bea, Mum, Dad

Gnasher and Gnipper is a comic strip in The Beano starring the dog Gnasher (from Dennis the Menace), his son Gnipper, Dennis' Father and Dennis' Mother. It does not always feature Dennis himself, or his sister Bea. However Dennis was the owner of both dogs. The strip first appeared in 1986, replacing Gnasher's Tale. Like that strip it was originally drawn by David Sutherland. The current artist is Barry Glennard.

Gnipper has one long triangular tooth and looks almost exactly like his father. He loves to chase cats. The dogs get up to lots of mischief. They are both Abyssian Wire Haired Tripe hounds. Gnasher also has five daughters, Gnancy, Gnatasha, Gnaomi, Gnanette, and Gnora, all of whom resemble smaller versions of Gnasher with white fur. They rarely appear in the strip, and it has been suggested they live with their unnamed mother.

The G on the beginning of both their names is pronouced silently.^{[citation needed]} Most of their speech bubbles also consist of normal English words with a silent G added to the beginning (e.g. Gnight, Gnight).