Out of Context Biffo the Bear

Biffo trips over a rock and falls into a nearby Man-Eating Crocodile Pit.

Beano #2502, June 30, 1990

Biffo trips over a rug while attempting to hang a "Home Sweet Home" sign but ends up smashing his face through the wall and kicking a chair into the light fixture.

Beano #1248, June 18, 1966

Biffo admires his physique in the bathroom mirror.

Beano #437, December 2, 1950

Biffo, wearing a white barber's coat, shaves some kind of large hairy flesh-mass with an electric shaver. BIFFO: Steady, boy! Time for a trim.

Beano #2021, April 11, 1981

Biffo sets up a large harp on the ground outside his house and bounces on its strings, which he would rather do than play it as an instrument. Buster is DELIGHTED by this, his mouth hanging agape in blissful glee. BIFFO: I've decided to take up trampolining instead!

Beano #1582, November 11, 1972

A black and white photograph of a Biffo the Bear balloon featuring his name written in bold lettering with a picture of his wrinkled, leering face underneath. Beneath the image is a caption reading "This Biffo the Bear balloon was given free in the Beano in the 60s".

Crikey! The Great British Comics Magazine! #6

cartoon: A Disneyesque drawing of Biffo the Bear

Cartoon: Some Biffo the Bear fan art with a Disney slant. @oocbiffo.bsky.social

Biffo angrily chases a dog with a hose, grimly determined to hose him down. BIFFO: I'll just have to hose him down!

Beano #908, December 12, 1959

Biffo's loathsome nephews Cuddly and Dudley gasp in horror at some unseen menace that has appeared after what the caption ominously calls a "pit-stop" in scare quotes. CUDDLY AND DUDLEY: Gasp! Oh, no!

Beano #1911, March 3, 1979

Biffo The Bear, as discussed in episode 33 of The Funny Comics Fan Club - available in all good newsagents and wherever you get your podcasts!
(copyright DC Thomson)
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Biffo waves as he opens a Biffo-shaped door cut into his existing door. Heh-heh! Who's a clever Biffo then?

Beano #378, October 15, 1949

You, the reader, chuckle at Biffo's rascally antics as he floats over a river holding a balloon with "Who Hasn't?" written on it. READER'S VOICE: Heh-heh! Who's a clever Biffo, then?

Beano #2061, January 16, 1982

Biffo flees from an angry mob as a parcel labeled "Buster" bounces ahead of him. ANGRY MOBGOER: It's all Biffo's fault! After him!

Beano #1191, May 15, 1965

Biffo lifts up one end of Buster's bed, sending him sliding out into a tub full of water or some other sort of liquid, thus wakening him from his peaceful slumber. BIFFO: This usually wakens him. Hup! BUSTER: Splutter! Yaroop!

Beano #1748, January 17, 1976

Buster opens Biffo's door to see what is on the TV, causing Biffo to fall over upside-down and glassy-eyed. BUSTER: What's on the TV, Biffo?

Beano #757, January 19, 1957

Onlookers simultaneously panic and cheer wildly as Biffo balances on a tightrope with his tongue while gripping a parasol between his feet. One must be careful not to think too deeply upon where the rest of the parasol's handle has gone. ONLOOKER: I can't look! ANOTHER ONLOOKER: Stop him, somebody!

Beano #526, August 16, 1952

Draw yourself, or whatever you like, in the style of Onfim (no AI)

cc @oocbiffo.bsky.social

Biffo defeats famous wrestler The Python by secretly sticking him to the mat with toffee, earning him a 5 pound note as the announcer raises his hand in victory. Buster is HORRIFIED. ANNOUNCER: The Python can't get up. You win, Biffo! BIFFO (thinking): Ho! Ho! It's the toffee that's sticking him down!

Beano #848, October 18, 1958

Biffo finds joy in Buster getting buried under a pile of snow. BIFFO: Ha! Ha! Ha!

Beano #1277, January 7, 1967

A greasy, stringy-haired clown cannot resist smashing his plate of mashed potatoes in Biffo's face. He claims to be sorry for his actions but the sincerity of his apology is questionable. GREASY, STRINGY-HAIRED CLOWN: Oops! Sorry! I couldn't resist it!

Beano #1812, April 9, 1977

Biffo, wearing a tuxedo and silk hat (but no shoes) stands on stage and performs his famous Bird Impersonations routine for a crowd of enthralled geriatrics. STAGE MANAGER: Brilliant bird impersonations, Biffo! GERIATRIC WOMAN: Super!

Beano #1597, February 24, 1973

Biffo attempts to cure Buster's toothache by tying one end of a string to the tooth and the other end to a rocket that is scheduled to take a test flight to the moon later that afternoon. BIFFO: When the rocket goes off, it will take your bad tooth up to the moon!

Beano #651, January 8, 1955

Biffo has trapped his nephews, Cuddly and Dudley, inside a crudely-constructed wooden prison cell so he can renovate his kitchen in peace, but has made the foolish mistake of leaving their Junior Carpenter Set (which apparently contains a saw among other dangerous tools) within their reach. BIFFO: They should be safe in that play-pen. Now to re-decorate the kitchen. CUDDLY AND/OR DUDLEY: We'll soon saw our way out of here!

Beano #1617, July 14, 1973

Biffo cries for Buster (who for some reason was present in the room while Biffo was bathing) to fetch the plumber as he has once again gotten his toe stuck in the bathtub tap and wrenched it loose from the pipes, sending a geyser of water spraying everywhere. BIFFO: Hurry up and fetch the plumber!

Beano #983, May 20, 1961

Biffo blasts an obese cop in the face with a snowball launched from his iconic Tuba.

Beano #327, January 24, 1948

Biffo and Buster are playing tennis. Uncle Brumas, an enormous, muscular bear armed with a mace, is the umpire. A poster hanging from the fence shows a gravely injured, bandaged man with the caption "SOMEONE WHO DISAGREED WITH THE UMPIRE". BIFFO: --Uncle Brumas is the umpire and who'd argue with him? Sigh! UNCLE BRUMAS: Snarl!

Buster is trapped in a spool of cable while Biffo sends Whispered Message Clouds up to the waiting ear of an Enormous Red Clown. A Smaller Green Clown lurks ominously nearby. BUSTER: Now what's Biffo up to?

Beano #603, February 6, 1954

Piss drinking bear, I'm sure is that

What an incredible little thing
I will use for horrible things like printing this piss bucket biffo

Biffo's large, muscular Uncle Brumas takes away Biffo's box of Chocolate Biscuits and holds them up far too high for him to reach, then mocks him for his slight stature. UNCLE BRUMAS: Har! Har! Now you're not big enough!

Beano #2278, March 15, 1986