| Genre: | Humour anthology |
| Noimage: | yes |
| Schedule: | Monthly |
| Format: | Children's |
| Publisher: | D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd. |
| Issues: | 151 |
| Artists: | Nigel Parkinson, Laura Howell, Duncan Scott, David Sutherland, John Geering, Lew Stringer, Mike Pearse, Peter Player, Steve English, Jim Dewar |
| Editors: | Euan Kerr, Alan Digby, Michael Stirling |
| Creative Team Month: | September |
| Creative Team Year: | 2008 |
| Nonus: | yes |
| Subcat: | DC Thomson Comics |
| Sort: | EPIC Magazine |
EPIC Magazine (Previously known as Dennis the Menace and Gnasher's EPIC Magazine (2014–2016), 100% Official Dennis the Menace and Gnasher Megazine (2013–2014) and BeanoMAX (2007–2013)) was a monthly British comic magazine published by D.C. Thomson & Co. Ltd It was originally a spin-off of the UK comic, The Beano. Each issue had 40 pages and costs £3.99.
The first issue was published on 15 February 2007 and was a Comic Relief special.[1] The BeanoMAX title ceased with issue #79 in June 2013, and the following issue #80 was rebranded as 100% Official Dennis the Menace and Gnasher Megazine. It was renamed again to Dennis and Gnasher's EPIC Magazine a year later and was shortened to its current name in 2016. The magazine was cancelled in 2019.
During the BeanoMAX era, the strips also starred in the weekly Beano. However, some of these started in the weekly, and also starred in BeanoMAX, but ended up being removed from the weekly (still showing sometimes, but only once every few months) and carrying on in the 'MAX, for example, the Neds. There are now only two original strips in the monthly comic which have never appeared in the Beano.
The logo has always been a combination of the old Beano logo (from 1977–1998), slightly updated with the help of computer technology, and a blue, graffito style MAX alongside it.The original logo had the Beano logo as it was on the weekly comic, with the MAX overlapping it slightly at the right.In late 2007, the MAX part of the logo started to grow in size. It was almost twice the height as the Beano logo at one point.In 2008, for 3 issues in the summer, the logo changed so that the MAX was predominant to the Beano logo. Instead of the Beano logo running horizontal, it was now vertical, alongside the MAX which was by now on a diagonal bar. After these three issues, the BeanoMAX logo changed back to the style it had gained in late 2007.In 2009, the logo changed again, with the Beano logo directly above the MAX logo.