Splodge was a fictional characterA fictional character is any person, persona, identity, or entity whose existence originates from a fictional work or performance. Such existence is presumed by those participating in the performance as audience, readers, or otherwise. In addition to people, characters can be aliens, animals, (see anthropomorphism) gods, an artificial intelligence ...fictional character in a comic stripA comic strip is a drawing or sequence of drawings that tells a story. Written and drawn by a cartoonist, such strips are published on a recurring basis (usually daily or weekly) in newspapers and on the Internet. In the UK and the rest of Europe they are also serialized in comic magazines, with a strip's story sometimes continuing over ...comic strip in, originally, the UKThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (usually shortened to the United Kingdom, the U.K., or BritainSee British Isles (terminology) for further explanation of the usage of the term "Britain" in geographical and political contexts.) is a country Countries within a country, Number 10. Accessed May 29 2006; Member States: United Kingdom, UK Presidency of the EU 2005. Accessed May 29 2006; "United Kingdom", Encyclopædia Britannica Accessed May 29 2006 and ...UK comicA comic book is a magazine or book containing sequential art in the form of a narrative. Comic books are often called comics for short. Although the term implies otherwise, the subject matter in comic books is not necessarily humorous, and in fact its dramatic seriousness varies widely. The term "comics" in this context does not refer to comic strips (such as Peanuts or Dilbert). In the last quarter of the twentieth century, greater acceptance of the comics form among the general reading populace coincided ...comic The TopperThe Topper was a UK comic that ran from (issues dates) 7 February 1953 to 15 September 1990, when it merged with The Beezer and both comics were renamed as Beezer and Topper which ran until 1993. A strip named "Mickey the Monkey" originally graced the front cover. In the early 1970s, it was replaced by "Send for Kelly". That strip was replaced with "Danny's Tranny" in 1975, and ...Topper. Drawn by Charles Grigg, Splodge himself was the last of the goblinsA goblin is an evil or merely mischievous creature of folklore, often described in as a grotesquely disfigured or gnome-like phantom|phantom, that may range in height from that of a dwarf to that of a human. They are attributed with various (sometimes conflicting) abilities, temperaments and appearances depending on the ...goblins, a mischievous one who would play sneaky, nasty tricks on the animals of the woods, but they usually had the last laugh at the end. No humans could see him, except readers of The Topper.

In the early 2000sThe 2000s are the current decade, spanning from 2000 to 2009. The decade has generally been dominated by several wide-ranging topics, including economic issues such as international trade and concerns over energy supplies and global warming; the explosion in telecommunications; a growing concern with international terrorism and war; and an escalation of the social issues of the 1990s. Economic developments have largely ...2000s the strip had a short run in The BeanoThe Beano comic is a long-running British children's comic, published by D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd of Dundee, Scotland in the United Kingdom. The comic first appeared in 1938 and it has continued weekly ever since. As of 2007, it has published over 3000 issues.Issue dates of British comics, page ...The Beano, the main differences being that Splodge now lived in BeanotownBeanotown is a fictional town somewhere in the United Kingdom most likely in Scotland, which is the setting for many of the comic strips in D. C. Thomson's The Beano comic, and the Dennis and Gnasher animated series. However, in the Beano Videostars DVD, a map shown in an alien spaceship show Beanotown around ...Beanotown Woods, and the tagline changed to 'The Naughtiest, Cleverest (he thinks) goblin in Beanotown Woods'. Throughout this run, the strip was drawn by Ken H. HarrisonArtist at DC Thomson, currently draws Desperate Dan for The Dandy, and Robbie Rebel for The Beano. Other work includes the front cover illustration for Classics From The Comics, Big Brad Wolf, and Lord Snooty (both also for The Beano).Ken H. Harrison.