Ginger, a mischievous young boy dressed in school jumper, tie and shorts and with a blaze of red hair was The Beezers cover star from its first issue until 1961. Pop, Dick and Harry took over the cover afterwards, but Ginger returned to the front cover for a period in the 1970s. Unusually, Ginger actually grew older as the strip went on, though only until he became a teenager, which he remained as for the rest of the strip's life. He was originally created by Dudley D. Watkins, who drew the strip until his death in 1969. David Sutherland became the strip's artist afterwards, drawing it until 1975, when he in turn was succeeded by Jimmy Glen, who drew the strip until the Beezer merged with the Topper. Ginger unfortunately was one of many strips that did not survive the merger, and never appeared in the combined "Beezer and Topper" comic. He was last seen on the cover of D.C. Thomson's monthly Classics from the Comics, issue # 134 (May 2007), in brand new artwork by Ken H. Harrison.
