sentences:  The following is a list of comic strips which appeared in The Beano during a Comic Idol or similar competition but did not win.Many of these strips appeared in annuals and Gordon Bennet went on to appear in The Beano a few years after coming runner up in a Comic Idol competition.Even though these strips did not win a Comic Idol competition many of them lasted longer than a number of other Beano comic strips such as Alf Wit which only lasted two issues.