in 1999 parkinson commenced drawing dennis the menace initially alternating his interpretation of the character with artist david parkins, until 2003 and in 2010/11 with jim hansen, barrie appleby and tom paterson. in 2012 he was commissioned by d.c. thomson to become the sole official dennis artist. at the same time he was asked to draw minnie the minx in the beano, which he both drew and wrote, often with paul palmer, before handing over the strip to him in 2016.