It was March 12, 1951. For comics aficionados, this date is important. It was the first time anyone got to experience the chaos of Dennis the Menace.
A few weeks earlier, Ian Chisholm, a comic book editor, visited a music hall and heard the singers perform a song called “I’m Dennis the Menace from Venice.” The creative wheels in Ian’s brain began to turn. The title of the song played over and over …