Editing Dennis the Menace (U.S. comics) (section)

===Inspiration===
The inspiration for the comic strip came from Dennis Ketcham, the real-life son of Hank Ketcham,<ref>{{cite news | last = Weinraub| first = Judith| title = Dennis's Dear Old Dad| newspaper = The Washington Post| date = May 5, 1990| url = https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/72586949.html?dids=72586949:72586949&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=MAY+05%2C+1990&author=Judith+Weinraub&pub=The+Washington+Post&desc=Dennis%27s+Dear+Old+Dad%3BCartoonist+Hank+Ketcham%2C+In+a+World+Without+Menace&pqatl=google| archive-url = https://archive.today/20140811220505/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/72586949.html?dids=72586949:72586949&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=MAY+05,+1990&author=Judith+Weinraub&pub=The+Washington+Post&desc=Dennis's+Dear+Old+Dad;Cartoonist+Hank+Ketcham,+In+a+World+Without+Menace&pqatl=google| url-status = dead| archive-date = August 11, 2014}}</ref> who, at four years old, refused to take a nap and made a complete mess of his room. Hank tried many possible names for the character and translated them into rough pencil sketches, but when his studio door flew open, his then-wife Alice, in utter exasperation, exclaimed, "Your son is a menace!",<ref name="nytimesobit">{{cite news | last = Van Gelder| first = Lawrence| title = Hank Ketcham, Father of Dennis the Menace, Dies at 81| newspaper = The New York Times| date = June 2, 2001| url = https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?sec=health&res=9B01E4D8163FF931A35755C0A9679C8B63&n=Top/News/Business/Companies/Google%20Inc.| access-date = 2007-09-17}}</ref> the "Dennis the Menace" name stuck. The character of Henry Mitchell bore a striking resemblance to Ketcham, while the Mitchell family of Dennis, Henry/Hank, and Alice were all named after the Ketchams.