Calamity James is a comic strip in the UK comic
The Beano. It is about a boy, named Calamity James (a pun on
Calamity Jane), who has disastrous luck. He first appeared on 1 November 1986, in issue no. 2311. A copy of his first strip is viewable here. His strip replaced
Biffo the Bear and
Little Plum, which had both been reduced to a half-page by this time. He has a pet called Alexander Lemming, (a pun on
Alexander Fleming).