In 1985, The Beano's editor-in-chief Euan Kerr wrote to Robert Nixon about plans of creating a new character that was "tough and menacing like Dennis and Minnie, but doesn't have the strength or maturity to carry it off."

In October 2010, new single page strips of Ivy started appearing in the Beano drawn by Diego Jourdan Pereira.

[9] Most of the title banners consisted of parodies of famous films such as Rocky and Fight Club and a tagline was introduced; Be thankful she's not your little sister.

Ivy can be compared to that of an average toddler in that she is extremely quick to anger and is prone to pulling temper tantrums when things are not quite going her way.

She seems to have a fairly strong friendship with Dennis' younger sister Bea and is on talking terms with Minnie the Minx and Toots.

A Diego Jourdan strip revealed Ivy has a love for horror films as she is watching Scream on her living room television.