Although unconfirmed, he has similarities to the long-established sailor's superstition, which is based on the Biblical prophet Jonah, whose ship nearly sank in a storm).

[3] Reid's passion for the artwork over-stretched Fearn's scripts by several panels (sometimes more than 30)[4] but are seemingly trimmed down to print on the back cover of The Beano.

In the year Jonah ended, a new comic strip began entitled Jinx, also drawn by Ken Reid.

[12] Jonah appeared in a background cameo with Big Eggo and Jack Flash in the comic strip Lord Snooty's Day Out in issue 3093, revealing formerly popular characters known by previous generations of readers now live in the Beano Retirement Home.

Jonah was the star of 17 Beano Comic Library books, notably meeting Puss 'n' Boots from The Topper.