D’oh! Homer is best character

BEER-SWILLING, doughnut-lover Homer Simpson has been named the greatest character created for television and film in the past 20 years.

The star character of long-running US cartoon series The Simpsons beat schoolboy wizard Harry Potter and vampire slayer Buffy to take top place in the survey for US entertainment magazine Entertainment Weekly.

Simpson’s creator Matt Groening said millions of people were able to identify with Homer with his catchphrase “D’oh”.