Lew Stringer Comics: Goof Summer Special

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Sunday, 8 June 2025

Things To Come (and things still in limbo)

Here's a brand new one-off character I've created who will be appearing in the GOOF Summer Special that will be launched at the Macc-Pow comics festival on Saturday 28th May.

As with last year's festival, the latest GOOF will contain a mixture of new funnies by some of today's cartoonists and edited and designed by Marc Jackson who is also organising the event. More news on that soon!

So I'll see you at Macclesfield Town Hall on May 28th for Macc-Pow!

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On to other news, or lack of it. Some additional health worries and tests have preoccupied me recently and set back plans to publish Combat Colin No.6 this summer. I really should learn not to announce plans until they're definite as there's always something to jinx it. I semi-retired in April to self-publish more comics but that's not working out so far due to stress and finances. Expect to see more comics from me... whenever. Your guess is as good as mine.

Meanwhile I'm still contributing my Daft Dimension strip to Doctor Who Magazine every month (my only ongoing mainstream strip now) and I'm doing a Sgt.Shouty page for The77 No.11. More on that when it's completed.

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Tuesday, 9 April 2024

The GOOF SUMMER SPECIAL is coming!

Cover by MARC JACKSON.

How's about a brand new Summer Special this year? Marc Jackson, cartoonist and organiser of the Macc-Pow! comic art festival is editing the Goof Summer Special to launch at the event on Saturday June 22nd, and it will also be available to buy via mail order for those who can't attend.

I'm happy to say that I've been chosen as one of the contributors, where I'll be creating a one off page: School of the Future! I've written the script. Now I need to draw it as soon as I've completed this week's commitments.

Marc has gathered together a host of modern day humourists including Tor Freeman, David Leach, Rachael Smith and many more.

You can find out more, and pre-order the comic, at this link:

https://ko-fi.com/s/d7475af5fd

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A brief history:

I've worked as a freelance professional humour comics artist and writer for over 40 years. I sold my first cartoon in 1983 and since then have created many characters such as TOM THUG, PETE AND HIS PIMPLE, COMBAT COLIN, BRICKMAN, ROBO-CAPERS, DEREK THE TROLL, TOUGH GUY AND SCRUFFY, SUBURBAN SATANISTS, SGT.SHOUTY and others.

My clients include IPC, Marvel Comics, Egmont, Panini, D.C. Thomson, Rebellion and many others, covering the comics field from originated characters to licensed properties, pre-school to adult on comics such as BUSTER, OINK!, BEANO, DANDY, TRANSFORMERS, SONIC THE COMIC, TOXIC, VIZ, CiTV TELLYTOTS, LEGO ADVENTURES, HERMAN HEDNING, SWEET FA, ACTION FORCE, SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN, RAMPAGE, LUCKY BAG COMIC, SWIFTSURE, WARLOCK, WHITE DWARF, ACES WEEKLY, THE DAREDEVILS, THE MIGHTY WORLD OF MARVEL, and many more.

My recent comics work includes:

'The Daft Dimension' for DOCTOR WHO MAGAZINE 'Keyhole Kate' and 'Postman Prat' for THE DANDY ANNUAL and THE DANDY SUMMER SPECIAL 'Sgt.Shouty' for The77.

'Bad Pets' for ANIMAL PLANET Magazine.

'Short Sharp Shocks' for THIS COMIC IS HAUNTED

Now semi-retired to focus on my own comics and creator-owned characters.

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