Don't Slip Up!

I've just received tomorrow's Beano in the post and I'm pleased with how my Bash Street Kids puzzle page turned out. I was commissioned to draw this several weeks ago. Those characters are always fun to work on! 

See the full version in Beano No.4168, in shops on Wednesday 11th January. 

I've drawn another BSK puzzle page that'll be in the comic next month. More about that when it's published. 

 

Three titles out now

It's not often these days that I'm in three publications at once but last week I had work in three titles in newsagents: The Daft Dimension in Doctor Who Magazine, a Billy Whizz puzzle page in the Beano, and the Bad Pets strip in Animal Planet Kids magazine. I hope it's a pattern of more work for the future.

 

A sketch from 2008

Feeling a bit run down this week due to a bug so there's nothing new to post at the moment. However, here's an old pencil sketch I did for someone in 2008 of Combat Colin that I thought I'd share. 

A reminder that Combat Colin Nos.2 and 3 are still available, reprinting stories from Marvel UK's The Transformers. Most pages scanned from my original art...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/graphite47/m.html?item=203554298786 

Comic Event in Liverpool This March!

Mark Saturday 25th March on your calendars because there'll be a Comic Book Day at the Plaza Community Cinema, Liverpool on that day. It's organised by writer/editor Tim Quinn and I'm very pleased to say I've been invited as one of the guests.

Other guests from the world of comics will include Charlie Adlard, Nigel Parkinson, Alan Cowsill, Leigh Gallagher, Jason Quinn, and Dicky Howett! 

Here's how Tim Quinn announced it...

AMAZING COMIC BOOK DAY AT THE PLAZA!
Come and meet artists, writers, and editors from Marvel Comics, DC Comics, 2000AD, The Walking Dead, and The Beano! Yes, a whole day of comic book fun at the Plaza Cinema in Waterloo, Liverpool on Saturday 25th March 2023 from 10am to 5pm with fab comic book movies showing in the evening! Make a whole day of it!
Former Marvel editors and writers Tim Quinn and Alan Cowsill will kick off the event by telling the Stan Lee story on the big screen. Following this there will be interviews and audience Q & A’s with our guests. Tim Quinn will also present a history of comic books. All our guests will Meet & Greet and there will be opportunities for signings and on-the-spot sketches. Audience members are invited to attend in costume. There will be a special prize awarded to the audience member in the best cosplay as judged by our guests.

Ticket information will be coming soon so keep an eye on the Plaza Community Cinema Facebook page for more information!

https://www.facebook.com/RegCharity1062570/

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Billy Whizz!

Billy Whizz is ©D.C. Thomson Ltd.

 

A while back I drew an actvity page for the Beano and it's published in this week's issue (No.4167). It made a change to draw the great Billy Whizz! (Wayne Thompson draws the regular strip.) I remember when Billy's strip began back in 1964! Such a distinctive looking character. Here's a snippet of the puzzle page.

I drew another puzzle page for next week's issue too, featuring the Bash Street Kids. Will show that next week.

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First DAFT DIMENSION of 2023

There's a new issue of the official Doctor Who Magazine out this Thursday, with another Daft Dimension comic strip from me inside (along with tons of other great stuff by others of course including Part 3 of the exclusive 14th Doctor strip by Alan Barnes and Lee Sullivan). Here's a sneak preview of my strip above, along with the cover to look out for.

Doctor Who Magazine No.586, in all good newsagents, comic shops, and supermarkets from Thursday 5th January, or you can order it directly from the publishers at this link:

https://www.panini.co.uk/shp_gbr_en/doctor-who-magazine-586-gbdrw586-uk02.html

ROBO-CAPERS for New Year 1987!

My thanks to Phil Boyce for reminding me of this episode of Robo-Capers that I did way back in 1986 to celebrate the then-New Year of 1987! It appeared in Marvel UK's Transformers No.94.

Making an unofficial guest appearance in the strip is Tom Thug's cat Satan from IPC's Oink! comic (sitting on the postbox) and in the corner, it's Loose Brayne, Brickman himself holding the sign. All part of the Lewniverse!

The shop sign refers to Marvel editors Richard Starkings and John Tomlinson who sometimes did the colour separations for the strip. (All of my Marvel strips were coloured by the staff.) Jane Hindmarsh was also on staff but I can't recall what else she did apart from colouring. (That's not to say she wasn't an editor or something. I just can't remember.)

You can read Phil's thoughts on the strip over at his piggin' fantastic Oink! Blog at this link:

https://oink.blog/2023/01/01/an-oink-transformers-crossover

...and once again, a HAPPY NEW YEAR for 2023!

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