Lew Stringer Comics: Have a safe November 5th!

Saturday 5 November 2022

Have a safe November 5th!

When I was a kid, comics showed characters being reckless with fireworks, all in the name of fun and slapstick. Not that it inspired most of us to do likewise but it was inevitable things would turn the other way and now it's very rare to even see fireworks mentioned in strips. A few years ago I managed to use the theme for a Pup Parade strip though in a positive way. This is from the Beano in 2019.

If you're celebrating Bonfire Night have a safe one, and I hope your pets will be OK.

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1 comment:

James Spiring said...: The Beano currently on sale has a fireworks themed story. Fitting since the issue date is 5 November. It does have a moral lesson though, as Gnasher is shown to be scared of the noise fireworks make.; 5 November 2022 at 23:12

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A brief history:

I've worked as a freelance professional humour comics artist and writer for 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

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