Lew Stringer Comics: It's not a number... it's a stand-alone special

Monday, 29 September 2025

It's not a number... it's a stand-alone special

Today in 1967 the cult TV series The Prisoner made it's debut on our screens. (The same day as Captain Scarlet! What a day!) So I can't resist the chance to plug my Fanzine Funnies comic again, - a 32 page A5 landscape comic that collects all the strips I did in the 1990s satirising Prisoner fandom and also revealing the fate of Rover ("that big white balloon" as the public call it).

Limited in quantity, and only available from my online shop, you can order it from the following link and I'll post it out to you, signed on the inside...

https://ko-fi.com/s/aca35fd9c0

2 comments:

The Blog of Curious Callum said...: Never watched The Prisoner, still founds those strips funny as a critique of fandoms in general.; 30 September 2025 at 23:00
Lew Stringer said...: Thanks Calum. I always try to make my strips as accessible to the general public as possible, without too many in-jokes that only a diehard fan would understand. Same when I do Brickman, which spoofs the basics of Batman (that most people know about) but avoids intricate gags about Batman lore.; 2 October 2025 at 13:30

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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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