Currently on the drawing board (and screen)

Brickman is Copyright ©Lew Stringer

 

This week I'm completing work on Brickman No.2 which I hope will be ready in time for the London Comic Con at the end of this month. Most of the interior pages are done, and I'm currently colouring the cover after scanning my art into Photoshop. This issue collects the Brickman stories from the mid-1990s.

I still work traditionally, hand drawing the art, then I colour it in Photoshop. Text pages are also done with software of course. Absolutely no A.I., Chatgpt, or any of that codswallop are used.  

If all goes well, I'll post an update about the comic in a few weeks! 

It's Double Daft Month!

Don't forget that there's a new Daft Dimension comic strip in both the Doctor Who Yearbook and the latest Doctor Who Magazine this month. They're both on sale in TG Jones and other shops right now!

 

London line-up

Only three weeks to go until London Comic Con Spring at Olympia in Kensington. I'll be bringing along my comics and doing character sketches on request. Looking forward to seeing you there!

Saturday 28th February to Sunday 1st March. 

Here's the webste for all the info and ticket prices: 

https://www.londoncomicconspring.com/ 

Daleks galore in Doctor Who Magazine No.526 this Thursday

Only a week after the Doctor Who Yearbook went on sale comes the latest issue of Doctor Who Magazine! Here's a sneak preview of my Daft Dimension comic strip alongside the cover by John Ross. Yes, the Daleks appear in my strip and in the main strip this month! It's Dalekmania all over again.
Issue 526, on sale Thursday 5th February!

 

More about THE DANDY ANNUAL 2027

DC Thomson have just released the cover images of their forthcoming annuals (thanks to John Freeman for notifying me about this link) so I thought it'd be appropriate to show a preview of another panel from the work I did for the book.

As mentioned in previous posts, I've written and drawn three stories for The Dandy Annual 2027, and each runs to two pages. They all star Dinah Mo, the girl who's passionate about inventing ways to help the environment. (Yep, this is a totally different character to the "naughty kid" Dinah Mo of decades ago that was by different creators.) In the example above, Dinah has created a rubbish-collecting robot. What could possibly go wrong?

These strips were my final work for DC Thomson and for mainstream kids' comics in general, but I'm still busy doing my own comics as well as The Daft Dimension for Doctor Who Magazine and other projects. 

The Dandy Annual 2027 will be published in September of this year. Here's the superb cover below (update: drawn by The Sharp Bros) and I'm pleased to see Dinah Mo prominently included. I'm sure Thomsons will have a great artist lined up to take over the strip in the years to come.

 

Double Daftness this month!

Not only is the regular Daft Dimension strip in the current Doctor Who Magazine but this month there's also one in the Doctor Who Yearbook 2026.

This glossy magazine is packed with background info about the previous season of Doctor Who plus lots more! It'll be in shops on Thursday 29th January so don't miss it! More info here:

https://www.panini.co.uk/shp_gbr_en/doctor-who-magazine-special-72-gbwhs072-uk02.html

 

Bidding ends soon on these items of original comic art!

 

This week's auctions end soon (Sunday evening, 25th Jan)! Original hand drawn comic artwork up for sale. No facsimiles, no prints! Original art!

Good luck with your bids!

https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?item=203554298786&_ssn=graphite47&_sop=1

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A Variety of ORIGINAL COMIC ART in this week's auctions!

I've listed a bumper crop of original comic artwork in my auctions this week! A variety of pages from Sonic the Comic to the Beano! Here's what's on offer...

 

One that's sure to be sought after is a page from Sonic the Comic No.64, written by me, drawn by Richard Elson in 1995! Features an early appearance by the villainous Commander Brutus!

From way, way back in 1958, a Billy Bunter strip by the late, great Eric Roberts that he did for Knockout comic. Yaroo! Eric later went on the draw Winker Watson for The Dandy, and this Bunter page is a fine example of vintage British comic art.

Now on to the strips I've drawn. I'm selling the original cover artwork of Brickman No.1 (2025) and throwing in a free comic too. I very rarely sell my published Brickman art so don't miss out!

 

Two items of original art from the Beano. First, a Pup Parade strip from 2022 featuring all the Bash Street Dogs...

 

...and a full page Beano puzzle featuring Dennis the Menace, Minnie the Minx, Plug, Spotty, Danny and more from 2014... 

 

Then it's way back to 1992 for this Tom Thug on Holiday page from Buster comic, with Tom and his family in Blackpool! 

 

Forward to 2021 and a Daft Dimension strip from Doctor Who Magazine which includes Daleks! 

 

...and finally an original drawing of Ally Sloper I did recently for Christmas!  

 

ALL oriiginal artwork, no prints, no facsimiles. The auctions end on the evening of SUNDAY 25th JANUARY. All bids very much appreciated! Here's the link to the listings where you can see each item in detail...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?item=203554298786&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2562&_ssn=graphite47

 

 

It's LONDON COMIC CON for Spring!

Great news, pals! As my latest blood test results are currently stable I don't need any treatment just yet so I'm doing a convention next month! Back at one of my favourite shows, the London Comic Con at Olympia, Saturday Feb 28th and Sunday March 1st. I hope you can join us!

Here's the website for more info. More guests to be added soon...

https://www.londoncomicconspring.com/guests/ 

 

Beano, Daleks, and Dandy artwork in this week's auction

I've listed more of my original artwork on eBay this week and the auctions end on the evening of Sunday 18th January. 

These are the original hand drawn artworks I did for Pup Parade (Beano), Postman Prat (Dandy Annual) and The Daft Dimension (Doctor Who Magazine). 

Here's the link for the auctions (where each listing shows close up photos of the art). All bids appreciated!

https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?item=203554298786&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2562&_ssn=graphite47

Click on each image to see it enlarged.

Social Media listings

Considering the depths that Twitter / X has sunk to since Musk took control I won't be posting there very often from now on unless things radically improve (and I doubt they will). Frankly though, I feel it's already crossed the line with the disgusting Grok scandal so I'll only be using Twitter to guide followers to my other social media platforms before ultimately abandoning it altogether.

If you want to follow my active social media accounts, here they are...

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/lewstringercartoonist/

 

Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/lew.stringer/

 

BlueSky:

@lewstringer.bsky.social

 

Ko-Fi (where you'll also find my online shop for my comics):

https://ko-fi.com/lewstringer 

 

ebay (for my comic art listings):

https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?item=203554298786&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2562&_ssn=graphite47

The latest Daft preview

Advance preview of a clipping from my next Daft Dimension. Yes, I've drawn the 15th Doctor at last. See the full comic strip in Doctor Who Magazine No.625, in shops this Thursday! (8th Jan). It's the one with Tom Baker on the cover after being awarded his MBE!

 
 

The Lewniverse Awaits You!

One of the nice surprises about that Sonic the Comic tribute comic that Sonic fans did a while back (see this link) was that they designed an advert on the back page to promote my comics. Very professionally done and much appreciated!

Remember that my comics are only available to buy directly from me (not in shops) and the link to order them from is here:

https://ko-fi.com/lewstringer/shop 

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Coming later this year...

Here's an advance look at a panel from one of my Dinah Mo stories that will appear in The Dandy Annual 2027 when it goes on sale around September of 2026. 

I've written and drawn three Dinah Mo stories for the book, which will run to two pages each. As previously mentioned, this will be my final work for DC Thomson. In fact, most likely my final work in mainstream children's comics. 

However, that doesn't mean I'm done with comics altogether! I'm continuing with my Daft Dimension strip in Doctor Who Magazine every month. I'll also be contributing to a few indepenent comics such as The77 and others I can't mention yet. 

Plus of course, I still intend to complete my self-published Combat Colin and Brickman comics which should conclude this year. I have other self-publishing plans beyond that but I've learned that due to health and monetary concerns there's no point in making promises. (See here about my health condition.) You'll hear about the comics if and when they're ready. 

I hope you'll appreciate that as far as self-publishing goes I'm a one-man outfit, which I prefer as I can follow my own vision. However it also means that I will avoid using crowdfunding as I don't want to accept pledges for projects I might not be able to deliver. The best option for me is to get the work done in advance, save up for printing costs, and then publish the comics when they're set to go.

New Year... 1996!

 

Here's the Tom Thug page I did exactly 30 years ago for the New Year issue of Buster for 1996. This would be the last New Year theme Tom Thug story I'd do, as Buster went all-reprint after the 9th July issue of that year. 

I've just noticed an error. I'd forgotten to put the red checks on Tom's Dad's shirt after the first panel. Not that he always wore the same shirt, so perhaps not many readers noticed, but I should have picked up on it before I sent it off for publication. Anyway, my apologies. Better late than never, even after three decades! 

Happy New Year!