Auction reminder: Bidding on this page ends soon!

A reminder that the auction for this unique original art of mine for Pete and his Pimple ends tomorrow! (Sunday 13th August). Why is it unique? Well, the script was written by none other than Charlie Brooker, long before he found TV fame with Black Mirror! 

It appeared in Oink! No.47 in January 1988. This is my original art, black ink on Bristol Board.  

All bids appreciated!
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204420576732?hash=item2f986a75dc:g:KQYAAOSwQAxk0BOV

UPDATE: Now ended. My thanks to the bidders for their generous bidding!

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Only a few days to go on this original art auction

A reminder that this collectable Pete and his Pimple page is up for auction until Sunday. an unusual item in that it was written by Charlie Brooker long before he found fame on TV with Black Mirror. 

Scripted by Charlie Brooker, drawn by Lew Stringer, this is the original artwork for the Pete and his Pimple page from Oink! No.47 (1988). 

See this link for more details and photos!

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204420576732?hash=item2f986a75dc:g:KQYAAOSwQAxk0BOV 

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Classic Pete and His Pimple written by Charlie Brooker up for sale

As you know, I usually write my own comic strips but there have been exceptions. One example was back in 1988 when an episode of Pete and his Pimple was scripted by none other than Charlie Brooker!

At the time, Charlie was the youngest contributor to Oink! at just 16 years of age so this was a long time before he'd find fame on televsion with Screenwipe and Black Mirror! Back then, Charlie was a frequent contributor to Oink! both as a cartoonist and a writer. (His work was always funny!)

On this one occasion he'd submitted a script for Pete and his Pimple. Although I usually wrote it myself, Charlie's script was brilliant so I was happy to illustrate his story.

Now that it's come to a time in my life where I need to sell my original artwork I found that page the other day so I've put it on eBay. The auction runs for a week, ending next Sunday, 13th August.

I hope this collector's item will be of interest. You'll find the listing ar this link:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204420576732?hash=item2f986a75dc:g:s84AAOSwZRNkz8gh

The page is quite large (drawn bigger than printed size of course) but will be protected by strong card both sides and well packaged when posted to the winning bidder. Good luck!

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Pete and his Pimple, guest scripted by Charlie Brooker

I usually wrote my own material for Oink! comic but back in 1987 Charlie Brooker supplied a very funny script for an episode of Pete and his Pimple that was a pleasure to draw.

Charlie was the youngest contributor to Oink! and only 15 or 16 at the time but he was delivering the laughs even then. He also drew strips himself for the comic and had a nice cartooning style.

Charlie later moved on to work in television of course, being responsible for shows such as Screen Wipe and Black Mirror. I wish he'd done more comic strips, but the comic industry's loss was television's gain. 

Thanks to Oink! Blogger Phil Boyce for reminding me of the time that Charlie Brooker and I collaborated on a page. You can read more about this issue of Oink! over on Phil's blog at this link:

https://oink.blog/2023/01/21/oink-47-its-whats-on-the-inside-that-counts/

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