Lew Stringer Comics: Doctor Plank

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Monday, 11 October 2021

A Bit of a Plank

A sneak preview clipping from the two page story.

One of the things I enjoy most about my job is when I get the opportunity to create new characters, especially barmy villains or monsters. The dafter the better! A recent one is DOCTOR PLANK, the bad guy from my Sgt. Shouty strips in The77 comic.

I've just completed The Origin of Doctor Plank, a two page story which will appear in The77 Annual this November! Yes! A brand new annual for Christmas with 144 pages of new material from established creators as well as relative newcomers! Steve Pugh! Glenn Fabry! and more!

Who is Doctor Plank? How did he get a plank of wood for a head? Find out exclusively in The77 Annual which you can back on Kickstarter now! The hardback edition is only available to people who pledge for it on Kickstarter and will not be available in comic shops. The softback version will be on general release.

The Kickstarter campaign ends soon on October 17th so here's the link...

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/the77comic/the77-comic-annual-number-1

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Saturday, 22 May 2021

The77 No.5 is here!

The villainous DOCTOR PLANK has a visit from the Moon Police.

The77 No.5 is out now so I thought I'd give it another plug! It's always good to see the print copy of this comic as the paper stock is really nice. They use a matt stock for the interior pages which I prefer far more than glossy stock that reflects the light.

As mentioned before, this issue contains another Sgt.SHOUTY page by me, along with loads of other strips by Mike Collins, Paul Goodenough, Steve Bull, Ade Hughes, Bambos Georgiou, Andrew Sayers, Jo Heeley, Rupert Lewis-Jones and many more. It's a nice package of talents from newcomers to established professionals.

You can order issue No.5 and any back issues from GetMyComics at this link:

https://getmycomics.com/The77

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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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Images are Copyright © their respective copyright holders and used for reference only. Combat Colin, Brickman, Derek the Troll, Rock Solid, Suburban Satanists, Sgt.Shouty, Short Sharp Shocks, Tough Guy are ©Lew Stringer. All news items and written articles, except for company press releases, are ©Lew Stringer. Any opinions expressed in my posts are my own and not representative of any publisher. Opinions expressed by other people in the comments section are those of each particular writer, not necessarily reflective of my own personal opinions. Comments posted to this blog are moderated. Personal insults and character defamation will not be passed for publication.