Birthday Boil!
Thanks to Phil Boyce of The Oink! Blog for reminding me that this week 32 years ago, Pete and his Pimple began his regular series in Oink! comic. The strip only ran for just under three years but I had...
View ArticleCombat Colin original drawing on eBay
If you'd like an original Combat Colin drawing to buy someone for Christmas, or for yourselves, I've just put one on eBay. It's a brand new piece of original art in black ink on sturdy Bristol Board...
View ArticleChristmas Kate!
A last reminder that I have a few pages of Keyhole Kate in The Dandy Annual 2019 and that it's available in the shops now! A perfect Christmas present, as always! Don't wait until the January sales and...
View ArticleDerek the Troll and the Christmas GOOF!
The Christmas issue of digital comic Goof! is now available, and I've done a seasonal Derek the Troll episode for it. As Derek's adventures are set in pre-history I couldn't do a Christmas story as...
View ArticleChristmas Doctor Who!
There will be a Christmas episode of Doctor Who after all this year! Well, as a comic strip anyway, not on TV. The next issue of Doctor Who Magazine features the regular Daft Dimension strip from me,...
View ArticleThanks, Phil!
My thanks to Phil Boyce for his glowing review of Combat Colin No.3. "40 pages of mirth and guaranteed laugh-out-loud moments throughout, it's a bargain at only £3.50 and it brought back many happy...
View ArticleIn the shops now!
As well as The Daft Dimension in Doctor Who Magazine No.533 (mentioned the other day) I also have two other strips in print this week. There's Team Toxic in Victory or Defeat in the latest issue of...
View ArticleFestive Flashback: TEAM TOXIC (2008)
If I have time, I'll be posting some of my old Christmas strips on this blog on the run up to Christmas Day. As I've been in comics for 35 years and try to do at least one Christmas strip a year there...
View ArticleFestive Flashback: TOM THUG (1990)
Here's a Christmas Tom Thug page I did for the festive issue of Buster in 1990!
View ArticleFestive Flashback: THE DAFT DIMENSION (2016)
You can see the latest Christmas Daft Dimension in the current issue of Doctor Who Magazine on sale now, but here's one I did two years ago! I fancied a go at drawing all 12 Doctors (and the War...
View ArticleFestive Flashback: ROBO-CAPERS (1986)
Here's my Christmas episode of Robo-Capers that appeared in Marvel UK's Transformers comic 32 years ago in 1986! If you'd like to read more about what was in this issue, Phil Boyce has covered it over...
View ArticleFestive Flashback: POSTMAN PRAT (2011)
I'm glad I had the chance to work for The Dandy during its final two years. It was a privilege to be involved with a comic that was a favourite of mine as a child. Here's the Postman Prat page I did...
View ArticleFestive Flashback: THE VAMPIRE BRATS (1989)
The Vampire Brats were created by writer Mark Rogers for Buster in 1989 and I was assigned as an artist for the strip to replace Pete and his Pimple. After a few months, Mark sadly took ill and asked...
View ArticleFestive Flashback: SNOWMAN IN A BOX (2012)
Here's a page I did that appeared in The Dandy back in 2012. A "Mad Ad" spoofing those adverts you see for expensive tat in the back of magazines. every home should have one!
View ArticleFestive Flashback: PETE AND HIS PIMPLE (1987)
Here's the Pete and his Pimple strip I did for the Christmas issue of Oink! in 1987! I really enjoyed doing this character. Created, written, drawn, lettered by me.Also that issue, the Tom Thug...
View ArticleFestive Flashback: BRICKMAN (2005)
Brickman was a character I created for my fanzines in 1979 but appeared from time to time over the years in various publications. In 2005 Richard Starkings asked me to create a new Brickman series for...
View ArticleFestive Flashback: CHRISTMAS WITH TOM THUG (1992)
For my final choice of my past Christmas strips, here's Tom Thug again with his festive story from Buster in 1992. Tom had proven to be one of the comic's most popular characters so he was awarded this...
View ArticleReflections on 2018
Click or tap on image to see it larger.Firstly, a big thank you to all of you who have visited this blog over the past 12 months (and in previous years). Your interest in my work means a lot to me and...
View ArticleTom Thug's Noo Yeer'z Rezolooshun (for 1991)
Just time for one last post this year, and for a couple of strips I did many years ago. These were published in Buster dated 29th December 1990, with Tom Thug and The Vampire Brats making their...
View ArticleNew Readers Start Here!
Firstly, a Happy New Year to all of you, and a big welcome to the new readers who have hopped over from my other blog, Blimey! which I'll be winding down this year. This blog features news and previews...
View Article