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It's Super-Manfrid!
Look! Up in the sky! Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's the smallest member of Pup Parade wearing a cape. Manfrid becomes SuperManfrid in next week's Beano (No.4019), on sale Wednesday 22nd January!...
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I sent off the first episode of my new Beano strip last night. I can't tell you what it is yet, but it's a Beano character I hadn't drawn before. The half page strip will replace the Pup Parade...
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More news about stuff I can't show yet
I sent off my three pages for the Cor!! Buster Easter Special today, bang on deadline. I can't show any panels from it yet but I can tell you there are a lot of old characters making cameo appearances...
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Cor!! Buster sneak peek
As other artists are showing glimpses of their art for the Rebellion specials I guess that it's ok if I do the same. This is only a tiny fraction of a large panel though, and larger than printed size,...
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Meet the Artist (1991)
Thanks to John Freeman for this reminder! Back in 1991 the editor of Buster commissioned all the artists to answer a brief questionnaire accompanied with a self-portrait for a new feature to run...
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In the BEANO next week...
Here's a quick preview of what I have coming up in the Beano on Wednesday. There's a How to Draw Plug activity page, and another Pup Parade strip from me, plus loads of strips by others such as Nigel...
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Support The 77!
The 77 is a brand new retro-style comics anthology coming in May and there's a Kickstarter page where you can pledge to help fund it here:https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/the77comic/the77Creators...
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Drawing for the DCU
Twenty years ago I did some art for the DCU! No, not the DC Universe, but Digital Camera User, a magazine published by Future. The editor was Richard Burton, a name many of you will know from his...
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It's MACC-POW! again this summer!
Another convention announcement, and I'm very happy to say that once again I'll be one of the guests for Macc-Pow! on Saturday 27th June! This will be the 5th year for the annual event and I'm proud to...
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More convention news: LAWLESS tickets now available
Tickets to Lawless, the comic convention set for Bristol in May, are now available at this link:http://lawlesscomiccon.co.ukThis will be my first visit to Bristol in years so I hope to see some of you...
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Preview of BEANO No.4021
Sometimes a piece of artwork turns out exactly how you wanted to, and I was pleased with this panel from next week's Pup Parade strip in Beano No.4021. Bones' face conveys the expression of a happy...
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Bad Penny returns!
This week, 54 years ago in 1966, Odhams published the first issue of Smash!, a companion comic to Wham! that, for many of us, was even better than its sister paper. One of the main characters was Bad...
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Remember BANANAGIRL?
Pup Parade won't be in next week's Beano because the comic has a special focus on Bananaman to celebrate the character's 40th anniversary. (He first appeared in Nutty No.1 in 1980.) That made me...
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New issue of DOCTOR WHO MAGAZINE out now!
Today's the day that Doctor Who Magazine No.548 goes on sale in all good newsagents, supermarkets, and comic shops across the UK. Amongst the 84 packed pages of news, interviews, and features there's...
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Snooty!
Back in September The Beano commissioned me to do several drawings of their characters to be used in various places. One of those drawings, Lord Snooty, appears in next week's Beano, hosting the...
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The final TOM THUG strip (1996)
I created Tom Thug for Oink! comic and he appeared from the preview issue in 1986, and throughout most of the 68 issue run of the comic, plus annuals and specials. See here for more info on his...
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That time I inked Jack Kirby
Back in 1997 Chrissie Harper asked me to do a page for the Jack Kirby Quarterly, a magazine dedicated to the work of the King. I was sent an A3 photocopy of a sketch that Jack Kirby had done years...
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Returning to Enniskillen
Another convention to announce, and this one is likely to be the first I'll be going to this year. I'll be flying over to Northern Ireland again for the Enniskillen Comic Fest on Friday 1st/ Saturday...
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In next week's BEANO...
Here's an advance peek at my next Pup Parade strip. This time the spotlight is on Sniffy! What's he up to? Find out when you buy the Beano No.4023 on Wednesday 19th February! (In case you hadn't...
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ORIGINAL ART FOR SALE!
I'm selling off some of my old original artwork! The items are...A special Combat Colin / Robo-Capers strip that appeared in Transformers No.200 (1989).An early Tom Thug page that also included the...
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