It always felt a privilege being assigned to create new stories of the classic comic characters I'd read as a child. One such character being The Smasher, a strip that was drawn by Hugh Morren in the 1960s. Other artists had drawn him in subsequent decades including the great Brian Walker, and several years ago I was asked to create new Smasher stories for The Dandy Annual. Here's a two pager I did for The Dandy Annual 2016, that I drew in 2015. Script, art and lettering by me, and I also did the logo which I digitally remastered from one of the 1960s Smasher logos.  The Smasher was basi ..read more

Today marks the 74th Anniversary of Dennis the Menace's first appearance in the Beano! I don't think I've ever drawn a Dennis strip but I have drawn him many times as a guest star in other Beano strips (such as Rasher) and in a few activity pages.  Here's an activity page I was particulartly pleased with. The script was written by someone at the Beano but I drew it, designed it, and lettered the whole page. (Lettering was done using Tim Sale Lower, a Comicraft font that the Beano were using a lot at the time. https://www.comicbookfonts.com/Tim-Sale-Lower-font-p/bl025i.htm )  I did t ..read more

This morning, cartoonist and event organiser Marc Jackson revealed the full guest list for Macc-Pow 2025 and it features comics creators with a diverse variety of styles. A true representation of the UK comic scene, PLUS top tier guests from American comics Tom Scioli and Michael Lark!  You'll find us all at Macclesfield Town Hall on Saturday June 28th! The show runs from 10am to 4pm and it's free entry! This year Macc-Pow celebrates its 10th Anniversary and it's been my privilege to be a guest at every show. I'm really looking forward to being there again. Here's the link: https://macc ..read more

I've put more of my original artwork up for auction for collectors to obtain. This week there's a Suicidal Syd page from Viz comic from 2009, a Macho Man strip I did for Marvel UK's Secret Wars comic back in 1986, a Captain Scarlet parody written by Kev F and drawn by me from the 1990s, a Daft Dimension strip from Doctor Who Magazine featuring Daleks... PLUS a page by the late great Jimmy Hansen that he drew in 1990 for Buster comic featuring the popular Ricky Rainbow character. All original hand drawn artwork produced for the comics. Not facsimilies, not prints.  The auctions end on Sun ..read more

The documentary The Life and Death of Christopher Lee that I drew a sequence for was repeated on Sky Arts last night. (Originally broadcast on 24th October 2024.) I'd done my drawings in full colour but they chose to broadcast them in black and white, presumably because my bit was set in the 1940s. A nice programme to be part of though!     ..read more

  Only a short time to go to bid on the original artwork of a Pete and his Pimple story I drew for Oink! in 1988. Both pages of this complete story are in the auction as one lot. Bidding ends on Sunday 9th March at 9pm UK time. Good luck! Here's the link where you can see more images in close up: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/205328204156?itmmeta=01JNVCX6ZFRWF0SRZZNQ7ZKZDG&hash=item2fce83c17c:g:hIYAAOSwWO5nxJDW ..read more

The latest issue of Toxic (No.401) reprints the Team Toxic story Pits of Peril that I did for issue 288 of the magazine back in 2017. Eight years is long enough for a new generation of readers who won't have read the story before. Speaking of pits, as I've mentioned before, one of the pitfalls in working for mainstream comic publishers is they don't pay reprint fees, or even tell contributors when the material is being re-used. But I knew that when I started out so it's too late to complain now. I'm just happy that a new generation will get to see those stories. (I wish they'd reprint the ser ..read more

A.I. (Artificial Intelligence, or "plagiarism software" as many of us call it) continues to encroach into arts and entertainment. You can usually spot it a mile off; those shiny, soulless memes, often featuring people with the wrong number of digits or legs that blend in with the furniture, and awkwardly written articles with an odd cadence and less accuracy than a White House press conference.    A.I. is elbowing its way into the creative fields like a party drunk trying to get to the bog in time, and both throw up results that stink. In a world where people want respect and fame ..read more

This week I've delved into my archives once more and found the original artwork that I drew for Oink! No.64 back in 1988. A two page Pete and his Pimple story where he meets the alien Zitbusters again!  I've put them on my eBay page and the auction runs until Sunday 9th March, so if you're interested in owning some actual artwork from Oink! comic you have a week to place your bids. Good luck!  https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/205328204156?itmmeta=01JNCED701WMM3RQS794G54165&hash=item2fce83c17c:g:hIYAAOSwWO5nxJDW The pages come with the clear plastic overlays attached that gave in ..read more

Just a quick mention that the Cor!! Buster Bumper Fun Book that I contributed several pages to is currently discounted to a very reasonable £2.75 at the publisher's website. Classic characters revived in brand new stories! Here's the link: https://shop.treasuryofbritishcomics.com/catalogue/RCA-H0018 ..read more