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Nick Brennan
Nick Brennan is a British cartoonist who works mainly for D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd. He started drawing for the company in 1993, drawing a revival of Peter Piper from ''The Dandy'', revived from The Magic Comic, but with a departure from Watkins' creation, with Peter instead sporting an Elvis-like hairdo and purple jumper. January 1994 saw his next work Blinky, a revamp of the nephew of Colonel Blink from ''The Beezer'' who had first appeared in the merged Beezer and Topper in 1990. In 1997, Nick drew a comic strip for a vote for ''The Beano'' which was called "Crazy for Daisy", and, along with Tim Traveller by Vic Neill Vic Neill (24 November 1941 - 24 December 1999) was a British cartoonist who drew for D.C. Thomson and I.P.C.'s comics. His first notable comic work was on Sparky strip Peter Piper. In 1969, he replaced Dudley Dexter Watkins on Topper cover s ..., won the vote, followed by another strip, Pinky's Crackpot Circus, in 2004, and in 2006, a revival of "Bras ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cartoonist
A cartoonist is a visual artist who specializes in both drawing and writing cartoons (individual images) or comics (sequential images). Cartoonists differ from comics writers or comic book illustrators in that they produce both the literary and graphic components of the work as part of their practice. Cartoonists may work in a variety of formats, including booklets, comic strips, comic books, editorial cartoons, graphic novels, User guide, manuals, gag cartoons, storyboards, posters, shirts, books, advertisements, greeting cards, magazines, newspapers, webcomics, and video game packaging. Terminology Cartoonists may also be denoted by terms such as comics artist, comic book artist, graphic novel artist or graphic novelist. Ambiguity may arise because "comic book artist" may also refer to the person who only illustrates the comic, and "graphic novelist" may also refer to the person who only writes the script. History The English satire, satirist and editorial cartoonist Willi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pinky's Crackpot Circus
''Colonel Crackpot's Circus'' was a British comic strip, published from 1960 until 1963 in ''The Beano''. It was the first Beano comic strip drawn by Malcolm Judge, who later went on to draw ''Billy Whizz'' and ''Ball Boy (Beano), Ball Boy'' for the same comic, as well as ''The Numskulls'' for ''The Beezer.'' The strip was about a circus and the slapstick adventures of the circus folk and often involved Colonel Crackpot (the circus ringmaster (circus), ringleader) trying not to pay his workforce what they were worth. In its Beano incarnation the main characters were Colonel Crackpot (the ringleader), Charlie Globes (the strong man, his name is a play on Charles Atlas) and Cynthia the fat lady.http://www.beano.com/retro-beano/colonel-crackpot's-circus?decade=1960 The comic strip was later revived in ''The Dandy'', under the title ''Pinky's Crackpot Circus'', in a strip drawn by Nick Brennan and later drawn by Gary Northfield. This revival first appeared in October 2003. Character ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
