Malcolm Douglas (8 October 1954 – 22 March 2009) was an illustrator. He died aged 54 in March 2009.Obituary: Malcolm Douglas
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Biography

He was educated at

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where he volunteered to illustrate a student union newspaper, the main character of which was one "Norman Density", a decision which sparked his career as an illustrator. His work could be found in many diverse publications perhaps the best known was in the comic '' Oink''; he was also the illustrator of the character 'Fred the Red', in the

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match programmes.

Bibliography

Comics work includes: *''Ham Dare, Pig of the Future'' (with

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, in '' Oink!'') *''The Street-Hogs!'' (with writer Mark Rodgers, in '' Oink!'')

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