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 ...
, and author and illustrator of children's books.
Work
Fardell has been a regular contributor to the adult comic '' Viz'', and has created and drawn two of the most popular and long-running strips, ''
The Modern Parents
''The Modern Parents'' is a comic strip from the British comic '' Viz'' created by John Fardell who both writes and illustrates it. One of the most enduring and frequent strips in ''Viz'', having appeared regularly since the early 1990s, it is a ...
Ferdinand the Foodie
''Viz'' is a British adult comic magazine founded in 1979 by Chris Donald. It parodies British comics of the post-war period, notably ''The Beano'' and ''The Dandy'', but with extensive profanity, toilet humour, black comedy, surreal humour an ...
'' and ''
Desert Island Teacher
The following is a list of recurring or notable one-off strips from the British adult spoof comic magazine '' Viz''. This list is by no means complete as with each issue new characters/strips/stories are introduced.
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''. His strip ''The Modern Parents'' portrays the way a mother and father insist on bringing up their young sons by following a doctrine they term "ethical awareness", much to the children's detriment. He also contributed illustrations and comic strips to 1990s video game magazine Electric Brain.
Fardell is also an author and illustrator of children's books. To date he has produced three children's adventure novels: ''
The Seven Professors of the Far North
John Fardell (born 1967)Books from ScotlandRetrieved 4 April 2012./ref> is an English cartoonist, and author and illustrator of children's books.
Work
Fardell has been a regular contributor to the adult comic '' Viz'', and has created and drawn t ...
'' (2004), ''The Flight of the Silver Turtle'' (2006), and ''The Secret of the Black Moon Moth'' (2009) – and three children's picture books: ''Manfred the Baddie'' (2008), ''Jeremiah Jellyfish Flies High'' (2010), and ''The Day Louis Got Eaten'' (2011).