Tom Paterson is a Scottish

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who drew characters for

Fleetway Fleetway Publications was a magazine publishing company based in London. It was founded in 1959 when the Mirror Group acquired the Amalgamated Press, then based at Fleetway House, Farringdon Street, London. It was one of the companies that merg ...

in 1973–1990, and D.C Thomson from 1986 to 2012. As of 2013, he currently draws strips for Viz. He lives in

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, with three children, and is a Hearts supporter. Taking stylistic inspiration from Leo Baxendale's work on

The Bash Street Kids ''The Bash Street Kids'' is a comic strip in the British comic magazine ''The Beano''. It also appeared briefly in The Wizard as series of prose stories in 1955. The strip, created by Leo Baxendale as ''When the Bell Rings'', first appeare ...

, Paterson's talent as a cartoonist was discovered at the age of sixteen by original Dandy editor Albert Barnes, who was impressed with the cartoon samples Paterson had sent to him. Barnes offered the young artist a chance to collaborate with him on a strip called ''The Dangerous Dumplings'' (which would later be retooled as The Doyle Family for the Dandy), which was to become the leading strip of a new comic Barnes was developing, but the project was scrapped when Barnes retired and Paterson was hired to work for IPC after leaving school. When Baxendale left IPC to publish his own work, Paterson took over as artist for several of his strips, including ''Sweeny Toddler'' and ''Grimly Feendish''. Many of his comic strips feature a single, striped sock standing upright on the ground that appears once in each story that acts as a trademark. He is famous for drawing comics such as:

Fleetway

* Grimly Feendish from Shiver and Shake * Buster from '' Buster'' comic * Guy Gorilla from ''

Whizzer and Chips ''Whizzer and Chips'' was a British comics magazine that ran from 18 October 1969 to 27 October 1990, when it merged with the comic '' Buster''. As with most comics of the time, ''Whizzer and Chips'' was dated one week ahead of the day it actu ...

'' * Horace and Doris from ''Whizzer and Chips'' * Strange Hill from ''Whizzer and Chips'' * Robert's Robot from ''Whizzer and Chips'' *

Watford Gapp ''Whizzer and Chips'' was a British comics magazine that ran from 18 October 1969 to 27 October 1990, when it merged with the comic ''Buster (comic), Buster''. As with most comics of the time, ''Whizzer and Chips'' was dated one week ahead of t ...

from ''Whizzer and Chips'' * Crow Jak from '' Buster'' and ''

Monster Fun ''Monster Fun'' was originally a weekly British comic strip magazine for children aged seven to twelve. Published by IPC Media, it ran for 73 issues in 1975–1976, when it merged with '' Buster''.

'' * Scooper from ''

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'' * Full 'O' Beans from ''Jackpot'' * Jake's Seven from ''Jackpot'' * The Park from ''Jackpot'' *

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from ''

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'' * Team Mates from ''

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'' * Sweeny Toddler for '' Whoopee'' and later ''Whizzer and Chips''

D.C Thomson

''The Beano''

Calamity James Calamity James is a comic strip in the UK comic ''The Beano''. It is about a boy, named Calamity James (a pun on Calamity Jane), who has disastrous luck. He first appeared on 1 November 1986, in issue no. 2311. A copy of his first strip is view ...

The Numskulls ''The Numskulls'' is a comic strip in ''The Beano'', and previously in ''The Beezer'' and ''The Dandy'' – UK comics owned by D.C Thomson. The strip is about a team of tiny human-like technicians who live inside the heads of various people, ...

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* Dennis the Menace * Fred's Bed (reprints and new strips) *

Bash Street Kids - Singled Out Singled Out was a comic strip in the UK comic ''The Beano''. It first appeared in issue 3226, dated 15 May 2004, drawn by Mike Pearse. Based on The Bash Street Kids, Singled Out focuses on one character each week and builds a one-page story aro ...

Roger the Dodger Roger "the Dodger" Dawson is a comic strip character from the comic magazine ''The Beano''. He first appeared in his eponymous comic strip in 1953, and is one of the longest-running characters, known for his tactics of avoiding responsibility a ...

* Billy Whizz (Beano annuals 2008 and 2010) *

Ivy the Terrible Ivy the Terrible is a fictional character featured in ''The Beano''. She is a four-year-old girl who annoys her parents with her misbehaviour. She first appeared in ''The Beano'' in 1985 in the comic strip of the same name, but has starred in ot ...

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* Little Larry

''Beezer''

* The Banana Bunch * Fred's Bed ( Beezer and Topper) * Phoot and Mouse *

''The Dandy''

Beryl the Peril Beryl the Peril (or simply Beryl) is a fictional character created by David Law, the creator of Dennis the Menace, for issue 1 of '' The Topper'' comic (dated 7 February 1953) published by DC Thomson & Co. Limited. Like Dennis, she had black ...

Bananaman Bananaman is a fictional character appearing in British comic books. Bananaman is a parody of traditional superheroes, being portrayed as a schoolboy who is transformed into a muscled, caped adult man when he eats a banana. The character origin ...

* Brain Duane * Euro School * Fiddle 'o' Diddle *

Freddy the Fearless Fly ''Freddy the Fearless Fly'' is a British comic strip series in ''The Dandy'' about a fly who is not scared of people. The strip began in the first issue in 1937, drawn by Allan Morley. In the 1990s, the strip returned, albeit more humorously, wi ...

* Hyde & Shriek *

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* Rasper

Brain Duane

Brain Duane was a comic strip in

The Dandy ''The Dandy'' was a British children's comic magazine published by the Dundee based publisher DC Thomson. The first issue was printed in December 1937, making it the world's third-longest running comic, after ''Il Giornalino'' (cover dated 1 Oct ...

. It was about a nerdy bald inventor whose inventions would always go wrong. It was drawn by Tom Paterson between 1997 and 2005 before it was taken over by Duncan Scott. The strip disappeared when the comic became Dandy Xtreme. He returned in the 2012 Dandy Annual drawn by

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. He was one of the characters featured in the PC game, Beanotown Racing.

Other

''Viz''

* Wee Radge Joe * Nash Gordon * Foul-Mouthed Super-Obese Mobility Scooter Woman

''Moose Kid Comics''

* Beelzababy

References

External links

Official Site

Fan site
20th-century births Living people Scottish comics artists Year of birth missing (living people) The Dandy people The Beano people Dennis the Menace and Gnasher {{UK-comics-creator-stub