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MORE cartoon cavortings I got published at D C Thomsons' when I was still quite young: these random frames date from around early 1987.

My artwork was often pretty aggressive around this period: I think it's relatively accomplished in bits, though. The usual style of comics artwork of the time was the 'zippier', looser approach which I never especially took to------ I myself partly blamed it for the 'death knell' of most of the UK comics funnies scene: there were other factors as well, of course. I was more inspired by the older style of the 50s-early 70s period,  which was often more detailed. Today, I could not be bothered doing hyper-detailed drawings like this.......it takes too long.


The original  artwork was 6 inches wide by eight deep per page.


I tend to draw a bit larger scale these days [it was very intense drawing 'small' like this all the time, but this was my choice then].

The story to this one was suggested by Editor Ian Gray who often let me loose on writing stories.

A few cartoon cynics on a disreputable, po-faced  forum I was on [it was so badly run, the Moderators always aired their dirty linen in public rather than sort problems out privately.........that's all you really need to know ]  maintained I 'was not a writer' or my drawings 'were not funny' but below is proof I was indeed putting out professional drawings and scripts before the internet even existed!


Most of these cynics never got stuff published at DCT: or certainly, not aged 22, like I was.

As far as I knew, I was their youngest cartoonist on their books at one point.

THE THREE BEARS/ HANK HUCKLEBERRY/  LITTLE PLUM/ INCIDENTAL CHARACTERS are all copyright 1987/ 2016 of D C Thomson & Co Ltd.