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  • TheATOMIC COMICIssue 1 January 2013 Price: FREE!

  • WELCOME!Welcome to Atomic Comic - the newestfanzine on British comics! We're herebecause we love comics, and sinceyou're reading this, we assume youmust love them too!

    There's some great stuff crammed intothis issue, such as a look at the firstyear of The Phoenix, an interview withDandy artist Andy Fanton an WillDawbarn and a look at some rejectedcomic strips by Steve Beckett plus awhole load more!

    So I hope you enjoy the fanzine, and besure to stick around for future issues -there's some great stuff to come!

    CONTENTS:

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    3 ..... A Year Of The Pheonix

    7 ..... Webcomic Of The Month

    8 ..... Specky/Wiggy Hector

    9 ..... A Brief History About British Comics (Part 1)

    10 ..... Interview with Andy Fanton

    13 ..... Phil Comics

    14 ..... A Blast From The Past

    16 ..... Auction Watch

    18 ..... Interview with Will Dawbarn

    25 ..... Rejected

    26 ..... Harry's Countdown of the Top 10 Phoenix Strips of 2012

    31 ..... Congratulations To James Turner

    32 ..... Wizzo Advert

    23 ..... Steve Beckett Draws The Bash Street Kids

    35 ..... About Us And Futher Reading

  • A Year Of ThePhoenix- By George Shiers

    The Phoenix celebrates a yearin publication this month, andwhat a brilliant first year itwas! The comic was aninstant hit from the start,and I was so happy when thefirst issue landed on my matwhen the postie delivered it! Iripped open the special Phoenixenvelope to get to all thecomicy goodness and wasgreated with a fantastic,bright cover by Neill Cameron!Issue one brought us sometruly fantastic strips such asJamie Smart's Bunny Vs.Monkey, The EtheringtonBrothers' Long Gone Don,Kate Brown's The Lost Boy,Adam Murphy's Corpse Talkand a whole host of others! Iwhizzed through the comic atlight speed, thrilled byLong Gone Don's strange journey into a mysterious land, fascinated by sailors usinggiant dinosaurs as transport and laughing myself silly reading Star Cat! Every week Iwould wait eagerly by the letterbox, waiting for the beautiful publication to dropthrough, hoping that the heavy rain I always seemed to have hadn't ruined the envelopeor the comic! To write a list of my five favourite strips inside The Phoenix seemed animpossible task at first, every strip is so amazingly drawn, written and coloured bysome of the UK's finest talents, to not put any up there at the top seemed impossible!However, after many hours of scratching my head and pouring through dozens ofissues of The Pheonix, I finally sat down and wrote the list! Wether you agree ordisagree, I'm sure you've all liked these strips to some degree!

    5. Corpse Talk - Adam Murphy

    Yes, I've given spot number five to the only non-fiction strip in the comic - AdamMurphy's Corpse Talk! Each week Adam would "dig up" a famous dead celebrity that areader had suggested, and interview them! The very first one in the free Issue Zero wasAmelia Earhart, and we went on to learn about many greats such as Tutankhamun,

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  • Florence Nightingale,Mary Shelly and awhole host more! Atfirst, I didn't think thestrip would work, amixture of non-fictionin a comic strip didn'tseem like somethingthat would catch on,but catch on it did,

    giving it a nice comfy place at number 5!

    4 - Bunny Vs. Monkey -Jamie Smart

    Bunny Vs. Mokey was a very popular stripwith readers, crowning it as the winner ofthe very first Phoenix Comic Strip Battlein 2012! As always, cartoonist JamieSmart delivers a page of madness,mayhem and fun, gives it a funny titleand a great story, makes up some wackycharacters and put it in a truly fantasticcomic, and there you have it - amasterpiece! The strip is very funny, basedaround the battle between a monkey (whocrash landed in the woods after a failedspace mission) and a bunny. Monkeywishes to destroy the forest for reasonsnot made clear wheras Bunny sees it ashis home, and tries all he can to stop him!A fantastic strip, wonderfully written withJamie's crazy drawing style that suits thestrip, what could fit slot number fourbetter!

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  • 3. Ghost Ant - Dave Shelton

    Although only making one appearance way backin issue 2, Ghost Ant was a hilarious stripfrom the hands of Dave Shelton! Ghost Antwould have worked as a Gary's Garden (byfellow Phoenix artist Gary Northfield) strip,but I find the strip very funny on it's own! Areal shame it only made one appearence, thestory has many possibilities and would makean enjoyable series in the comic! For those ofyou who haven't read it, Ghost Ant is the taleof an ant who was killed by (presumably)Dave's foot, and is desperate to seek revenge,but always seems to fail! A very funnycharacter, maybe even something that wouldhave appeared in a Fleetway comic, if they werestill around! So Dave, if you're reading this -bring him back!

    2 - Zara's Crown - John andPatrice AggsZara's Crown is the thrilling serial adventure of a group of kids who were forced tosteal the Crown Jewles by a mysterious company! Illustrated by Patrice Aggs andwritten by John Aggs, the story has kept me on my toes right from the very start

    and each issue I excitedly read the strip to see what happenes next! An amazing,exciting, extremely well-drawn strip gives it a well deserved place at number two!

    Of all the fantastic comic strips that have appeared in The Phoenix over the pasttwelve months, only one of those can take my number one spot. It took me a lot ofreading and re-reading issues to reach my conclusion, as so many Phoenix strips arefantasticly written, drawn and coloured, and everybody who has worked on the comichas done a stellar job! However, the winner is.....

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  • 1 - Star Cat - James Turner

    James Turner's Star Cat recieves a gold medal and takes the number one spot! Thecomic was always funny, well written and brilliantly drawn in James' funny,simple-yet-brilliant style! I loved the randomness of the strip, the added fun ofsolving the pilot's speech bubbles and all the hidden jokes! I loved this strip at thestart, and I love it now!

    That sums up mycountdown of the fivebest strips, but I'msure many of youdisagree. Whateveryour opinions are, I'msure you all love thecomic they appearedin! Each week it is abeautiful comic filledwith colour and funfrom cover to cover!Always having a brightcover image, it's nosuprise that it

    sells out almost as soon as the stores open each Saturday! For 2013 I'd like tosee the comic more wide-spread, appearing in newsagents not only all over th U.K.but overseas as well! But whatever happens, I'm sure it'll be great!

    Go on Phoenix, give us another fantastic year!

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  • Specky/Wiggy Hector -Comics Collector!

    Eagle-eyed readers who managed topick up a copy of the last Dandymay have noticed that a characterin The Smasher by Lew Stringercalled Wiggy Hector had a similarname to another of Stringer'scharacters from Buster - SpeckyHector! Both characters are clearlyfans of comics, having collected allthe comics of the title they appearin (Buster for Specky, Dandy forWiggy)! I've asked Lew if he'd tell usabout them, and if Wiggy is indeed

    Specky as an adult! Here's what he said:

    "Wiggy is a different character to Specky, but I wanted to use an exaggerated comiccollector type in the story and 'Hector' was the only name that rhymed with 'collector'.Or the only one I could think of at the time anyway. Perhaps in my Lewniverse all comiccollectors are named Hector. Yes, that'll do. :) "

    - By George Shiers

  • A Brief HistoryAbout British Comics- By George Shiers

    To write an article about the historyof comics you do of course, have togo back to the very start. But thequestion is, where is the start?Although different people havedifferent opinions, I personally thinkit all began with Ally Sloper, thecreation of William Giles Baxter,which originally appeared in Judy on14th August 1867. The character wasso popular that he eventually got hisvery own comic book, the world'sfirst comic, in 1873, called 'AllySloper - A Moral Lesson' (a pagefrom this book is featured on theleft).

    Ally Sloper was arguably the mostfamous character of the late 19thand early 20th century. On 3rd May1884, Ally Sloper's Half Holiday waslaunched, coming out weekly on aSaturday, when many people only hada half day at work and the

    afternoon was called a Half-Holiday, hence the name of the comic. Although wewould not recognise Ally Sloper's Half Holiday as a comic today, it set the templatefor what was to come.

    Continuesin the nextissue ofAtomicComic.

  • Andy Fanton is abritish cartoonistwhose work appearsin The Dandy eachweek. He hascreated characterssuch as Dave TheSquirrel, George Vs.Dragon, Boo andonline The CarrottyKid and Lord Likely.

    Can we call you Fants?"No. You must call me 'sir'. Or 'supreme overlord'."

    What was your favourite comic as a kid and why?

    "Oooh, that's a toughie. I loved them ALL. I remember Oink! really blowing mybrain as a kid, though - it was just so different to anything else out there atthe time. I loved the variety of styles in it, and it's slightly naughty humour."

    What is your earliest memory of drawing?

    "Probably copying a picture of Danger Mouse out of an issue of Look Inmagazine. I used to LOOOVE Danger Mouse. And still do, in fact!"

    Did you always want to be a cartoonist? If not what other intentions did youhave?

    "I always wanted to be either a cartoonist or a writer, those were my twomain aims. Thankfully now I get to do both, which is great! Hooray!"

    When did you start drawing for comics?

    "August 2010, when The Dandy kindly let me draw George Vs. Dragon forthem."

    What was your very first published work?

    "A little mini-strip called 'Little Vandal' in my local newspaper, I think. Itwasn't brilliant, but I was dead excited at the time!"

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  • Little Vandal - Andy'sfirst published work,was printed in theRIngwood andFordingbridge News in1994. Andy said hewas a mix of Dennisthe Menace and BartSimpson "with evenworse hair", despitewhat the newspapersaid!

    Did you have a favourite artist and character and did they inspire you to take updrawing?

    "Easy. Tom Paterson, and Calamity James. My all-time favourite strip, and myall-time favourite artist. I remember becoming aware of Tom's work as I grewolder, as he had stuff appearing EVERYWHERE, and in some of the titles he gotto sign his work, so he was the first cartoonist I really latched onto. And yes, heinspired me hugely, I used to spend ages carefully copying his work into mysketchpads!"

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  • Any current characters you'd love to have a shot at drawing?

    "Roger the Dodger - he's a classic character that's been in reprints for a whilenow, I'd love to have a go at doing some new dodges!"

    How long does each comic strip take you?

    "It depends really. Sometimes is the ideas are flowing easily and all is going well,then it's possible to turn one page around within a day. More often though, itcan be two-three days I think, on average."

    Looking back at the art you did as a kid, or even when you started workingprofessionally, how much would you say you've improved?

    "I'm always improving, or at least I hope I am. Even looking back at the firstcouple of George Vs. Dragon strips, I can see I've honed the style a bit, and gota bit more ambitious with some layouts and that. I think we're all learning allthe time, so I'm always trying to push myself a bit more with every fresh strip."

    Do you plan to stay in comics for now or go off into the world?

    "I would love to keep drawing comics, as I genuinely do love it. I'd like to spreadout into other titles, ideally. But I would also like to get back to doing somewriting, as in book writing...I've got some ideas nestled in the back of my headthat I must get out there before they drive me CRAAAAAZZZZZYYYYY."

    What's your favourite thing to draw?

    "Probably Boo!, the ghost from the strip of the same name I did...as he's sovery easy to draw, yet very expressive as well. He's just fun! For a ghost."

    Least favourite?

    "BICYCLES. *Shudders*"

    If you could draw any classiccharacter, what would you really loveto draw?

    "Oooh....there's so many to choosefrom! I'd really like to have a bash aBiffo the Bear, I think. It's a shame hefell out of favour, and I really liked SidBurgon's silent take on him before hedisappeared. So yeah, Biffo!"

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  • Any advice for budding artists?

    "My advice is to just keepdrawing, every day if you can.And read lots and lots ofcomics, carefully look at theway the pros work and layoutthings, and see what you canlearn from that. And look atnature and real - life, too, soyou know how to draw thingsfrom the real world! Butbasically, just draw and drawand draw. AND DRAW."

    Phil -Comics!The cover for this issue of AtomicComic sure is a fantastic one. Itcomes from the 1941 Beano Book,the second one published. This book isconsidered the rarest of all Beanobooks, and good copies can sell forthousands of pounds? So, how did wemanage to get ourselves such agreat scan? For that, we'd like tothank Phil from Phil-Comics!

    Phil has been buying and selling British comics since 2001, andhas helped many collectors get the rarities they've been after!But if you don't have tons of cash and would still like to buysome great comics, Phil also does cheaper auctions. In fact, ifit's British and it's a comic - Phil will sell it! You can find himvia his website or you can search for him on eBay: (phil-comics). So once again, cheers Phil!

    www.phil-comics.com

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  • A BLAST FROM THE

    GNASH!

    Dennis the Menace and Gnasher are the quite possiblythe most famous duo in British History! Together theyhave caused laughter, happiness mischief to millions ofchildren all over the world!

    But Dennis didn't always have Gnasher, in fact -before he met him he had several different dogs,although most of them lasted no more than one issue!The first of those can be seen in Dennis' first everadventure, back in 1951!

    Gnasher first appeared almost 20 years later, on31st August 1968 - in Beano #1363. Davey Law'sinstructions were very simple: 'Dennis' hair with a legin each corner and a face'. It worked very well, as youcan see here!

    He was a hugely popular character, occaionallyappearing every now and then for the first few yearsbut he swiftly became a regular! All the most popularfree gifts are based upon the Abyssinian Wire-HairedTripe Hound, and in later years he even had his ownpups, keeping only one - Gnipper! They went on tocreat the Gnasher and Gnipper strip, something thatwill stick in peoples minds for years to come!

    PAST!

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    Auction Watch!Issue one of Gerry Anderson's Joe 90comic came out on January 18th, 1969.Originally costing 8D when it wasreleased, it had a larger price tag thanmost other comics and so wasn't asuccess, folding after just over 30 issues.The issue you see on the left, issuenumber one, recently sold on ebay for anincredible 66.09!

    These early TV Comicholiday specials (1963 onleft, 1964 on right) areboth in very goodcondition and areextremely rare, somethingthe final bidder must haveagreed on with the 1963issue selling for 79, andthe 1964 isue for 67!

    A special 2013 Beano book was given awayat the British Comdey Awards, with thefront cover featuring many differentcomedians, illustrated by Nigel Parkinson(based on the original cover by SteveBright). The only way you could get one ofthese is if you attended the awards, sowhen this copy was put on ebay peoplereally wanted it, and it sold for 36!

  • This Super Summer Holiday Annualfrom the 1960's featured a collectionof american comic characters,including Batman, Superman andDavy Crockett. It was 96 pages big,the same size as most specials ofthe time, and originally for just 3D.This one sold for a higher price of14!

    Terrific was one of the five Powercomics of the 60's, and issue onecame with a free Iron Man transfer!However it is no longer a free gift,as both the comic and the transfersold for 88, with over 20 bidslifting the item to such a high price!

    The second Beano book came out in late1940, although is recognised as the 1941annual. I love the cover of this annual somuch that it's used as the front cover ofthe very magazine you are reading! Thisannual is thought to be the rarest of allthe Beano books...

    and, with a start price ofjust 99p, bidding quicklytook off. When theauction closed the booksold for a suprisingly lowprice of 490!

    Another 1941 Beano bookrecently sold for 2500!

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  • REJECTED!

    REJECTED! is our aim to collect heaps of rejected comic strips, drawings or ideas, andpublish them for the first time!

    This month's rejection is Rolf on (F)art by Steve Beckett! Apparently Rolf Harris is"too old for The Dandy". Really?? I'm sure lots of kids know who he is?

    Steve doesn't have many completed rejections because he always submits them and ifthey are rejected they never get through the scripting or light pencil stages!

    None the less, here it is -printed for the first timeever! Enjoy!

    Also - here is an original'Good Egg Bad Egg'sketch which only got asfar as this light bluedoodle. Steve pitched thestory along with his sonEthan, who came up withthe original idea, butsadly the Dandy Editorturned it down.

    A six year old'simagination is a powerfulplace though! I hope theytry again!

    Never mind, better lucknext time guys!

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    Harry's Countdown of the Top 10Phoenix Strips of 2012

    - by Harry Rickard

    With The Phoenix just passing its 1 year anniversary, for our first issue of AtomicComic, George and I have decided to share with you our top Phoenix stories - theepisodes that made us pick up the Phoenix each week and thrived us to read manymore. Below is my Top 10 of Phoenix greats so without further'll do, here's thecountdown:

    10. PLANET OF THE SHAPES - RichardoTangleTo begin my countdown, we start at the top atnumber 10 with Ricardo Tangle's ingenious 'Planetof the Shapes' - a silent half-page story that hasappeared in every single issue since the limited-edition Issue 0 which tells the stories of different-shaped characters living on the Planet of theShapes. The storylines are simple, clever and arevery silly - not one being predictable and someeven being quite cynical! A brilliant way to startoff my Top 10 and a deserving entry.

    9. THE LOST BOY -Kate BrownFrom Issue 1 up to Issue 35,each issue at two pageseach - the readers of ThePhoenix were treated to thestory of Jim-on-Thursdaysand his loveable"accomplice", Bob, writtenand illustrated beautifully byKate Brown. The story isone of the most memorablestories in The Phoenix forme due to its many twistsand turns, silly pieces ofhumour, its dark sceneswhen the shadow creaturesappeared and finally itssurprising end - the storywas marvellously puttogether and kept mewanting to read more eachweek.

    8. BUNNY VS. MONKEY- Jamie SmartBunny VS. Monkey reachedthe top of the PhoenixContest for greatest storythis year and its wonderfulwritings and illstrationsallow it to snuggly fit in atnumber 8 on my countdown.The characters are all uniqueand silly from the boastfulMonkey to the grumpy LeFox. Bunny VS. Monkey asoholds top spot in the frontcovers for me with awonderful comic strip on thecover of Issue 49 featuringWeenie and Pig dong whatWeenie and Pig do best, beridiculously silly - and ofcourse the mad inventor,Skunky.

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    7. GARY'S GARDEN - GaryNorthfieldGary's Garden is the perfect garden-themed series with its wacky humourand clever storylines as well as anamazing recurring cast includingRupert the Squirrel, Chompy theCaterpillar and Larry Ladybird, aswell as my favourites, Boris andMunroe - the unlikely sleuthingfriendship of a fox and hedgehog.Gary's Garden allows everyone torelate to the settings - almost allof us (unless you live in a flat) havea garden full of garden creaturesand I love the idea of seeing howthey all behave when Gary isn'twatching. With silly stories andbrilliant characters, Gary's Gardencertainly deserves to be in my Top10.

    6. LONG GONE DON - TheEtherington BrothersAnd now over to Broilerdoom where DonSkelton has ended up after drowning in hisoxtail soup. Is it heaven? Or perhaps hell? Adream? A nightmare? No, it's a desrvingentry for No. 6 in my Top 10! Long GoneDon is brilliant - it's fast-paced, full ofentertaining characters and has somefantastic language using wondrous words suchas "flibbertigibbet" - oh, and the villain andhis accomplice, even they're likeable!Particularly Count Valush with his brillianthat gags and sarcastic personality. Everycharacter has an explored and broadpersonality and when you're in Broilerdoom,you have no idea what is coming next! Anincredible series and one I very much enjoyevery week!

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    5. CORPSE TALK - AdamMurphyAnd finally we reach our Top 5 of2012 Phoenix strips, and what betterway to start it off than to give theplace to Corpse Talk by the brilliantAdam Murphy? Corpse Talk is theperfect way to do a historical andeducational series, include wittyhumour, beautifully-illustratedstorytelling and a horrid yet fantasticconcept. Corpse Talk has beenfascinating with every famous figureinteresting me in one way or another -the greatest in my opinion being eitherthe Henry VIII's Six Wives featurespecial or Albert Einstein's interviewwhich was drawn so beautifully andincluded every single emotion you couldimagine. A perfect way to begin theTop 5 countdown and a perfect series

    4. ZARA'S CROWN - John andPatrice AggsAction-packed and brilliantly-written,John And Patrice Aggs team up in anawesome mother-and-son double actwith one of the most exciting serials Ihave ever read full of adventure, twists,turns and fast=paced action. The storyis simple to understand by the end andleaves no stones unturned with abrilliant beginning and even"brillianterer" ending, (I'm evenmaking up words now to express howmuch I loved this series!)!

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    3. GOOD DOG, BAD DOG - DaveSheltonMy favourite story without a doubt in TheDFC was Good Dog, Bad Dog by DaveShelton - it was funny, adventurous, puzzlingand a joy to read all round with surprisetwists and a great variety of charactersincluding the lead cast, the adventure-crazyand serious Kirk Bergman and the strong,stupid and yet loveable Duncan McBoo - soimagine my happiness to see it get a run inThe Phoenix! Good Dog, Bad Dog has had oneserial so far in The Phoenix called 'DoubleIdentity' and is probably the best one yet! Ienjoyed reading it every week and was sad tosee it go when the story ended - please comeback soon, Good Dog, Bad Dog!

    2. COGG AND SPROKIT - Jamie LittlerI LOVE Cogg and Sprokit. I love it to pieces! The characters are brilliant, the storylinesare bursting with action, humour and fantastic plot-lines and Jamie Littler's makes itan absolute pleasure to read! Whenever I saw Cogg and Sprokit in an issue, I knew I wasin for a treat - and never was I wrong. It may have gone out first in the PhoenixChampionship but to me, it deserved a place in the final. But sadly, one story justbeats it - and only just. It's time for my top spot and it's an obvious one, it's...

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    1. STAR CAT - James TurnerYou all knew it, didn't you? Of courseit was going to be Star Cat - withCaptain Spaceington, Officer Plixx,Robot 1 and The Pilot, how could thisseries NOT claim the top spot? StarCat is the perfect mixture of bonkersstorytelling and some fantasticadventure with every panel being a rib-tickler with Robot 1's vanity, Plixx'sstupidity, Spaceington's enthusiasm,The Pilot's crazy one-liners or crazygags such as the Mutant Haptaagonsor Ambassador Jelly - with Star Cat,you're always guaranteed a laugh-packed read!

    And that finishes my Top 10 Phoenix strips of 2012. The comic began back at thebeginning of that year and really has risen from the DFC's ashes rising higher andhigher with every issue - all I can say is, roll on 2013!

  • Congratulations To James Turner!

    You may have noticed that in both mine and Harry's review of the best Phoenix stripsof 2012 we both had the same character in the number one spot - Star Cat! Star Catdeserves that spot more than anything, and for me and Harry to actually agree onsomething is amazing! So we'd like to take this spot to congratulate Star Cat'screator - James Turner! Now, just like at any of those boring awards shows they haveon T.V., we asked James to say a few words:

    "Hi George, thanks so much for picking my strip!

    I guess I came up with the idea just because I wanted to do something original and Ihadn't done a science fiction comic befor so I thought, ok, so it's in a spaceship, butthe spaceship is also a cat, and it all just came from there since I didn't think anyonehad done a comic with a cat that was also a spaceship before."

    So once again, congratulations James! We hope to see a lot more Star Cat in 2013!

    - By George Shiers

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    Steve Beckett DrawsThe Bash Street Kids!

    Steve Beckett, who amongst other thingsdraws Oscar's Orc Army for Toxic, hasdrawn a special Bash Street Kids pagefor The Beano Max entitled 'Pranks ALot', featuring a variety of pranks forkids to try at home, as demonstrated bythe Bash Street Kids!

    Steve Beckett's style suits the charactersvery well (in my opinion), I particularylike his version of Fatty (seen below),and would be intrested to see more pagesof these great characters in the future,both puzzles, short interactive strips(such as this one) and full strips!

    Left: Work inprogress andthe finishedresult!

    - By George Shiers

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    We managed to get in touch with Steveand asked him about the Bash Street Kids.Is this the only time he'll be drawing themor will we be seeing more appearences?here is his response:

    "Just a one off for now. I have a puzzlepage coming up soon, not sure if it will bein the weekly or Max. I've spoken to CraigGraham and Mike Sterling and they seemkeen to give me work. A strip maybe apossibility very soon."

    News of a strip sounds very promisingindeed, but we'll have to wait and see whatdevelops!

    We should also give mention to Stu Munro,who also drew a Bash Street puzzle forthe Beano recently. I also find Stu'ssimpler version works for the characters,but when asked about drawing the weeklycomic strip he replied:

    "I could never draw the strip, way toohectic!"

    For now though, we still have DavidSutherland's fantastic Bash Street Kids tolook forwards to each week, as we have forthe last 50 years! One day David willunfortunatly ink his final panel for thecharacters, and another artist will have totake over. Will it be Steve, Will Dawbarnor will it be another artist worthy of thetask. Only time will tell, but hopefully thatwont be for a while yet!

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    Some futher reading on early British Comics:

    The Sloperian

    Victorian Comics by Denis Gifford

    http://lewstringer.blogspot.com/2012/12/the-funny-folks-of-1875.html

    About Us andFuther Reading

    George Shiers

    It was George's idea to create a comic fanzine, andhe has written a majority of the articles in issue one.He is also the author of the blog Wacky Comics, whichupdates regulary featuring articles on all era's ofBritish comics, and draws several comic strips,inluding Graham's Onions, Pete and Squelch and Billyand Sid.

    www.wackycomics.com

    Harry Rickard

    Harry is the other author of Atomic Comic. More ofan expert in modern comics, Harry also created theWizzo and has his own website about British comics,although he is considering covering other things too.Harry is also a fantastic graphic designer, and cando just about anything on the computer!

    http://wizzkid97.wordpress.com