Comic Cuts: Brit Creators Reminisce!

Ace comic news site Broken Frontier are celebrating British comics with a week long flurry of articles and interviews. The Dandy gets some coverage with an insightful interview with editor in chief Craig Graham. A number of creators reminisce about their childhood favourites. I was pleased to be invited to contribute and you can read my few words here.

Enjoy!

Final voyage?

Shed a tear comics fans. The Sea Dogs end their current voyage today in The Dandy. Hopefully the strip has been popular enough for a return voyage soon?

I have a new 6 part mini strip starting very soon in The Dandy so watch out for that!

Hooray for comics!

Beryl the Peril - A box office smash!

Here is my second Beryl the Peril strip which kicked off the second of The Dandy's - Pass the Peril collaborations. Pleased with the way this turned out and hopefully I will get the chance to do some more.

Enjoy.

Pass the Peril Returns

Hi, just a quick note to say that Beryl the Peril has returned to action in round 2 of 'Pass the Peril'.
I had the honour of kicking things off again. So why not head on over to The Dandy's facebook page and check it out.

And if you enjoy it please leave a comment.

Many thanks
Steve

Oh! And here is my contribution to Pass the Peril round 1. Enjoy! Artwork ©DC Thomson & Co. Ltd.

Come back with my sausages!

After a weeks holiday, Cap'n Yap and the crew of the Black Flea return to the pages of The Dandy and discover that it's just not good to come between a Yeti and his sausages!

This issue sees the return of Mr Meecher, the Uncool Teacher by Will Dawbarn and the debut of Tiny's Temper by Stu Munro.

Want to join the fun? A trip to the news agents with a quid fifty is all it takes... Enjoy!

Pesky Pests!

In this weeks Dandy the crew of the Black Flea have a pest problem to contend with. I'm sure it will end well... don't you think?

There's lots to enjoy this issue with the continuing adventures of the worlds premier fruit based fighting force, Bananaman by the awesome talent of Wayne Thompson, and poor old George is feeling a bit flat but hey there's pizza!

Back to it's usual page count and cover price of £1.50 you can't go far wrong picking up a copy of the UK's longest running weekly comic.

Enjoy.

Pass the Peril

I'm pleased to announce that a new version of Beryl the Peril hits the interweb today.

Here's the official blurb:

Drum roll please.... here's the first part of our new Pass the Peril online comic strip! Steven Beckett kicks us off with his take on Beryl the Peril! Now it's up to YOU to decide what happens next! Email in your suggestions by midnight Friday and our next mystery artist will choose the best one, draw it and post up the next part on Monday!

I was really happy to be one of four artists chosen to be involved in this, and it is a thrill for me to bring the first installment to you. Each artist is encouraged to bring their own unique style to the project and you can see my 'Beryl' pictured. Check out the strip here : Pass the Peril.

New series on the way very soon.

I had confirmation today that my new series for The Dandy will start in 3 weeks time.

I can't wait to see it. I'm really excited about it. I hope you all enjoy it too.

More details soon, I don't want to spoil things too much. I will say it's unlike anything I've done previously.

Watch this space.

Cheers

What it's all about!

One of my passions in life is to encourage kids and young people to be excited about drawing and expressing themselves through art. Be it with comics or more traditional methods.

In this weeks issue of The Dandy I had a lovely surprise when I saw this drawing published on the mailbag page. This young Dandy fan has drawn all his favourite characters and it was a real thrill for me to see the inclusion of my character Daredevil Dad!

For me, this is what drawing comics and entertaining children is all about.

Awesome!

Who Stays?

The Dandy's 'Strictly Come Laughing ' contest is now in it's final week. Ending midnight 16th April the strip with the most votes stands to be commissioned for a full series and will become a Dandy regular.

Which is a big deal to all concerned. Us freelance cartoonists work really hard to come up with fun original and above all entertaining comics for you to enjoy, and any break can be a in real terms a financial lifeline.

We love the work we create and to see a character we have created and become attached to come to an end in such a way as this is frankly a bit upsetting.

This weeks Dandy is still on sale until Wednesday and if you haven't yet checked out the 4 contending strips in this competition please do so. They are all strong contenders and all deserve a longer run.

It's all good fun and for the individual(s) who win, it could provide a much needed boost to their career so please vote wisely. Once your mind is made up go here and cast your vote. I will add that of course I would dearly love to write and draw more Daredevil Dad stories but you dear readers are judge, jury and executioner.... Who Stays? You Decide!

Most of all ENJOY!

Anyone for Ice Cream?

A middle aged man, dressed as Evel Knievel, popping across the road to buy an ice cream....

What could possibly go wrong?

Find out in this weeks Dandy. On sale today.

The 'Strictly Come Laughing' competition is really hotting up! Rival competitors Harry and His Hippo are giving 'ol Daredevil Dad a real run for his money with only a few votes between the two!

Who Stays? You Decide?

VOTE DAREDEVIL DAD

THIS WEEK Daredevil Dad's Polar Challenge!

This week in The Dandy, Daredevil Dad is on a polar challenge!

Why not pop to the shops and see what happens to everyone's favourite stunt crazed parent.

The voting poll is now working properly and those wrestling maniacs Tag Team Tastic are now in the lead!!

Dad is lagging behind in third place but is catching up fast, now only 11 points behind second place contestant Harry and his Hippo!!

It's all to play for so go VOTE for your favourite strip TODAY!! You know who...

No, not the blinking Hippo!

KA-POW it's Dandy day

This weeks Dandy sports a rather nifty cover staring the mighty Bananaman.

This is the best cover of the relaunched run so far and I reckon a few more copies maybe shifted this week because of it.

Daredevil Dad continues, let's just say it's a good job mum went to Iceland!

In the voting poll Dad has broken the 100 votes mark and at the time of writing is only 38 votes behind the leader Harry and his Hippo. (Not counting the beserk Robot on Run).

If you enjoy Daredevil Dad then please do vote! (warning the Dandy online poll is still being a bit temperamental but votes are getting through so keep trying).

Robot Runs Amok

If you have been following The Dandy's 'Strictly Come Laughing' competition you will have probably noticed the online voting poll has gone slightly awry.

Robot on the Run a comic strip not actually in the competition is now winning the poll! Hence todays cartoon. The Dandy are on the case and the online polling page is due to be sorted out soon.

Robot on the Run is created by the very talented Alexander Matthews.

THIS WEEK... The School Run.

It's Wednesday! It's Dandy Day! It's Daredevil Dad Day! Hooray!

This week only in The Dandy, to Leon's utter horror Daredevil Dad does the school run!

Better fasten those seat belts!

Enjoy

And remember... VOTE DAD! HERE

Vote Potty Head!

Here's another plug for The Dandy's 'Strictly Come Laughing' competition.

There still appears to be a few gremlins in the online voting system at dandy.com which I'm hoping will be exterminated soon.

Some readers votes seem to be getting registered where as other are not due to a glitch. I'll keep you posted if I find out more.

Anyway enjoy Daredevil Dad being verbally abused by that naughty finger!

Phil's Finger is created by Chris McGhie.

Crikey, it's Dandy day!

Daredevil Dad's adventures continue today in the 2nd round of The Dandy's 'Strictly Come Laughing' competition. This week we introduce two more members of Dad's family. Hope you continue to enjoy the strip. I will keep you posted when the voting begins.

Vote Dad!

Cheers

Seconds Out... Round 2

The Dandy's 'Strictly Come Laughing' competition continues on Wednesday.

To celebrate I've knocked up a quick cartoon to drum up your support for my entry in the competition.

Here is Daredevil Dad battling rival contestants Tag Team Tastic whose adventures are usually brought to you by Robin Etherington and Warwick Johnson Cadwell.

Enjoy..

and remember VOTE DAD!

Daredevil Dad vs Hippo

One day to go until Daredevil Dad leaps into action in the pages of The Dandy.

Dad is part of the comics 'Strictly Come Laughing' competition.

So if you enjoy the adventures

VOTE DAD!

Cheers

The Countdown Begins...