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Lew Stringer

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About Me

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I have been a professional freelance comic artist & writer since 1984. During that time I have worked for many publishers such as IPC, Marvel Comics, Egmont, Panini, and D.C. Thomson, covering the comics field from originated characters to licensed properties.
I've produced strips for numerous publications including VIZ; BEANO SUMMER SPECIAL; BUSTER; OINK!; FUN-SIZE DANDY; FUN-SIZE BEANO; SONIC THE COMIC; WHITE DWARF; GHOSTBUSTERS; TRANSFORMERS, and national newspapers DAILY STAR and SUNDAY SPORT. I've also written articles on the history of comics for publications such as 2000 AD,THE COMICS JOURNAL, and the BBC website.
Over the years, my characters have enjoyed long and popular runs, such as ten years for "Tom Thug" in BUSTER and four years for "Combat Colin" in Marvel's TRANSFORMERS comic. I was also a regular writer on SONIC THE COMIC for seven years.
The past two decades have seen major changes to the UK comics market, but I have always adapted to maintain regular work in the industry. Having worked for publications for all age groups, my work has appeared in such diverse titles as CiTV TELLYTOTS and LEGO ADVENTURES for the nursery market, to VIZ and SWEET FA for the adult reader.
In recent years I have expanded my work overseas as well as the UK. In 2003 I had an album of my work published in Norway: FORSTADSSATANISTENE (Suburban Satanists) and 2005 saw the publication of my book BRICKMAN BEGINS for the Los Angeles based publisher Active Images.
Current regular assignments include "Team Toxic" for TOXIC (Egmont Magazines,UK), "Suicidal Syd", "The Pathetic Sharks" and "Felix and His Amazing Underpants" for Viz, a brand new series for The Beano, and "Brickman" for ELEPHANTMEN (Image Comics, USA).
BRICKMAN appearing in every issue of...

My Interests

Movies:

Early black and white horror/monster movies: Frankenstein, King Kong, Invisible Man etc, plus Marx Brothers, Citizen Kane, Metropolis, Laurel & Hardy 2 reelers, early Flash Gordon serials, ...waste of time me having a colour telly really innit?

Slightly more contemporary stuff: Donnie Darko, 2001, The Wicker Man, Planet of the Apes (the original version), The Time Machine (again, the original version), LA Confidential, Back to the Future, sixties James Bond, Batman (1966) to name a few. I can't stand Star Wars though 'cos if you're going to put robots in a film make them kick ass types not fey wimps like C3PO. And don't get me started on those bloody Ewoks, or that muppet who annoyingly he spoke. The bits with Carrie Fisher in a bikini were worth watching though.

Television:

Doctor Who, Life on Mars, Peep Show (when I remember it's on), bits and bobs. I tend to buy DVDs of shows I like so I can watch them when I want, such as CSI, Babylon 5, Alias, Xena, original Twilight Zone, Seinfeld, The Prisoner, UFO, Lost in Space, Timeslip, The Saint, Danger Man etc. Selected cult tv but I'm definitely not interested in Stargate or Battlestar Galactica although I keep hearing how good Galactica is. I only saw one bit and the shaky hand held camera work got on my nerves. Convince me I'm wrong and I'll buy you an ice cream.

Heroes:

As far as comics creators are concerned: Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Mike Higgs, Leo Baxendale, Ken Reid, Mike Noble... to name but a few whose work first attracted me to comics and therefore set the course of my life.

My Blog

Mad Cobbler on the Rampage

The latest issue of Image Comics' ELEPHANTMEN (No.13) is in comic shops now and features another Brickman page. This issue sees the return of the Mad Cobbler, - a villain I last featured in a Brickman...
Posted by Lew Stringer on Sat, 02 Aug 2008 04:03:00 PST

Website update

I've recently updated my website with info on which comics my work is currently appearing in. The site is designed via MrSite so I'm not completely used to it yet but it's getting there. Works best vi...
Posted by Lew Stringer on Mon, 21 Jul 2008 05:09:00 PST

PM2008 - July 13th

Some friends of mine are organizing a one-day convention for anyone interested in The Prisoner tv series. The event takes place in Portmeirion, North Wales, the actual place where the tv series was fi...
Posted by Lew Stringer on Wed, 25 Jun 2008 04:24:00 PST

Felix returns

Busy week. Just sent off a 'Felix and His Amazing Underpants' page for the next issue of VIZ (No.176, out in about a fortnight). Tomorrow start working on the next Team Toxic pages for TOXIC 120, then...
Posted by Lew Stringer on Thu, 22 May 2008 05:43:00 PST

On sale NOW!

New issues of the three comics that my work appears in are in the shops now:TOXIC No.114, the fortnightly magazine for boys, features the second part of a six-part TEAM TOXIC story. In this episode Do...
Posted by Lew Stringer on Fri, 02 May 2008 09:51:00 PST

Work work work

Finished the latest Suicidal Syd page this morning and e-mailed it to Viz. I won't give away details of the story but suffice to say that Syd embarks on more suicidal hi-jinx that backfire, before dec...
Posted by Lew Stringer on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 07:13:00 PST

The forgotten comic

Updated my other blog today with scans and info on a long forgotten British comic:http://lewstringer.blogspot.com/2008/04/comic-oddities -apollo-1972.html...
Posted by Lew Stringer on Tue, 01 Apr 2008 10:59:00 PST

Thanks

Thanks to everyone who sent birthday wishes and get well messages. Will post an update soon.
Posted by Lew Stringer on Sun, 23 Mar 2008 05:31:00 PST

Copyright Fight! (Well, just a debate really.)

There's a debate about copyright of comic strips going on over at the Comics UK Forum....http://www.comicsuk.co.uk/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?t=19 16...
Posted by Lew Stringer on Mon, 03 Mar 2008 02:15:00 PST

Piles!

Piles of comics. Thousands of 'em to be exact. And I'm currently sorting through them, whenever I get the time, throwing out the ones I don't want. (Or should I say recycling them - in the form of sel...
Posted by Lew Stringer on Mon, 03 Mar 2008 04:55:00 PST