Brickman on the run! Have you bought one?

By John Freeman on 24 February 2026

Don’t miss out on this! Doctor Who Magazine and The77 cartoonist Lew Stringer has just published the second of a three issue Brickman mini-series, featuring more daft tales starring his hapless, hopeless hero!

Brickman No.2, available here, collects the Brickman comic strips from the mid 1990s, and they’re as crazy as those in the first. (Copies still available).

Be warned, this title is recommended for Mature Readers, only ‘cos it’s 2026 and some scenes might upset people. (The ones with cartoon violence seemingly banished from more mainstream humour titles these days, for example).

Brickman No.2 by Lew Stringer - Sample Art

All copies ordered direct from Lew will be signed by him inside and bagged and boarded, and posted in a card backed envelope. Or, if you’re at London Comic Con this coming weekend, why not buy one from him direct? He’s there with loads of other comic guests, and some off the telly, too!

Lew Stringer is an ace artist/writer of humour comics and have worked professionally in the industry since 1983 on comics such as BEANO, VIZ, Buster, The Dandy, Toxic, Doctor Who Magazine and many more as well as self publishing his own comics Combat Colin, and others.

• Brickman No. 2, is available here, along with other great comics published by Lew

• Lew Stringer is online at lewstringercomics.blogspot.com

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John Freeman

John is the founder of downthetubes, launched in 1998. He is a comics and magazine editor, writer, and Press Officer for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He also runs Crucible Comic Press.

Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine and Overkill for Marvel UK, Babylon 5 Magazine, Star Trek Magazine, and its successor, Star Trek Explorer, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics; and has edited several comic collections and graphic novels, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”, and Hancock: The Lad Himself, by Stephen Walsh and Keith Page.

He’s the writer of comics such as Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs”, with Dave Hailwood.