BEANO and Doctor Who Magazine cartoonist Lew Stringer, creator of Combat Colin, Tom Thug and more, has severed original artworks up for auction on eBay – including a “Daft Dimension” strip for DWM featuring the Twelfth Doctor, Peter Capaldi.
Some items close today, Sunday 12th March 2023, others later in the week. View all Lew’s items on offer here. On offer are…
A Captain Wally page from Marvel UK’s Spider-Man Comic (1985). This is one of Lew’s earliest characters, a suburban superhero who lives with his parents…
A strip featuring very first appearance of The Giggly Sisters in the “Combat Colin” strip from Marvel UK’s Transformers No.196 (1988)…
A “Daft Dimension” strip from Doctor Who Magazine No.515 (2017) featuring the Twelfth Doctor, a Cyberman, Dalek, Sontaran, and Ice Warrior, plus the First Doctor in a spoof of the cliffhanger to the Doctor Who episode, “The Doctor Falls”…
A “Christmas with Tom Thug” page for the 1897 Christmas issue of Oink!)…
A “Tom Thug’s Skooldayz” page from Buster (1989) with a Christmassy theme, that has attracted several bids…
Finally, how about a page from VIZ (2001)? “Tommy’s Tin Can Telephone” was a one-off character Lew created for the satirical comic, a full page in water colours…
Some items close today, Sunday 12th March 2023, others later in the week. View all Lew’s items on offer here.
Lew Stringer is a writer and artist of humour comics and has been freelancing in the UK comics industry for almost 40 years. His credits involve work for a range of age groups including Combat Colin for Marvel UK, Tom Thug for Fleetway, “The Pathetic Sharks” for VIZ, “Team Toxic” for Toxic Magazine and many more.
He’s been published in The Dandy, Oink!, Buster, Sonic the Comic, and numerous other titles. He’s also had a lifelong interest in the history of British comics and has written articles for the BBC website, Comics World magazine and others. Recent work has included “Pup Parade” for BEANO, “The Daft Dimension” for Doctor Who Magazine, and “Sgt Shouty” for The77.
• Check out Lew’s work on his blog at lewstringercomics.blogspot.com
• View all Lew’s items on offer on eBay, including his own comics, here
The founder of downthetubes, which he established in 1998. John works as a comics and magazine editor, writer, and on promotional work for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He is currently editor of Star Trek Explorer, published by Titan – his third tour of duty on the title originally titled Star Trek Magazine.
Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine, Babylon 5 Magazine, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics. He has also edited several comic collections, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”.
He’s the writer of “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.
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