More cartooning japery up for grabs from Lew Stringer

By John Freeman on March 25, 2024

Cartoonist Lew Stringer, who celebrated his 65th birthday last week, has more of his original comic art up for auction on eBay.

Blimey! It's Brickman cover by Lew Stringer (1983)

This week, there’s your opportunity to grab the special “Tom Thug” page for the New Year 1995 issue of Buster, a two-page “Pigswilla” story from OINK! BOOK 1988, and the covers for Blimey! It’s Brickman, the very first Brickman solo comic from 1983.

The auctions run here on eBay until Sunday 31st March 2024, and don’t forget to buy Lew’s Comic Sampler while you’re there!

“Tom Thug” page for the New Year 1995 issue of Buster by Lew Sringer

“Pigswilla” from OINK! BOOK 1988 by Lew Stringer

Lew Stringer is a professional writer and artist of humour comics and has been freelancing in the UK comics industry for 40 years. He currently writes and draws “The Daft Dimension” for Doctor Who Magazine, and “Sgt Shouty” for The77.

His credits involve work for a range of age groups including “Combat Colin” for Marvel UK, a character he now owns, “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.

A much appreciated supporter of our work here on downthetubes, Lew has had a lifelong interest in the history of British comics and has written articles for the BBC website, Comics World magazine and others.

John Freeman

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.