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New from Lew – Lew Stringer, that is: A Comic Sampler

By John Freeman on March 9, 2024 • ( 1 )

Lew Stringer’s Comic Sampler, available now, is a selection of a few of the Buster and Beano cartoonist’s creator-owned comic strips from over the 40 years he’s worked in British comics as a writer and artist. It features examples of his work from 1983, 1986, 1987, 1992, 1994, 2014, 2017, and 2020.

Running to 20 pages the Comic Sampler includes covers, American comic book size. Black and white throughout on quality paper. Features Brickman, Combat Colin, Derek the Troll, the first Sgt.Shouty story and more.

Lew has added dates to every strip so you know where and when they first appeared.

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.

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.

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.