We’re sorry to report the passing of a veteran newspaper strip cartoonist
Roger Kettle
In Memoriam: “Beau Peep” cartoonist Andrew Christine
We’re sorry to report the passing of British cartoonist Andrew Christine, co-creator of the newspaper comic strips Beau Peep and A Man Called Horace with writer Roger Kettle. He had been ill for some time. Over a long career that… Read More ›
“Beau Peep” blows his last post at the Daily Star, nearly 40 years after first appearance
Veteran strip writer Roger Kettle has announced the sad news that the Daily Star has made dropped its longest-running comic strip, Beau Peep, which had been running in the newspaper since the first issue in 1978. Beau Peep will end sometime… Read More ›
Daily Mirror’s “Horace” strip heads off into the sunset
The Daily Mirror newspaper has cut its originated strips again, replacing the long-running gag strip western-inspired gag strip Horace with a reprint of the adventure strip Buck Ryan, coloured in style, as with their Garth reprints, by Martin Baines. Originally titled A Man Called… Read More ›