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Fanton July 15, 2016 0 Comments

This week’s issue of The Beano (issue dated 16th July) sees the first in a short run of Bash Street Kid strips that I scripted, the second time I’ve been charged with penning tales of mischief for class 2b. This week, the kids go a bit sci-fi as they find themselves lumbered with a holographic teacher! As ever, it’s a complete honour to work on one of The Beano’s most… Read more

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Bash Street Kids , comic strips , comics , David Sutherland , The Beano , Tommy Donbavand , writing

Fanton August 20, 2015 0 Comments

I’ve had a bit of a run of spoof mini-strips in The Beano recently. First, there was my Jurassic World parody ‘Jurassic Play Park’, followed by the recent Ant-Man-skewering ‘Pant Man’ and now the latest addition to this trilogy of tomfoolery is ‘Minedaft’, my silly take on the videogame phenomenon Minecraft. I’d tried pitching Minecraft spoofs before, but to no avail, probably because one of them was called ‘Mimedaft’ and,… Read more

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comics , Haribo , Minecraft , Minedaft , mini strip , Oscar , parody , spoof , The Beano , writing

Fanton August 17, 2015 7 Comments

Just over five years ago I was unemployed, having been unceremoniously ‘let go’ from my job working in a call centre. To be honest, it was a job I hated, but nonetheless I needed to find work again pronto, lest I find myself eating cardboard and sawdust for the near future. I decided that (as well as applying for all sorts of other jobs) this ‘break’ in employment was as… Read more

BBC Radio , career , cartooning , comedy , comics , Craig Graham , five years , freelancing , Jamie Smart , Private Eye , The Beano , The Dandy , Viz , writing

Fanton July 15, 2015 0 Comments

Another Wednesday has rolled around (as it seems to do on a weekly basis), bringing with it another new issue of The Beano! HOORAY FOR WEDNESDAYS! This week’s issue includes two strips that I worked on, which I will go on to talk about in more detail once I’ve finished this sentence, right…about…NOW. The first strip I’ll talk about is Roger the Dodger, on which I took over writing duties… Read more

Ant-Man , comics , competition , drawing , Marvel , Pant-Man , parody , Paul Rudd , Roger the Dodger , scripts , spoof , The Beano , The Dandy , Why can't Marvel UK spell 'Roger' correctly , writing

Fanton July 8, 2015 1 Comment

Well, today is a pretty exciting day for me in my career, for today (Wednesday the 8th of July) sees the publication of my first ever cartoon for Lord Gnome’s esteemed organ, Private Eye! I’m absolutely overjoyed to finally get in the Eye, primarily as it’s been one of my own, personal favourite reads since I was 16, but also because it represents the last of my initial career aims…. Read more

Ant-Man , cartoons , Cavan Scott , comics , confederate flag , drawing , Ian Hislop , mini strip , Pant-Man , parody , Private Eye , published , Roger the Dodger , satire , scripts , spoof , The Beano , what a lot of tags , writing

Fanton July 1, 2015 0 Comments

No sooner has one of my Beano mini-strips concluded its run, then another begins! While Jurassic Play Park became extinct last week, this week sees the start of my new silly series – Pant-Man! It is, as you may have guessed, based on the Marvel Comics character (and soon-to-be-star of the not-so big screen) Ant-Man. Do you see what I did there? Ant? Pant? Ah, suit yourselves. The series follows… Read more

Ant-Man , comics , Marvel , mini strip , Pant-Man , parody , pun , spoof , The Beano , underwear , writing

Fanton June 22, 2015 1 Comment

While Jurassic World has been gobbling up the box-office like a particularly ravenous T-Rex, some other dinosaurs have been rampaging through the pages of The Beano these past few weeks. The dinosaurs in question are those in my latest Beano strip, Jurassic Play Park, a strip inspired by the latest in the Jurassic Park franchise. I absolutely LOVED the first Jurassic Park movie. I can still remember seeing it on the… Read more

comics , Jurassic Park , Jurassic Play Park , Jurassic World , mini strip , parody , spoof , The Beano , writing

Fanton May 18, 2015 2 Comments

IN THE pantheon of classic Beano characters, Roger the Dodger must be one of the most well-known, ranking up there alongside Dennis the Menace, Minnie the Minx and The Bash Street Kids. Created by Ken Reid in 1953, Roger has been a near mainstay of the comic ever since, his numerous dodges illustrated by a roster of some of the country’s finest cartoonists – Reid himself, Gordon Bell,… Read more

Barrie Appleby , Cavan Scott , comics , dodge , Gordon Bell , Ken Reid , Robert Nixon , Roger the Dodger , scripts , The Beano , writing

Fanton January 9, 2015 0 Comments

IT’S a New Year, and I’ve got a NEW strip starting in this week’s Beano (cover date 10th January). WOO-HOOOOO! The new endeavour is a mini-strip called ‘Robopop’, about a boy who’s father is half dad, half machine! Some of you may have instantly picked up on the oh-so subtle wordplay in the strip’s title, and realised that it’s a parody of the classic 1987 film Robocop, and the recent less-gory… Read more

cartoons , comics , mini strip , parody , Robocop , Robopop , spoof , The Beano , writing

Fanton September 18, 2014 0 Comments

EMLYN the Gremlin’s adventures continue in The Beano this week, as the invisible imp causes a palava in the playground. Here’s an unlettered preview of this week’s strip: On a related note, will this be the last issue of The Beano before Scotland declares itself independent? That’d be a bit peculiar, to suddenly find oneself working for a ‘foreign’ publication! I’ve always thought The Beano was one of those… Read more

Beanotown , Britain , British , cartooning , comics , Dennis the Menace , Emlyn the Gremlin , Scotland , The Beano , writing

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