More about THE DANDY ANNUAL 2027

DC Thomson have just released the cover images of their forthcoming annuals (thanks to John Freeman for notifying me about this link) so I thought it'd be appropriate to show a preview of another panel from the work I did for the book.

As mentioned in previous posts, I've written and drawn three stories for The Dandy Annual 2027, and each runs to two pages. They all star Dinah Mo, the girl who's passionate about inventing ways to help the environment. (Yep, this is a totally different character to the "naughty kid" Dinah Mo of decades ago that was by different creators.) In the example above, Dinah has created a rubbish-collecting robot. What could possibly go wrong?

These strips were my final work for DC Thomson and for mainstream kids' comics in general, but I'm still busy doing my own comics as well as The Daft Dimension for Doctor Who Magazine and other projects. 

The Dandy Annual 2027 will be published in September of this year. Here's the superb cover below. I'm not sure who drew it but I'm pleased to see Dinah Mo prominently included. I'm sure Thomsons will have a great artist lined up to take over the strip in the years to come.

 

Double Daftness this month!

Not only is the regular Daft Dimension strip in the current Doctor Who Magazine but this month there's also one in the Doctor Who Yearbook 2026.

This glossy magazine is packed with background info about the previous season of Doctor Who plus lots more! It'll be in shops on Thursday 29th January so don't miss it! More info here:

https://www.panini.co.uk/shp_gbr_en/doctor-who-magazine-special-72-gbwhs072-uk02.html

 

Bidding ends soon on these items of original comic art!

 

This week's auctions end soon (Sunday evening, 25th Jan)! Original hand drawn comic artwork up for sale. No facsimiles, no prints! Original art!

Good luck with your bids!

https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?item=203554298786&_ssn=graphite47&_sop=1

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A Variety of ORIGINAL COMIC ART in this week's auctions!

I've listed a bumper crop of original comic artwork in my auctions this week! A variety of pages from Sonic the Comic to the Beano! Here's what's on offer...

 

One that's sure to be sought after is a page from Sonic the Comic No.64, written by me, drawn by Richard Elson in 1995! Features an early appearance by the villainous Commander Brutus!

From way, way back in 1958, a Billy Bunter strip by the late, great Eric Roberts that he did for Knockout comic. Yaroo! Eric later went on the draw Winker Watson for The Dandy, and this Bunter page is a fine example of vintage British comic art.

Now on to the strips I've drawn. I'm selling the original cover artwork of Brickman No.1 (2025) and throwing in a free comic too. I very rarely sell my published Brickman art so don't miss out!

 

Two items of original art from the Beano. First, a Pup Parade strip from 2022 featuring all the Bash Street Dogs...

 

...and a full page Beano puzzle featuring Dennis the Menace, Minnie the Minx, Plug, Spotty, Danny and more from 2014... 

 

Then it's way back to 1992 for this Tom Thug on Holiday page from Buster comic, with Tom and his family in Blackpool! 

 

Forward to 2021 and a Daft Dimension strip from Doctor Who Magazine which includes Daleks! 

 

...and finally an original drawing of Ally Sloper I did recently for Christmas!  

 

ALL oriiginal artwork, no prints, no facsimiles. The auctions end on the evening of SUNDAY 25th JANUARY. All bids very much appreciated! Here's the link to the listings where you can see each item in detail...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?item=203554298786&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2562&_ssn=graphite47

 

 

It's LONDON COMIC CON for Spring!

Great news, pals! As my latest blood test results are currently stable I don't need any treatment just yet so I'm doing a convention next month! Back at one of my favourite shows, the London Comic Con at Olympia, Saturday Feb 28th and Sunday March 1st. I hope you can join us!

Here's the website for more info. More guests to be added soon...

https://www.londoncomicconspring.com/guests/ 

 

Beano, Daleks, and Dandy artwork in this week's auction

I've listed more of my original artwork on eBay this week and the auctions end on the evening of Sunday 18th January. 

These are the original hand drawn artworks I did for Pup Parade (Beano), Postman Prat (Dandy Annual) and The Daft Dimension (Doctor Who Magazine). 

Here's the link for the auctions (where each listing shows close up photos of the art). All bids appreciated!

https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?item=203554298786&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2562&_ssn=graphite47

Click on each image to see it enlarged.

Social Media listings

Considering the depths that Twitter / X has sunk to since Musk took control I won't be posting there very often from now on unless things radically improve (and I doubt they will). Frankly though, I feel it's already crossed the line with the disgusting Grok scandal so I'll only be using Twitter to guide followers to my other social media platforms before ultimately abandoning it altogether.

If you want to follow my active social media accounts, here they are...

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/lewstringercartoonist/

 

Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/lew.stringer/

 

BlueSky:

@lewstringer.bsky.social

 

Ko-Fi (where you'll also find my online shop for my comics):

https://ko-fi.com/lewstringer 

 

ebay (for my comic art listings):

https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?item=203554298786&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2562&_ssn=graphite47