Barrie Appleby
Barrie Appleby is a British comics artist who works mainly for Scottish publisher
Dennis the Menace and Roger the Dodger for The Beano[1] since the 1970s.[2] He has also drawn Cuddles and Dimples for The Dandy, as well as strips for Nutty, Hoot, Monster Fun and Buster. He also drew Bananaman in the BEEB comic.[3][4]
In 1999, he took over Bananaman in the Dandy from John Geering. He returned for a short time to do Bananaman in 2008.
In 2003, he took over Roger the Dodger after the death of
Beano Annual
. In February 2011, Appleby became the full-time Dennis the Menace artist, and he stopped drawing Roger shortly afterwards.
Barrie Appleby returned to draw new Roger the Dodger episodes in August 2012 after
Gnasher and Gnipper[6] And returned to Roger the Dodger
in July.
References
- ^ Drawing Dennis: The Beano at 65, BBC News, 24 July 2003
- ^ No more heroes - graphic novels, Edinburgh Festival Guide, 22 July 2008
- ^ "Barry Appleby (2)". lambiek.net.
- ^ Alan Clark, Dictionary of British Comic Artists, Writers and Editors, The British Library, 1998, p. 4
- ^ Lew Stringer (8 August 2012). "Blimey! It's another blog about comics!: Everyone's a winner with the new-look Beano". lewstringer.blogspot.co.uk.
- ^ "Comics UK - View topic - The Beano 75 years issue whats inside...its guessing time." comicsuk.co.uk.
External links
- Barrie Appleby's portfolio on Creative Shake Archived 1 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine
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