Davy Francis (born 14 March 1958)[1] is a cartoonist from Belfast, Northern Ireland.
As a child he drew comics influenced by The Beano and sold them to his family for an old penny each.[2] He contributed to various Northern Ireland-based comics, including his own Tsst! and Gripping Tales,[1] and the anthology Ximoc, for which he created "Loose Chippings", "The Crazy Crew of the Saucy Sue", and "Ciderman".[3] Ciderman also appeared in Francis' own zine Funny Ha-Ha,[4] and a one-off drawn by Seán Doran. He also contributed to the local anthology Blast, which he edited an issue of.[5]
IPC head Bob Paynter gave him some pages to draw in Monster Fun, which led to work for Oink! (1986–88)[6] for which he drew "Cowpat County" and "Greedy Gorb".[7] Other titles he drew for included adult humour comics UT, Brain Damage, Electric Soup[6] and Gas, Ray Zone's The 3-D Zone,[8] and feminist magazine Spare Rib. He wrote the strip "Anger", drawn by Jeremy Banx, in Knockabout Comics' Seven Deadly Sins, co-wrote a "Future Shock" for 2000 AD, and drew for Paradox Press' The Big Book of Urban Legends. In 1993 he drew the first issue of Malachy Coney's Belfast-set series for Fantagraphics Books, Holy Cross.[1]
He lives in Belfast with his wife and daughter, and concentrates on live caricature work. In recent years he has returned to comics, contributing to the Irish comic Sancho in 2006.[1]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d "Davy Francis at ComicbookDB". Archived from the original on 9 November 2012. Retrieved 21 January 2011.
- ^ interview in Psychopia
- ^ Loose Chippings website
- ^ Funny Ha-Ha reviewed in Zum! #1
- ^ "Ed Pinsent's Comics Catalogue: Ed Appearances". Archived from the original on 25 October 2012. Retrieved 21 January 2011.
- ^ a b Comic creator: Davy Francis at Lambiek Comiclopedia
- ^ Oink! at h2g2
- ^ "The Ray Zone 3-D Comics Checklist". Archived from the original on 15 July 2011. Retrieved 21 January 2011.
External links
edit- Davy Francis website at the Wayback Machine (archived October 27, 2009)
- Oink Online
- Toonpool Cartoonists Gallery
Free downloadable comics by Davy Francis
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