Davy Francis

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Davy Francis (born 14 March 1958) [1] is a cartoonist from Belfast, Northern Ireland.

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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]

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  1. 1 2 3 4 Davy Francis at ComicbookDB
  2. interview in Psychopia
  3. Loose Chippings website
  4. Funny Ha-Ha reviewed in Zum! #1
  5. "Ed Pinsent's Comics Catalogue: Ed Appearances". Archived from the original on 2012-10-25. Retrieved 2011-01-21.
  6. 1 2 Comic creator: Davy Francis at Lambiek Comiclopedia
  7. Oink! at h2g2
  8. "The Ray Zone 3-D Comics Checklist". Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2011-01-21.

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