Happy 70th Birthday to The Beano!

From The Beano to Batman and Transformers, Baz has drawn them all... Artist for Panini, Marvel, 2000AD, concept artist and animator, Stephen's a brilliant creator with a huge list of impressive credits to his name. Check out his as yet unsold superhero strip Just Force on his website.

"Despite their notoriously low page rate, I felt very lucky to have co-created and illustrated (and sometimes scripted) a strip for the Beano, if only for a short time," says Stephen. "I think it's the only time I've had my work on the Sunday Times Bestsellers List (the Beano Annual 2001 fought with Delia Smith for the top slot that Christmas!), and it's certainly the only time I've appeared on BBC News 24 and The Phill Jupitus Radio Show (thank goodness).
"I always found The Beano editorial staff a nice bunch to work for, who were genuinely looking for something new to keep the comic a best-seller}~sadly, my strip, Dogs' Breakfast TV, wasn't it!"

• Billy the Cat by Garen Ewing	• Billy the Cat by Nigel Dobbyn

The Beano and its respective characters are © DC Thomson Ltd. No cooyright infringement is intended by this tribute to Britain's top weekly humour comic. downthetubes would like to thank all the comic creators who kindly provided artwork and memories of The Beano for this special tribute • Vist the Official BeanoTown web site • Find out more about London's Cartoon Museum's Beano Exhibition (2008)
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