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Dutch Comics Artists
History of Dutch Comics (and links to artists): www.lambiek.net/dutchcomics/index.htm

D'Israeli
• Official: www.disraeli-demon.com
• Blog: disraeli-demon.blogspot.com
• D'Freebies of 'Israeli
Various template and resource files that I've made over the years, which others might find useful. These files are distributed as freeware, and without liability; back up important data first!
• War of the Worlds Online Comic
• How D'Israeli Drew Leviathan (Or, Drawing Comics from Scratch on Computer)

Actually comics writer, artist and illustrator Matt Brooker. He has more than ten years experience as an illustrator, comic artist and writer working for with clients as diverse as DC Comics, HarperCollins, 2000AD and the BBC. His web comic, Biting the Hand That Fed Me, appears on ArtBomb. His web site and freebies are invaluable resources for colourists and artists

Glen Dakin
Blog: http://glenndakin.wordpress.com

Now a writer whose credits include the animated show Shaun the Sheep, Glen has been a contributor to a number of British comics magazines including Escape and Deadline and was part of the British small press comics scene in the 1980s. His main creations are the brilliant Temptation and the semi-autobiographical strip Abe. He also wrote some smashing strips for Marvel UK titles such as The Real Ghostbusters.

By Andy Davey

Andy Davey
Link: www.andydavey.com
Andy Davey's cartoons have appeared in several UK publications including The Guardian, The Times, The Scotsman, Private Eye, The Spectator, The New Statesman, Prospect, (the late, lamented) Punch and (the short-lived) Squib. He has wielded his pen in TV-land too, drawing for the animated satirical cartoon series 2DTV. He also draws the odd caricature.

Alan Davis
Official: www.alandavis-comicart.com
Alan Davis should need no introduction to British comics fans. His credits range from Captain Britain and Marvel - sorry, Miracle Man - to Gen 13, Justice League and the Fantastic Four. A major force in maintaining the presence of British superheroes in the Marvel universe, seek out and buy Clandestine and his other brilliant works. His site includes a cover gallery, checklist and useful advice for aspiring artists on breaking into the comics industry and his work.

Gail Davis
Link: www.gail-davis.co.uk
Gail specialises in accurate, amusing caricatures of celebrities and ordinary folk alike.
Her caricatures have appeared on Channel 4's website, in local newspapers, and currently she draws a caricature every issue for Dive magazine.

Lyn Davis
Link: www.cartoonists.co.uk/lyndavies

Nick Davies
Link: www.cartoonists.co.uk/nickdavies
Nick is a freelance cartoonist specialising in caricatures. He's got many years experience working mainly for magazines and newspapers in the UK and has also worked for various advertising agencies, design studios, book publishers, corporate and private clients.

Roy Davis
Click here for the dtb profile of this talented British creator, who died in 2004

S.B. Davis
Official: www.happymac.demon.co.uk/SBD
Simon began drawing comics in 1993 after working as a commercial illustrator.
He has worked on Games Workshop's Warhammer and Inferno titles, but is best known for his 2000AD work, which includes Sinister Dexter, Judge Dredd, Missionary Man and BLAIR 1.

Henry Davies
Official: www.henrydavies.co.uk
And: www.stbotchups.com
Artist for the Dandy - St. Botchups is his adult strip published outside the UK.

Alisa's Tale by Al Davison - a short story about Dwarfism commissioned by Nowgen/Manchester University in 2008

Al Davison
Link: www.astralgypsy.com
Creator of comics such as The Spiral Cage, Al Davison was born in Newcastle in 1960, with severe Spina-Bifida. Doctors said he would be dead within hours/days/weeks/etc. and described by one expert as a complete vegetable (as opposed to a complete meal).
The expert never specified which particular vegetable he meant, which might go part of the way to explaining why Al is still alive and kicking and is a vegetarian with a particular affinity for broccoli.
Al started drawing as a baby in the isolation unit that he spent the first two years of his life in. He decided he wanted to go professional aged three, had his first work published when he was seventeen and his first Graphic Novel published when he was twenty two.
He has had work published by Titan Books, DC Comics, Dark Horse comics, Victor Gollancz, Wizards of the Coast, Sherpa (Amsterdam) amongst others, with titles such as Hellblazer, The Dreaming, Tainted, The Spiral Cage (Autobiography), Vermillion and The Minotaur's Tale. Spiral Dreams, Al's illustrated dream diary, was published by Slab-O-Concrete in 2000.

Rufus Dayglo
• Official Blog
• Rufus Dayglo's ComicArtFans Gallery
London-based Comic book artist whose credits include drawing stuff for IDW Comics in the US and 2000AD in the UK. He's the artist on the new Tank Girl and is a mine of information about British comics
• Read a downthetubes interview with Rufus

Dave Connaughton "Deacon"
Link: www.cartoonists.co.uk/deacon
Writer/Gag Cartoonist Deacon s old first cartoon in 1955. He has had cartoons published in Europe (Punch etc.), the Middle East, the Far East and the USA.

Ross Dearsley
Link: www.rossdearsley.com
Blog: dearsleyart.blogspot.com
Ross Dearsley first came to my attention in the early 1990s when I was senior editor at Marvel UK, and I consider myself privileged that the mini series I wrote with Brian Williamson, Shadow Riders, was drawn by this brilliant artist.
He's also worked as a Concept Designer at Electronic Arts in the UK but is currently freelance, largely doing doing concept art for computer games, and the odd bit of film design work but is open to illustration commissions.

Gabriele Dell'Otto
Official site: (requires Flash 5): www.dellotto.it
Officially approved site: www.perilli.dsl.pipex.com/dellotto_home.html
Gabriele, who lives in Rome, has recently started working for Marvel US, although he has been working in the European comics scene for some time.
He's done several comics for Marvel US and recent strip credits include Brian Bendis' Secret War. His impressive official site (Flash required) includes a brilliant gallery and more while the 'officially approved' site includes interviews, news and a message board (registration required).

Jeremy Dennis
Official: www.jeremydennis.co.uk
Comics Creator and Web Editor living in Oxford, England. She's (yes, she) a prolific small-press creator of minicomics, altered books and other curious publications and also run comics workshops, and is a founding member of the UK's longest-running comics convention, Caption.

Rich Diesslin
• Rich Diesslin's Official Site
• Rich Diesslin's ROK Comics Page
Rich Diesslin is the creator and cartoonist of the KNOTS or Not (or KNOTS) scouting cartoons and a cartoonist for the London's Times Cartoons. He is the author and cartoonist of The Cartoon Gospel of John, ACTA Publications, and The Cartoon Ten Commandments. He is the cartoonist of A Journey Through Christian Theology, published by Fortress Press, and companion A Journey Through Christian Theology Color Cartoons CD. Read a downthetubes interview with Rich

Andrew Dimmitt
LiveJournal: uminthecoil.livejournal.com
Andrew Dimitt lives in Kokomo, Indiana, where he writes and draws Drockleberry, and other comix.

Neil Dishington
Link: www.cartoonists.co.uk/dish
Published in Private Eye, Spectator, Punch, Daily Express, Guardian, Financial Advisor, Medican Publishing, Save and Prosper, Oldie, Scottish Banker. Specialist in "one liners" and "interpreting" articles. Examples of work available.

Mark 'Dob' Dobson
Link: www.cartoonists.co.uk/dob
Mark has been an illustrator for over 10 years, working for numerous companies and publications with a stylised approach.

Nigel Dobbyn
Link: www.nigeldobbyn.com
Nigel's ace comic work includes strips for the Beano, 2000AD, Digimon and Power Rangers.
Right: Alas poor Billy: a panel from a 2006 strip for the Beano, Billy the Cat vs. General Jumbo. Art © DC Thomson

Dominic Bull (Dom)
Link: www.cartoonists.co.uk/dom
Dom has been a published cartoonist from the age of 15 (1984), producing advertising, strip, single-panel, and illustrative/web cartoons. His work has appeared in The Insider, The Yorkshire Post, UFO Magazine & The British Medical Journal.

Colleen Doran
A Distant Soil: Go
A professional artist since the age of 15, Colleen attended college on an art scholarship but left during her sophomore year to pursue a full time as a cartoonist. Clients include Lucasfilm, Disney, DC, Marvel, Image, Archie, Young Reader's Digest, First, Imagine Entertainment, NBM, Byron Press and some 50 others. She owns and operates Colleen Doran Studios, her own production company, where she creates A Distant Soil, currently published by Image comics, one of Americ top publishers.

Chris Dien
Official: www.chrisdien.com
The official website of Chris Dien, illustrator of painted comic and fantasy art

Jason Dube
Official: www.scatteredcomics.com
MySpace: www.myspace.com/scatteredcomics
Artist for Wham Bang Comics on titles such as Night Owl. Jason has also created titles such as Scattered and his site is packed with some very cute manga-styled characters.
You can watch a video about him at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0ApWVTZX_Q
Pete Dredge
Link: www.cartoonists.co.uk/dredge
A Private Eye regular Pete is one of the UK's top gag cartoonists specialising in topical daily, weekly and fortnightly slots in the press and online. Business and Sport cartoons, strips and caricature work also undertaken.

Mort Drucker
Official: www.reets.com/drucker.htmo

Ian Duerden
Official: artland.theavengers.tv
Portfolio: Click Here

Ian is the creator of a number of beautifully-realized Avengers TV strips, but is a well established Chartered Designer and Visualiser with management experience in Design and Advertising studios.
His portfolio includes designed and illustrated brochures, book covers, tourist centre and permanent museum displays, exhibition stands and architectural perspectives. Blue chip accounts include the Halifax, RSPB, Laura Ashley and the National Trust.
"I have to confess the work (which never seems like ‘work’) is a sort of professional practice," he says of his Avengers stories, "experimenting with the media before transferring the new skills over to commercial work. Six years ago it was all scanned watercolour on 140lb boards; now it is a complex mix of various media using all the resources of my studio. It is a style I can use commercially that wouldn’t have developed without all the practice on Avenger Artland, or the enthusiasm of the fans of the Avengers TV that kept encouraging me to develop the next story.
"I enjoy creating the strips and sometimes forget there is an audience out there that reads them," he adds. "Artland isa place for me to let off some creative steam when mundane commercial jobs have got me down. I sometimes look at other artists and think I should simplify my work, or increase the black outlines, or just conform to the contemporary standard of graphic art. But my childhood hero was Frank Hampson who always strived after a photographic or realistic style so I guess my style is too ingrained to change."


Robert Duncan
Link: www.duncancartoons.com
Robert Duncan specialises in cartoons for advertising. He understands the marketing world (as much as anyone else does) and has worked for almost everyone, including Abbey National, Kodak, American Express, Hotpoint, Sir Tim Rice and loads more.

Richard Duszczak
Link: www.cartoonstudio.co.uk
Richard has done a lot of greeting card company work and has been a freelance cartoonist for 20 years.

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