Nigel Auchterlounie Explained

Nigel Auchterlounie is a British comics artist and cartoonist. His artwork featured heavily in the children's comic The Dandy, often writing the strips himself.

For the final print Dandy celebrating its 75th anniversary, Nigel drew The Bogies, My Freaky Family, Tom Tum, Bertie Buncle and his Chemical Uncle, Joe White and the Seven Dwarves, Old King Cole, Korky the Cat, and Jibber & Steve, as well as writing The Jocks and the Geordies.

In November 2012, Auchterlounie became the writer of Dennis the Menace[1] as well as the writer/artist for Pup Parade for The Beano. Auchterlounie currently writes Dennis the Menace and Gnasher in both the weekly comic and in the Dennis the Menace and Gnasher Megazine. Auchterlounie both writes and draws The Numskulls.

Auchterlounie's graphic novel, Spleenal, was published by Blank Slate Books in 2009.[2] [3] His graphic novel Weak As I Am was published by Blank Slate in 2015.[4]

Children's comic work

Comic Strip Dates Comic drawn for Notes
Baa Baa Bad Sheep 2012 The Dandy Mini-strip
The Bogies 2008–2012 The Dandy Originally appearing in children's magazine Toxic
Clive 5 2010–2011 The Dandy
Corporal Clott 2011, 2012 The Dandy First in the 2012 Annual, then in the weekly in late 2012
The Dandy Presents... 2012 The Dandy
Dennis the Menace and Gnasher 2012–present The Beano Also appears in Dennis the Menace and Gnasher Megazine
Diary of a Bash Street Kid 2014 The Beano Prose story
The Gleeks 2011 The Dandy
Jibber & Steve 2010–2013 The Dandy Originally half-pager, then mini-strip
My Freaky Family 2011–2012 The Dandy
The Numskulls 2013–present The Beano
Pup Parade 2012–2013 The Beano Part of the Funsize Funnies
Professor Dandy's World of Facts 2010–2011 The Dandy Mini-strip
Space Dogz 2011 The Dandy
Superball 2012 The Dandy Mini-strip
Twitter 2010–2012 The Dandy Mini-strip

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: I write Dennis (the menace) and Gnasher for the Beano. November 21, 2012. Nigel. Auchterlounie.
  2. Web site: SPLEENAL « Blank Slate Books.
  3. Web site: Paul . Gravett. Paul Gravett. PG Tips Special: The Graphic Novelist's Progress. 20 December 2009. PaulGravett.com.
  4. Web site: Venting Spleenal: An Interview with Nigel Auchterlounie. MATT. BADHAM. February 5, 2015. DownTheTubes.net.