Paddy Brennan (bornc. 1930)[1] is an Irish comics artist who worked mainly in the UK, drawing adventure strips forD. C. Thomson & Co. titles. He was a freelancer, working six months of the year in Dublin and six months in London.[2][3]
His first published work was a strip called "Jeff Collins - Crime Reporter" in theMagno Comic, a one-shot published in 1946 byInternational Publications inGlasgow.[4] More work for small publishers followed, including in Cartoon Art'sMarsman Comics (1948)[5] andSuper-Duper (1949) andMartin & Reid'sThe Rancher andJolly Western (both 1949) before starting his long association with DC Thomson in 1949, drawing an adaptation ofSir Walter Scott'sThe Lady in the Lake in thePeople's Journal, and "Sir Solomon Snoozer" inThe Dandy.[4]
In the 1950s he drew mainly adventure strips forThe Dandy,The Beano andThe Topper, taking over several strips, including "Jimmy and his Magic Patch" and "The Shipwrecked Circus", fromDudley D. Watkins, although he also drew some humour strips, includingThe Dandy's "Rusty". He was the first artist to drawThe Beano's "General Jumbo". From the later 1950s he also drew for girls' comics, including an adaptation ofHarriet Beecher Stowe'sUncle Tom's Cabin forBunty in 1958, and "Sandra of the Secret Ballet" forJudy from 1960. His later work included "Showboat Circus" forThe Beezer, "Iron Hand" forCracker in the late 1970s, and strips forSuzy andBuddy in the 1980s.
