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Nick Brennan is a Britishcartoonist[1] who works mainly forD. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd. He started drawing for the company in 1993, drawing a revival ofPeter Piper fromThe Dandy, revived fromThe Magic Comic, but with a departure from Watkins' creation, with Peter instead sporting an Elvis-like hairdo and purple jumper.
January 1994 saw his next workBlinky, a revamp of the nephew ofColonel Blink fromThe Beezer who had first appeared in the merged Beezer and Topper in 1990.
In 1997, Nick drew a comic strip for a vote forThe Beano which was called "Crazy for Daisy", and, along withTim Traveller byVic Neill, won the vote, followed by another strip,Pinky's Crackpot Circus, in 2004, and in 2006, a revival of "Brassneck" and "Noah's Ark". These last three are all fromThe Dandy. He also drew Sneaker forThe Dandy plus a number of other less well-known characters such as Frawg. In the 2000s, Nick occasionally ghostedNicky Nutjob, and contributed to theFun Size Dandy/Fun Size Beano comics. In addition, he was the artist forBilly Whizz inThe Beano from autumn 2009 until 2012.
Nick Brennan appeared a few times in The Dandy after its October 2010 revamp drawing Watch this Space and Professor Cheese's Olympic Wheezes. Reprints of Blinky, Pinky's Crackpot Circus, Brassneck and Sneaker were also used during 2012. In the final print edition ofThe Dandy, Nick drew Blinky, Peter Piper and Pinky's Crackpot Circus. A reprint of Hyde and Shriek was also used.
In the relaunchedDigital Dandy, Nick produced Blinky and Sneaker with both stories being animated by his wife, Fran.
Nick's work appears in the Dandy Annual each year.
His work also includes Beano comic character,Stevie Star, and cartoon illustrations and animations for Beano Studios and theBeano for Schools projects featuring Dennis the Menace, Gnasher, Minnie the Minx and a host of otherBeano faves.
In addition to comic work, Nick undertakes private and commercial commissions and has run cartoon workshops for events such as The Art of Stories at the Eden Project.[2]
In collaboration with Fran, Nick also creates occasional fun and immersive/interactive three-dimensional digital cartoon dioramas, which can be experienced in WebXR, AR and VR.
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