Nigel Parkinson

Nigel Parkinson is a British cartoonist^[1] who currently works for D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd and mainly draws for The Beano and The Dandy.

Biography

Parkinson's career in comics began in 1980. For the next twenty years he worked for many British publishers including Fleetway, BBC Magazines, and D. C. Thomson. His first work for The Dandy was in 1982; his first work for The Beano was in 1997. He started drawing Bea in October 1998, including the new character Ivy the Terrible in 2008. Parkinson also occasionally draws The Bash Street Kids, and was particularly active on that strip between 1999 and 2001. He also ghosted Mike Pearse's style for the spin-off strip Singled Out.

In 1998, Parkinson started work on The Dandy's football-mad character, Owen Goal. Parkinson redefined the strip to put more emphasis on Owen's fat, lazy coach.

In 2000 Parkinson commenced work on Dennis the Menace and has since alternated his interpretation of the character with other artists David Parkins, Jim Hansen and Tom Paterson.

In 2003, The Dandy commissioned Parkinson to freshen up the look of the terrible toddlers Cuddles and Dimples. In October 2004 he took over from the original artist, Barrie Appleby, changing the appearance of the characters and the personalities of their parents.

Since 2005 Nigel Parkinson has also illustrated all of the Beano Jigsaw Puzzles and much of Dennis the Menace merchandise.

In 2008 he began drawing Puss'n'Boots and Marvo the Wonder Chicken for The Dandy and designed a new version of Lord Snooty - Lord Snooty the Third - for The Beano's 70th birthday year. He has also drawn adverts for Milky Way, Wenlock & Mandeville and Real Construction. He drew the album cover for The Kaiser Chiefs's Angry Mob.

Comic strips

The main strips that Nigel has drawn are:

Comic Strip	Dates	Comic drawn for	Notes
The Banana Bunch	2000–2004, 2010	The Dandy/Dandy Xtreme	Made a surprise return but in the Dandy Xtreme.
The Bash Street Kids	1998–present	The Beano/BeanoMAX	Drawn regularly between 1999 and 2001, and occasionally since then, filling in for David Sutherland
Bash Street Kids - Singled Out	2007–present	BeanoMAX	Sometimes also drawn by Mike Pearse
Beaginnings	1998–2008	The Beano	Replaced in 2008 by Bea and Ivy
Bea and Ivy	2008–2009	The Beano	Replaced the main Bea and Ivy the Terrible strips. Dropped due to Dennis revamp.
Cuddles and Dimples	2004–2010	The Dandy, Dandy Xtreme	Took over from Barrie Appleby when The Dandy relaunched in 2004. Axed when Dandy revamped in October 2010.
Dennis the Menace	1999–present	The Beano, BeanoMAX	Shared with Jim Hansen and Tom Paterson for the Beano, and usually in BeanoMAX.
Lord Snooty the Third	2008–present	The Beano	Lord Snooty's grandson
Marvo the Wonder Chicken	2008–present	Dandy Xtreme, The Dandy	Returned in August 2008. Casualty of 2010 Dandy revamp. Returned again in issue 3515.
Owen Goal	1998–2008	The Dandy, Dandy Xtreme	Replaced reprints of Cannonball Kid
Puss 'n' Boots	2008–2010	Dandy Xtreme	Returned after 4 year break
Sixty Second Dennis	2009–present	The Beano	Took over from Tom Paterson when the comic had another revamp.
Harry Hill's Real Life Adventures in TV Land Featuring Knitted Character	2010–present	The Dandy	Alongside Harry Hill.

References

1. ^ "Mourinho can now truly claim to have Beano there, done that". Irish Independent. August 16, 2007. http://www.independent.ie/lifestyle/independent-woman/celebrity-news-gossip/mourinho-can-now-truly-claim-to-have-beano-there-done-that-1059589.html. Retrieved 18 May 2011. 

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