SOMETHING SURE SMELLS FISHY ABOUT THIS...

Printed result

Here's one that didn't get away.  I was in my local chip shop one night and the owner asked me if I'd do a cartoon to advertise his delivery service.  Rather than take the man's money, I asked for a fish supper every week for a year.  (With an onion and a beetroot for good measure.)  Not too bad for half an hour's work, eh?

Above is the finished article which appeared on his shop bags and leaflets for years; below is the "rough" of the initial idea.

Initial pencil rough

THE BANNER AND BLAKE SHOW...

Characters copyright MARVEL COMICS

Here's one of the art samples I showed to 2000 A.D. editor STEVE MacMANUS at a Glasgow comic mart back in October of 1984.  The lettering was done with a fountain pen and was a far cry from being truly professional, but it was enough to give Steve an idea of my potential and eventually resulted in me freelancing for IPC about three months later.

The lettering may be far from perfect, but I was always proud of the rather clean pencilling which it adorned, so I thought I'd share it with you here.