Davy Francis

Davy Francis (born 14 March 1958)[1] is a cartoonist from Belfast, Northern Ireland.

As a child he drew comics influenced by The Beano and sold them to his family for an old penny each.[2] He contributed to various Northern Ireland-based comics, including his own Tsst! and Gripping Tales,[1] and the anthology Ximoc, for which he created "Loose Chippings", "The Crazy Crew of the Saucy Sue", and "Ciderman".[3] Ciderman also appeared in Francis' own zine Funny Ha-Ha,[4] and a one-off drawn by Seán Doran. He also contributed to the local anthology Blast, which he edited an issue of.[5]

IPC head Bob Paynter gave him some pages to draw in Monster Fun, which led to work for Oink! (1986–88)[6] for which he drew "Cowpat County" and "Greedy Gorb".[7] Other titles he drew for included adult humour comics UT, Brain Damage, Electric Soup[6] and Gas, Ray Zone's The 3-D Zone,[8] and feminist magazine Spare Rib. He wrote the strip "Anger", drawn by Jeremy Banx, in Knockabout Comics' Seven Deadly Sins, co-wrote a "Future Shock" for 2000 AD, and drew for Paradox Press' The Big Book of Urban Legends. In 1993 he drew the first issue of Malachy Coney's Belfast-set series for Fantagraphics Books, Holy Cross.[1]

He lives in Belfast with his wife and daughter, and concentrates on live caricature work. In recent years he has returned to comics, contributing to the Irish comic Sancho in 2006.[1]

## See also[edit]

* Lew Stringer

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b c d Davy Francis at ComicbookDB
2. ^ interview in Psychopia
3. ^ Loose Chippings website
4. ^ Funny Ha-Ha reviewed in Zum! #1
5. ^ "Ed Pinsent's Comics Catalogue: Ed Appearances". Archived from the original on 25 October 2012. Retrieved 21 January 2011.
6. ^ a b Comic creator: Davy Francis at Lambiek Comiclopedia
7. ^ Oink! at h2g2
8. ^ "The Ray Zone 3-D Comics Checklist". Archived from the original on 15 July 2011. Retrieved 21 January 2011.

## External links[edit]

* Davy Francis website at the Wayback Machine (archived October 27, 2009)
* Oink Online
* Toonpool Cartoonists Gallery

### Free downloadable comics by Davy Francis[edit]

* Loose Chippings
* The Amusing Ciderman
* Thunderbags and Things
* The Greatest Stories Never Told

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