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3 January 2024

UPDATED: Greenbug comic

I looked here at short-lived (?) environmental humour comic Greenbug (London Editions, 1991) and now some scans of interior art have come to light. I recognise the work of Tom Paterson and there are other artists whose style (but not names) are familiar to me. Any help identifying artists is always welcome! 

UPDATE: all artists now identified thanks to Peter Gray.

An anonymous comment left on my original post said that this series only ran for 3 issues and was exclusively produced for Tesco.


art by Gordon Bell

This is Tom Paterson

art by John Geering

Pink Panda art by Gordon Bell
Dolphin Annie art by John Geering

art by John Geering

art by Gordon Bell

Greenbug editor Brian Clarke confirms that it lasted only 3 issues

Here's the Greenbug costume



16 December 2023

Greenbug comic

This a new one on me, it's (short-lived?) environmental themed humour comic Greenbug. Produced in 1991 by London Editions. Were there further issues?

Greenbug comic, London Editions, issue #1

Greenbug comic, London Editions, issue #2

Greenbug comic, London Editions, issue #3


22 May 2020

The Bradshaws...an' all that #2

London Editions are perhaps best known as publishers of comics that tied in with particular brands. I've looked (here) at some of their comics (Count Duckula; Centurions; Dreamstone).

The Bradshaws...an' all that has a website here where you can buy associated merchandise (but not this comic it must be said).

Wikipedia has this to say on the subject of The Bradshaws

The Bradshaws is a fictional family created and voiced by the comedian and musician Buzz Hawkins. The family was created for The Gary Davies Show with Gary Davies on Piccadilly Radio in 1983 when Hawkins wrote a poem about a family's day trip to Blackpool. This soon developed into a series. In 1986, Hawkins was made producer of The Phil Wood Show, on which he performed more Bradshaws material.

Hawkins would go on to sell cassettes of his Bradshaws episodes, which he still does to this day, as well as doing stand-up, acting and more. The Bradshaws series has been re-released as a 25 volume C.D. collection. The series has gained great popularity in the North and abroad. It has been said that some people still ask who the voice actors are even though all the characters are voiced by Hawkins.
Anyway, without further ado here it is - art is by John Geering, scripts by Mike Butcher and Brian M. Clarke

I looked at issue 1 here

This is issue 2 (of 2)






20 May 2020

The Bradshaws...an' all that #1

London Editions are perhaps best known as publishers of comics that tied in with particular brands. I've looked (here) at some of their comics (Count Duckula; Centurions; Dreamstone).

The Bradshaws...an' all that isn't a TV tie-in comic, in fact it's all ne w material based on The Bradshaws - which has its own website here where you can buy associated merchandise (but not this comic it must be said).


Wikipedia has this to say on the subject of The Bradshaws

The Bradshaws is a fictional family created and voiced by the comedian and musician Buzz Hawkins. The family was created for The Gary Davies Show with Gary Davies on Piccadilly Radio in 1983 when Hawkins wrote a poem about a family's day trip to Blackpool. This soon developed into a series. In 1986, Hawkins was made producer of The Phil Wood Show, on which he performed more Bradshaws material.
Hawkins would go on to sell cassettes of his Bradshaws episodes, which he still does to this day, as well as doing stand-up, acting and more. The Bradshaws series has been re-released as a 25 volume C.D. collection. The series has gained great popularity in the North and abroad. It has been said that some people still ask who the voice actors are even though all the characters are voiced by Hawkins.
Those involved are:
Editor - Mike Butcher
Scripts - Buzz hawkins
Artwork - John Geering
Design - Rob Sharp

Anyway, without further ado here it is - covers and first page of all the stories


This is issue 1 (of 2)

The Bradshaws an all that comic issue 1, London editions







Bian M Clarke commented on the Facebook post that he and Mike Butcher wrote the scrips. Each of the storied was based on an audio episode.