This article is about the comics artist. For the strip cartoonist and creator of The Gambols, see Barry Appleby.
Barrie Appleby is a British comics artist who works mainly for Scottish publisher D. C. Thomson & Co., drawing strips such as Dennis the Menace and Roger the Dodger for The Beano[1] since the 1970s.[2] He has also drawn Cuddles and Dimples for The Dandy, as well as strips for Nutty, Hoot, Monster Fun and Buster. He also drew Bananaman in the BEEB comic.[3][4]
In 1999, he took over Bananaman in the Dandy from John Geering. He returned for a short time to do Bananaman in 2008.
In 2003, he took over Roger the Dodger after the death of Robert Nixon. Appleby's Roger strips were similar in style to Nixon's, although his own style was always evident. However, following the Dandy's revamp in October 2004, he relinquished Cuddle Dimples to Nigel Parkinson. A couple of years later, he drew two new strips for the Beano, with Pirates of the Caribeano beginning in September 2006 and London B412 following in October 2007, both were short-lived. He also provided the cover illustrations for the 2008 and 2009 editions of the Beano Annual. In February 2011, Appleby became the full-time Dennis the Menace artist, and he stopped drawing Roger shortly afterwards.
Barrie Appleby returned to draw new Roger the Dodger episodes in August 2012 after Nigel Parkinson took over as Dennis artist.[5] He supposedly left in The Beano in July 2013 along with Barry Glennard and Dave Eastbury when Roger was taken over by Jamie Smart. In early 2014, Barrie returned to The Beano to draw Gnasher and Gnipper[6] And returned to Roger the Dodger in July.
^Drawing Dennis: The Beano at 65, BBC News, 24 July 2003
^No more heroes - graphic novels, Edinburgh Festival Guide, 22 July 2008
^"Barry Appleby (2)". lambiek.net.
^Alan Clark, Dictionary of British Comic Artists, Writers and Editors, The British Library, 1998, p. 4
^Lew Stringer (8 August 2012). "Blimey! It's another blog about comics!: Everyone's a winner with the new-look Beano". lewstringer.blogspot.co.uk.
^"Comics UK - View topic - The Beano 75 years issue whats inside...its guessing time." comicsuk.co.uk.
BarrieAppleby is a British comics artist who works mainly for Scottish publisher D. C. Thomson & Co., drawing strips such as Dennis the Menace and Roger...
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contemporary work on Captain Britain. After John Geering died in 1999, BarrieAppleby took over and later Tom Paterson. In 2003, the original scriptwriter...
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(2023) edited issue 4212 to celebrate Minnie The Mix 70th anniversary. BarrieAppleby Nigel Auchterlounie creates The Numskulls's strips, but also has writer...
trouble wherever they go. The artist when the strip first started was BarrieAppleby, who continued until 2004 with a strip by Gordon Bell in the 1994 annual...
Beano drawing puzzle pages and took over drawing Roger the Dodger from BarrieAppleby, which as of April 2014, he no longer draws. He also drew a new strip...
Dandy's Owen Goal. Cuddles, a naughty baby. The strip was drawn by BarrieAppleby and later moved to Hoot before joining Dimples in The Dandy. Dick Turban...
with artist David Parkins, until 2003 and in 2010/11 with Jim Hansen, BarrieAppleby and Tom Paterson. In 2012 he was commissioned by D.C. Thomson to become...
'Cuddles and Dimples'. Originally ran until 2010. Reprinted in 2012. BarrieAppleby Gordon Bell Nigel Parkinson 1984 2012 Humour The Domes John Geering...
complete steel after falling into a vat of molten metal. Piggles Hoot BarrieAppleby A pig who wants to be a fighter pilot. Parody of Biggles. Piggy and...
– (Laika) Martin Aitchison – (Luck of the Legion) Barry Appleby – (The Gambols) BarrieAppleby – (Roger the Dodger, Cuddles and Dimples, Pirates of the...
sometimes. He supposedly left in The Beano in July 2013 along with BarrieAppleby and Dave Eastbury when The Numskulls was taken over by Nigel Auchterlounie...
Martin 1956 The Banana Bunch Leo Baxendale, Bill Hill, Robert Nixon, BarrieAppleby 1990 Continued in the Beezer and Topper and was reprinted in Dandy Xtreme...
pull-out posters Teddy Scare (1976; continued in Buster until 1977) (by BarrieAppleby) Terror TV (1976; continued in Buster until 1978) (drawn by Ian Knox)...
John Dallas 1 152 The Topper Crazy Daisy Gordon Bell 1 119 Des Troy BarrieAppleby 1 148 Little Mo Bob McGrath 1 73 The Beezer Birdbrain John Geering 2...
contained some reprints from 1980s annuals, alongside some new strips by BarrieAppleby and Nigel Parkinson. Ball Boy Dennis the Menace Ivy the Terrible Minnie...
Audace), Italian western series without a fixed protagonist. April 18: BarrieAppleby's Roger the Dodger makes its debut in The Beano. April 30: The first...
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