David Mostyn (cartoonist)

David Mostyn is a British cartoonist and commercial illustrator^[1] who drew for D.C. Thomson from the early 1980s to present.

Career

Mostyn works out of Oxford, England.^[2]

Appearances

He has appeared at the Edinburgh Festival along with a poet named Roger McGough. He has also appeared on BBC TV and BBC Radio. Mostyn has also gotten together with famous author Philip Pullman, Richard Hammond, comedian David Williams, and writer Gyles Brandreth.^[2]

Works

He was the creator of several comic strips:

Bertie Buncle (The Dandy, 1978-1982)
Extra Terrestrial Teacher (School Fun, 1983-1984)
Strange Hill (Dandy, 1986-2004)
Danny's Nanny (The Beano 1988-1994)
Meet Edd: He's a Ghost (The Beezer and The Topper, 1991-1993)
Molly (Dandy, 1991-2004)
Cowerin' Wolf (Dandy, 1995-?)
Hector Spectre (Dandy, 1996-?)
Medieval Knievel (Dandy, 2003?)
Eddie The Ghost (Dandy, 2004)
Hugh Dunnit (Beano, 2005)
Dr. Doctor (Dandy, 2010)
Disaster Chef (Dandy, 2011-)

Mostyn has also worked for various jokebooks.

Mostyn's portfolio includes work for:

Penguin Books
Random House
The Pearson Group
Oxford University Press
DC Thomson
Marvel Comics
DC Comics New York
Constable Robinson
Arcturus Publishing
Andre Deutsch
Disney (Books)
Walker Books
BBC Publications
Lintas^[2]

References

↑ "Books". The Guardian. London.
1 2 3 "David Mostyn". David Mostyn. Retrieved 13 January 2013.

External links

official website

DC Thomson comics

Currently Running Comics	The Beano BeanoMAX Commando Fun Section in The Sunday Post

Adventure Comics	Adventure Bullet Buddy Champ Commando The Crunch The Hornet The Hotspur The Rover The Skipper Spike Starblazer The Vanguard The Victor Warlord The Wizard

Girls Comics	Bunty Judy Mandy Nikki

Humour Comics	The Beano BeanoMAX The Beezer Buzz Classics from the Comics Cracker The Dandy Fun Size Comics Hoot The Magic Comic Nutty Plug Sparky The Topper

Pre-School Comics	Bimbo The Magic Comic Twinkle

Notable Strips	Alf Tupper Baby Crockett Bananaman The Bash Street Kids Beryl the Peril Black Bob Biffo the Bear Big Eggo The Broons Calamity James Cuddles and Dimples Dennis the Menace Desperate Dan Ginger Gnasher Ivy the Terrible Jonah Keyhole Kate Korky the Cat Little Plum Lord Snooty Matt Braddock Mickey the Monkey Minnie the Minx Nero and Zero The Numskulls Pansy Potter Roger the Dodger Tricky Dicky Oor Wullie Willy Nilly Winker Watson Wilson the Wonder Athlete Wolf of Kabul

Comic annuals	The Beano Annual The Beezer Book The Bimbo Book The Dandy Annual The Hotspur Book for Boys The Sparky Book The Topper Book The Victor Book for Boys Warlord Book for Boys

Character annuals	Bananaman Annual The Bash Street Kids Annual Beryl the Peril Annual Black Bob Book The Broons Annual Dennis the Menace Annual The Desperate Dan Book Oor Wullie Annual

Notable Artists	Barrie Appleby Nigel Auchterlounie Leo Baxendale Gordon Bell Nick Brennan Paddy Brennan Sid Burgon Reg Carter Wilbur Dawbarn Karl Dixon The Etherington Brothers Hunt Emerson Andy Fanton John Geering Barry Glennard Charles Grigg Ken H. Harrison Laura Howell Diego Jourdan Malcolm Judge David Law Alexander Matthews Trevor Metcalfe Allan Morley David Mostyn Vic Neill Robert Nixon Gary Northfield Nigel Parkinson Tom Paterson Jim Petrie Ken Reid Bill Ritchie David Parkins Jon Rushby Jamie Smart Lew Stringer David Sutherland Kev F. Sutherland Dudley D. Watkins Stevie White

Notable Writers	Mike Chinn Gilbert Lawford Dalton Alan Grant Ian Gray R. D. Low Grant Morrison Tom Morton John Radford Cavan Scott John Smith

See Also	Beanotown Racing List of D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd publications List of Fleetway and IPC Comics publications List of Beano comic strips List of Dandy comic strips List of Beezer comic strips List of Beezer and Topper comic strips

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