Meet the Comics Trail Artists!

John Wagner

Writer

John Wagner

John’s career in comics began in the late 1960’s as a member of the editorial staff with D. C. Thomson & Co. before becoming a freelance writer and a staff editor at IPC in the 1970s.
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Hannah Berry

Artist

Hannah Berry

Hannah Berry is an award-winning comics creator and campaigner. She is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and was appointed UK Comics Laureate 2019-21. Her artwork has been exhibited in solo and collective exhibitions worldwide.
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Mike Perkins

Artist

Mike Perkins

Mike is one of the most sought after artists in comics and he is currently working on the critically acclaimed Swamp Thing for DC. He has also worked on Captain America for Marvel and many other tiles for most of the major publishers
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Charlie Adlard

Artist

Charlie Adlard

Charlie has been a “veteran” of the comic industry for over 20 years. He’s spent the majority of his time since 2004 working on The Walking Dead for which he has received many industry awards.
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Al Davison

Artist

Al Davison

Al Davison is a writer and artist from Newcastle. He is most famous for his autobiographical graphic novel The Spiral Cage, which describes his lifelong struggle with spina bifida and his rise to become a successful comic book creator, martial arts instructor and film maker.
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Sonia Leong

Manga Artist

Sonia Leong

Sonia Leong is a professional comic artist and illustrator specialising in Anime/Manga.
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Rachael Smith

Artist & Writer
Rachael Smith’s debut graphic novel, House Party, came out in 2014 to critical acclaim. The Rabbit, released by Avery Hill Publishing in 2015, was her second graphic novel and was nominated for Best Book in the British Comic Awards 2014/15. She recently completed the autobiographical Quarantine Comix chronicling a year of Covid-19 lockdowns.
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Doug Braithwaite

Artist

Doug Braithwaite

Doug is a world renowned comic artist who has worked for all of the major publishers on titles such as X-Men, Thor and X-O Manowar.
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Jimmy Broxton

Artist

Jimmy Broxton

Jimmy Broxton is most well known for his stunning artwork on the "Hope" strip in 2000ad. His panel can be found at the Theatre Severn which is part 8 of the trail.
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Lew Stringer

Beano, Toxic, Transformers

Lew Stringer

The British Comics legend who is known as Lew Stringer has been a professional humour comic artist and writer since 1984.
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