Barry Glennard is a British comics artist who works mainly for Scottish publisher
D. C. Thomson & Co. He has drawn a number of strips for
The Beano
''The Beano'' (formerly ''The Beano Comic'') is a British anthology comic magazine created by Scottish publishing company DC Thomson. Its first issue was published on 30 July 1938, and it published its 4000th issue in August 2019. Popular and ...
over the years including
Pansy Potter
Pansy Potter is a British comic strip character from the magazine ''The Beano''. She first appeared in ''Pansy Potter the Strong Man's Daughter'' issue 21 in 1938, and was first illustrated by Hugh McNeill.
Character background
As ''The Beano ...
,
The Beano Birds
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,
Gnasher and Gnipper
Gnasher () is a fictional comic strip character that appears in the British comic magazine ''The Beano''. He is the pet dog of Dennis the Menace, who meets him in 1968's issue 1362, and is also the star of three spin-off comic strips. Gnasher ...
and
The Numskulls
''The Numskulls'' is a comic strip in ''The Beano'', and previously in ''The Beezer'' and ''The Dandy'' – UK comics owned by D.C Thomson. The strip is about a team of tiny human-like technicians who live inside the heads of various people, ...
. Only one of these four currently remains in
The Beano
''The Beano'' (formerly ''The Beano Comic'') is a British anthology comic magazine created by Scottish publishing company DC Thomson. Its first issue was published on 30 July 1938, and it published its 4000th issue in August 2019. Popular and ...
that is
The Numskulls
''The Numskulls'' is a comic strip in ''The Beano'', and previously in ''The Beezer'' and ''The Dandy'' – UK comics owned by D.C Thomson. The strip is about a team of tiny human-like technicians who live inside the heads of various people, ...
which was drawn by Barry Glennard until July 2013.
He has also drawn for Fleetway occasionally, drawing Nosey Parker,
Bookworm
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Bibliophiles may have large, specialized book collections. They may highly value old editions, aut ...
,
Watford Gapp and
Mustapha Million sometimes.
He supposedly left in The Beano in July 2013 along with
Barrie Appleby
Barrie Appleby (born August 8, 1943) 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'' since the 1970s. He has also drawn C ...
and
Dave Eastbury when The Numskulls was taken over by
Nigel Auchterlounie
Nigel Auchterlounie is a British comics artist and cartoonist. His artwork featured heavily in the children's comic ''The Dandy'', often writing the strips himself.
For the final print ''Dandy'' celebrating its 75th anniversary, Nigel drew ''The ...
.
References
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
British comics artists
British humorists
The Dandy people
The Beano people
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