Davy Francis (born 14 March 1958) is a cartoonist from

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. As a child he drew comics influenced by ''

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'' and sold them to his family for an old penny each. He contributed to various Northern Ireland-based comics, including his own ''Tsst!'' and ''Gripping Tales'', and the anthology ''Ximoc'', for which he created "Loose Chippings", "The Crazy Crew of the Saucy Sue", and "Ciderman". Ciderman also appeared in Francis' own zine ''Funny Ha-Ha'', and a one-off drawn by Seán Doran. He also contributed to the local anthology ''Blast'', which he edited an issue of.

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head Bob Paynter gave him some pages to draw in ''

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at Lambiek Comiclopedia for which he drew "Cowpat County" and "Greedy Gorb". Other titles he drew for included adult humour comics '' UT'', ''

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's ''The 3-D Zone'', and feminist magazine ''

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''. He wrote the strip "Anger", drawn by

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, in

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' ''Seven Deadly Sins'', co-wrote a "Future Shock" for '' 2000 AD'', and drew for

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' '' The Big Book of Urban Legends''. In 1993 he drew the first issue of

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's Belfast-set series for

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, ''Holy Cross''. He lives in Belfast with his wife and daughter, and concentrates on live caricature work. In recent years he has returned to comics, contributing to the Irish comic ''Sancho'' in 2006.

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Free downloadable comics by Davy Francis

Loose ChippingsThe Amusing CidermanThunderbags and ThingsThe Greatest Stories Never Told
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Free downloadable comics by Davy Francis