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Davy Francis, born 14 March 1958,〔(Davy Francis at ComicbookDB )〕 is a cartoonist from Belfast, Northern Ireland. As a child he drew comics influenced by ''The Beano'' and sold them to his family for an old penny each.〔interview in Psychopia〕 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".〔(''Loose Chippings'' website )〕 Ciderman also appeared in Francis' own zine ''Funny Ha-Ha'',〔(''Funny Ha-Ha'' reviewd in ''Zum!'' #1 )〕 and a one-off drawn by Seán Doran. He also contributed to the local anthology ''Blast'', which he edited an issue of.〔(Ed Pinsent's Comics Catalogue: Ed Appearances )〕 IPC head Bob Paynter gave him some pages to draw in ''Monster Fun'', which led to work for ''Oink!'' (1986–88)〔(Comic creator: Davy Francis ) at Lambiek Comiclopedia〕 for which he drew "Cowpat County" and "Greedy Gorb".〔(''Oink!'' at h2g2 )〕 Other titles he drew for included adult humour comics ''UT'', ''Brain Damage'', ''Electric Soup''〔 and ''Gas'', Ray Zone's ''The 3-D Zone'',〔(The Ray Zone 3-D Comics Checklist )〕 and feminist magazine ''Spare Rib''. He wrote the strip "Anger", drawn by Jeremy Banx, in Knockabout Comics' ''Seven Deadly Sins'', co-wrote a "Future Shock" for ''2000 AD'', and drew for Paradox Press' ''The Big Book of Urban Legends''. In 1993 he drew the first issue of Malachy Coney's Belfast-set series for Fantagraphics Books, ''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.〔 ==See also== *Lew Stringer 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Davy Francis」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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