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{{Short description|Irish comics artist}}
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[[File:Brennan shipwreckedcircus1975.jpg|thumb|right|250px|"The Shipwrecked Circus", from ''[[The Beano]]'']]
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'''Paddy Brennan''' (born {{circa|1930}})<ref name="lambiek">[http://lambiek.net/artists/b/brennan_paddy.htm Paddy Brennan on Lambiek Comiclopedia]</ref> is an Irish comics artist who worked mainly in the UK, drawing adventure strips for [[D. C. Thomson & Co.]] titles. He was a freelancer, working six months of the year in Dublin and six months in London.<ref>[[Leo Baxendale]], [http://reaper.co.uk/bax/index.htm Speech at the Whichcraft gallery, Dublin], 10 October 2001</ref><ref name="hansen">Peter Hansen, {{cite web |url=http://www.comicsuk.co.uk/Interviews/KenReid/KenReidOverview.asp |title=Ken Reid, the Comic Genius (1919-1987) |access-date=2011-07-09 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090304202443/http://www.comicsuk.co.uk/Interviews/KenReid/KenReidOverview.asp |archive-date=March 4, 2009 }}, 2004</ref>
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'''Paddy Brennan''' (born c. 1930)<ref name="lambiek">[http://lambiek.net/artists/b/brennan_paddy.htm Paddy Brennan on Lambiek Comiclopedia]</ref> is an [[Irish people|Irish]] comics artist who worked mainly in the UK, drawing adventure strips for [[D. C. Thomson & Co.]] titles. He was a freelancer, working six months of the year in Dublin and six months in London.<ref>[[Leo Baxendale]], [http://reaper.co.uk/bax/index.htm Speech at the Whichcraft gallery, Dublin], 10 October 2001</ref><ref name="hansen">Peter Hansen, [http://web.archive.org/web/20090304202443/http://www.comicsuk.co.uk/Interviews/KenReid/KenReidOverview.asp Ken Reid, the Comic Genius (1919-1987)], 2004 (via Internet Archive)</ref>


His first published work was a strip called "Jeff Collins - Crime Reporter" in the ''Magno Comic'', a one-shot published in 1946 by [[International Publications]] in [[Glasgow]].<ref name="clark">Alan Clark, ''Dictionary of British Comic Artists, Writers and Editors'', The British Library, 1998</ref> More work for small publishers followed, including in Cartoon Art's ''Marsman Comics'' (1948)<ref>[http://britishgoldenagecomics.4t.com/photo.html Super Duper Heroes of the 1940s and 1950s]</ref> and ''Super-Duper'' (1949) and [[Martin & Reid]]'s ''The Rancher'' and ''Jolly Western'' (both 1949) before starting his long association with DC Thomson in 1949, drawing an adaptation of [[Sir Walter Scott]]'s ''The Lady in the Lake'' in the ''[[People's Journal]]'', and "Sir Solomon Snoozer" in ''[[The Dandy]]''.<ref name="clark" />
His first published work was a strip called "Jeff Collins - Crime Reporter" in the ''Magno Comic'', a one-shot published in 1946 by [[International Publications]] in [[Glasgow]].<ref name="clark">Alan Clark, ''Dictionary of British Comic Artists, Writers and Editors'', The British Library, 1998</ref> More work for small publishers followed, including in Cartoon Art's ''Marsman Comics'' (1948)<ref>[http://britishgoldenagecomics.4t.com/photo.html Super Duper Heroes of the 1940s and 1950s]</ref> and ''Super-Duper'' (1949) and [[Martin & Reid]]'s ''The Rancher'' and ''Jolly Western'' (both 1949) before starting his long association with DC Thomson in 1949, drawing an adaptation of [[Sir Walter Scott]]'s ''The Lady in the Lake'' in the ''[[People's Journal]]'', and "Sir Solomon Snoozer" in ''[[The Dandy]]''.<ref name="clark" />
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*''Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves'' (''[[People's Journal]], [[The Dandy]]'')
*''Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves'' (''[[People's Journal]], [[The Dandy]]'')
*''Crackaway Jack'' (''[[The Dandy]]'')
*''Crackaway Jack'' (''[[The Dandy]]'')
*''Flip McCoy - the Flying Boy'' (''[[Topper (comics)|Topper]]'')
*''Flip McCoy - the Flying Boy'' (''[[The Topper (comics)|Topper]]'')
*''The Galloping Glory Boys'' (''[[The Dandy]]'')
*''The Galloping Glory Boys'' (''[[The Dandy]]'')
*''[[General Jumbo]]'' (''[[The Beano]]'')
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*''The Showboat Circus'' (''[[The Beezer|Beezer]]'')
*''The Showboat Circus'' (''[[The Beezer|Beezer]]'')
*''Sinbad the Sailor'' (''[[The Beano]]'')
*''Sinbad the Sailor'' (''[[The Beano]]'')
*''The Whizzers from Ozz'' (''[[Topper (comics)|Topper]]'')
*''The Whizzers from Ozz'' (''[[The Topper (comics)|Topper]]'')


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==External links==
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Latest revision as of 03:12, 28 January 2024

For the jockey, see Paddy Brennan (jockey). For the lacrosse player, see Patrick Brennan (lacrosse). For the footballer, see Paddy Brennan (footballer).

"The Shipwrecked Circus", from The Beano

Paddy Brennan (born c. 1930)[1] is an Irish comics artist who worked mainly in the UK, drawing adventure strips for D. C. Thomson & Co. titles. He was a freelancer, working six months of the year in Dublin and six months in London.[2][3]

His first published work was a strip called "Jeff Collins - Crime Reporter" in the Magno Comic, a one-shot published in 1946 by International Publications in Glasgow.[4] More work for small publishers followed, including in Cartoon Art's Marsman Comics (1948)[5] and Super-Duper (1949) and Martin & Reid's The Rancher and Jolly Western (both 1949) before starting his long association with DC Thomson in 1949, drawing an adaptation of Sir Walter Scott's The Lady in the Lake in the People's Journal, and "Sir Solomon Snoozer" in The Dandy.[4]

In the 1950s he drew mainly adventure strips for The Dandy, The Beano and The Topper, taking over several strips, including "Jimmy and his Magic Patch" and "The Shipwrecked Circus", from Dudley D. Watkins, although he also drew some humour strips, including The Dandy's "Rusty". He was the first artist to draw The Beano's "General Jumbo". From the later 1950s he also drew for girls' comics, including an adaptation of Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin for Bunty in 1958, and "Sandra of the Secret Ballet" for Judy from 1960. His later work included "Showboat Circus" for The Beezer, "Iron Hand" for Cracker in the late 1970s, and strips for Suzy and Buddy in the 1980s.

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References

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  1. ^ Paddy Brennan on Lambiek Comiclopedia
  2. ^ Leo Baxendale, Speech at the Whichcraft gallery, Dublin, 10 October 2001
  3. ^ Peter Hansen, "Ken Reid, the Comic Genius (1919-1987)". Archived from the original on 4 March 2009. Retrieved 9 July 2011., 2004
  4. ^ a b Alan Clark, Dictionary of British Comic Artists, Writers and Editors, The British Library, 1998
  5. ^ Super Duper Heroes of the 1940s and 1950s
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