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Badtime Bedtime Stories Leo Baxendale

Badtime Bedtime Stories By Leo Baxendale

Badtime Bedtime Stories by Leo Baxendale


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Explosive and hilarious retellings of beloved bedtime stories by legendary humour comics artist Leo Baxendale (Minnie the Minx, Sweeny Toddler, The Bash Street Kids).

Badtime Bedtime Stories Summary

Badtime Bedtime Stories by Leo Baxendale

Once upon a badtime...
In these explosive, hysterical comics, Dr Jeykll and Mr Snide, Little Miss Muffet and Little Red Riding Hood run wild in chaotic retellings of beloved tales. These anarchic, frenzied comics stories from the pen of Leo Baxendale are the arguably the jewel of the British humour comics, beloved by many for their DIY storybook aesthetic when they were originally printed in Monster Fun. Now, in this stunning new collection, the comics are restored to their full glory, while reprinted in a smaller style to retain the intimate feel of the originals. Crammed with gags and hidden details, these Badtime Bedtime Stories are the perfect late night read for kids and grown ups!

About Leo Baxendale

Along with Ken Reid, LEO BAXENDALE is widely-regarded as one of the most important artists in the history of British humour comics. Starting his professional career with Dundee-based publisher DC Thomson, Baxendale created Minnie the Minx and The Bash Street Kids for The Beano - both strips featuring anarchic adolescents, which would become a staple of his work. In the mid-sixties he started working for Odhams Press and made another significant contribution when they launched Wham! And Smash!, creating the characters Eagle Eye, Junior Spy, Bad Penny and Grimly Feendish.
Towards the latter half of the decade, Baxendale started working for DC Thomson's main rivals, the London-based Fleetway Publications. Most of his strips were created for Fleetway's flagship humour title Buster, including The Cave Kids, Big Chief Pow Wow, Clever Dick and Snooper. His most popular creation for Fleetway, Sweeny Toddler, first appeared in the pages of Shiver and Shake in 1973. Such was the popularity of Sweeny that he would survive mergers with Whoopee! (where he became the cover star), Whizzer and Chips, and Buster.
Baxendale received the Cartoon Art Trust Lifetime Achievement Award in 2003, and in 2013 was the second artist to be inducted into the British Comics Awards Hall of Fame. He sadly passed away in 2017.

Additional information

NGR9781786185310
9781786185310
1786185318
Badtime Bedtime Stories by Leo Baxendale
New
Hardback
Rebellion
2022-09-01
96
N/A
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