Who was the best artist for each character?

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Digifiend
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Re: Who was the best artist for each character?

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Thanks, I never knew who took over from Law. Hughes did a good job, I never knew it wasn't always Law until I found out when he died.

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Re: Who was the best artist for each character?

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Returning to my list, I've got a rather more complete one:

Desperate Dan - Dudley Watkins

Bananaman - John Geering

Korky - Bob Nixon

Beryl - John Dallas

Winker Watson - Eric Roberts

Bully Beef and Chips - Jimmy Hughes

Smasher - Hugh Morren

Corporal Clott - Davy Law

Cuddles and Dimples - Nigel Parkinson

Jak - Must I pick one? I've never seen DS's version, so I'm not really sure whether I can really talk about this. Wayne Thompson's version is definitely better than Jimmy Hansen's though. Looking through some 1998 Dandy's, it didn't take me long to decide that I didn't like Jak MkI.
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Re: Who was the best artist for each character?

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Worth mentioning that the present Jak was never intended to be an updated version of the David Sutherland Jak.
So you can have two favourite Jak artists if you like.

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Re: Who was the best artist for each character?

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Yeah, all three Jaks are completely seperate characters.

Jonny, DS's Jak was in the 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005 annuals.

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