General Jumbo concept art

[Digifiend]

Just found this. Concept art for General Jumbo in the 2011 Beano Annual, drawn by Steve Beckett.
http://www.sjbeckettdesign.co.uk/illustration1.html

[felneymike]

I'm sure i've seen that Typhoon before... on some RAF stickers that were near the till in Lincoln Smith's a few years ago XD.

Quite Japanese-looking style otherwise. Reminds me of a basketball-themed comic i bought to learn from called "Ahiru's air" or "Ahiru's sky".

[steve3po]

Did someone mention my name?
Steve Beckett here, I have to admit I've been reading this forum for a long time
it's really great!

I've been deliberating whether or not to join in the fun and well, this post prompted me to get on with it.

Thanks for flagging my work up Digi, much appreciated.

And Mike I often have my work compared to Japanese Manga although it's not really a genre I'm fond of. I think I've mainly been influenced by 70's-80's Saturday morning cartoons.

The 2 page Jumbo strip in the 2011 Beano Annual is my first work for Thomson's.
I've been offered a 4 page Jumbo for 2012.

I also have a new strip appearing in the new Dandy although not scheduled to appear until early next year. Not only my first strip for the Dandy but the first humour strip I've ever written and drawn!

All good fun!

http://sjbeckettdesign.blogspot.com/
http://steve3po.deviantart.com