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Northfield graduated from Harrow College University of Westminster with a degree in Illustration in 1992.[2] He joined the British small press comics [3] community in 1999, creating various titles such as Great! , Little Box of Comics and Stupidmonsters .[4] In 2002, he acquired the position of in-house illustrator at Eaglemoss Publications , where he worked for five years on projects such as Horrible Histories Magazine , Horrible Science Magazine and The Magical World of Roald Dahl .[2]
Derek the Sheep began appearing in The Beano from February 2004, and is unique in that it is The Beano ' s first and only creator-owned character.[5] [6] [4] A collection of early Derek the Sheep stories was published by Bloomsbury Publishing in September 2008 and in France by Actes Sud/Editions De L'an2,[7] reprinting the first thirteen strips in The Beano .
In 2008, Northfield illustrated the comic strip Pinky's Crackpot Circus for The Dandy , and wrote and drew World's Greatest Heroes for National Geographic Kids . In 2009, he created Little Cutie for The DFC . In 2012 his strip Gary's Garden began appearing regularly in the weekly comic, The Phoenix , with the first year's worth of strips collected in the book The Phoenix Presents - Gary's Garden: Book 1 . In 2016, he returned to The Beano with the strip Zooella .
He also illustrated the children's books Henry VIII Has To Choose and Sleeping Beauty: 100 Years Later , for Franklin Watts .[8]
In 2013, Walker Books published The Terrible Tales Of The Teenytinysaurs , a collection of never-before published strips.[9]
Northfield's first children's novel and international best seller Julius Zebra: Rumble with the Romans! , was published by Walker books in March 2015. His subsequent books in the series are: Julius Zebra: Battle with the Britons! , Julius Zebra: Entangled with the Egyptians! , with the next installment Julius Zebra: Grapple with the Greeks! published in October 2018. His first joke book, Julius Zebra Joke Book Jamboree! was published in June 2019.
In 2017, Northfield alongside his partner, established a new children’s comic book publisher, Bog Eyed Books.[10]
Books
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Derek the Sheep (2008) — Bloomsbury Publishing
Henry VIII Has To Choose with Julia Jarman (2009) — Franklin Watts
Sleeping Beauty: 100 Years Later with Laura North (2010) — Franklin Watts
The Terrible Tales of the Teenytinysaurs (2013) [11] — Walker Books
The Phoenix Presents - Gary's Garden: Book 1 (2014) [12] — David Fickling Books
Julius Zebra - Rumble With The Romans! (2015) [13] — Walker Books
Julius Zebra - Battle With The Britons! (2016) [14] — Walker Books
Julius Zebra - Entangled with the Egyptians (2017) [15] - Walker Books
Julius Zebra - Grapple with the Greeks! (2018) [16] — Walker Books
Julius Zebra - Joke Book Jamboree! (2019) [17] - Walker Books
Julius Zebra - Quiz Book (2022) Walker Books
Leif The Unlucky Viking: Saga Of The Shooting Star (2023) Walker Books
List of published comics
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References
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^ a b "Agent profile" . Archived from the original on 1 December 2010. Retrieved 22 November 2010 .
^ Wikipedia British Small Press 2000s
^ a b mondoagogo interview
^ Paul Gravett Beano 70th Anniversary article
^ Downthetubes book review
^ Lew Stringer book review
^ Franklin Watts catalogue
^ "Forbidden Planet Blog May 29 2013" . Archived from the original on 10 January 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2015 .
^ Bog Eyed Books
^ The Terrible Tales of the Teenytinysaurs
^ The Phoenix Presents - Gary's Garden: Book 1
^ Julius Zebra - Rumble With The Romans
^ Julius Zebra - Battle With The Britons
^ Julius Zebra - Entangled With The Egyptians!
^ Julius Zebra - Grapple With The Greeks!
^ Julius Zebra - Joke Book Jamboree!
^ Max the Mouse
^ Zoo-Ella
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R e t r i e v e d f r o m " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gary_Northfield&oldid=1224915182 "
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