Tom Paterson

First appearance of "Calamity James", The Beano, 1986

Tom Paterson is a Scottish artist who works in a style elaborated from Leo Baxendale's later work. He started working in comics while still at school, and has worked extensively for both IPC and DC Thomson. He is best known for drawing "Sweeny Toddler" in Shiver and Shake, Whoopee!, Whizzer and Chips and Buster (1974-1990), and "Calamity James" in The Beano (1986-).

Strips he has worked on include:

IPC (1973-1990)

• "Buster" (Buster)
• "Clever Dick and Dozy Mick" (Whoopee! 1974)
• "Crow Jak" (Buster)
• "Full 'O' Beans" (Jackpot 1979-82)
• "Grimly Feendish" (Shiver and Shake 1974)
• "Guy Gorilla" (Whizzer and Chips 1982-83)
• "Horace and Doris" (Whizzer and Chips)
• "Jake's Seven" (Jackpot 1980-81)
• "The Park" (Jackpot)
• "Robert's Robot" (Whizzer and Chips)
• "School Belle" (School Fun 1983-84, Buster 1984-)
• "Scooper" (Jackpot)
• "Strange Hill" (Whizzer and Chips)
• "Sweeny Toddler" (Shiver and Shake 1974, Whoopee! 1974-85, Whizzer and Chips 1985-90, Buster 1990)
• "Team Mates" (Wow! 1982-83, Whoopee! 1983-85)
• "Watford Gapp" (Whizzer and Chips)

DC Thomson (1986-)

• "Ball Boy" (The Beano")
• "The Banana Bunch" (The Beezer)
• "Bananaman" (The Dandy)
• "Beryl the Peril" (The Dandy)
• "Billy Whizz" (The Beano")
• "Brain Duane" (The Dandy)
• "Calamity James" (The Beano")
• "The Bash Street Kids" (The Beano")
• "Dennis the Menace" (The Beano")
• "Fiddle 'o' Diddle" (The Dandy)
• "Fred's Bed" (The Beezer, The Beano)
• "Freddy the Fearless Fly" (The Dandy)
• "Hyde & Shriek" (The Dandy)
• "Ivy the Terrible" (The Beano")
• "Laughing Planet" (The Dandy)
• "Little Larry" (The Beano)
• "Little Plum" (The Beano)
• "Minnie the Minx" (The Beano")
• "Mutant Cow" (The Dandy)
• "The Numskulls" (The Beezer, The Beano")
• "Phoot and Mouse" (The Beezer)
• "Roger the Dodger" (The Beano")
• "Rasper" (The Dandy)

References

• Alan Clark, Dictionary of British Comic Artists, Writers and Editors, The British Library, 1998, p. 129

Online reference

• Tom Paterson on Wikipedia
• Tom Paterson on Lambiek