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The Potteries Museum and Art Gallery 19 April – 29 June 2008A uniquely presented retrospective exhibition of local, national and international cartoons by renowned Stafford born cartoonists Dave Follows. Curated by Dave’s family, this exhibition brings together a huge selection of Dave’s original cartoons from early amateur doodling at the factory through to his renowned reputation as a professional cartoonist. SEE PRESS LINKS BELOW....Press Release PDF- click here |
NEW May un Mar Lady Book 2009 - 2010 May un Mar Lady Cartoons by Dave Follows, Includes cartoonists dialect phrase book Volume one Order online click on book image above or contact us on info@davefollows.com while stocks last. We’re all extremely proud of Dave and his work, this book marks the 6th anniversary of Dave’s passing. We’re looking forward to sharing the enormity and brilliance of Dave’s humour and artistic talent by publishing many more of Dave’s brilliant cartoons in the future. We hope you enjoy this small clutch of May un Mar Lady cartoons selected from Dave’s archives. |
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Above VIDEO of the opening 17 April 2008 by the Sentinel | ||||||
17th May 2008 The Cartoonist Club of Great Britain came to visit the exhibition see images of the weekend.... IMAGES |
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Visitors will see Dave’s progression through his professional cartooning career from 1971 to 2003. Exhibition highlights include hundreds.... more info about the exhibition here... |
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Visitors will see Dave’s progression through his professional cartooning career from 1971 to 2003. Exhibition highlights include hundreds of selected original cartoons including, The Sunday Times ‘Creature Feature also syndicated in over thirty other newspapers throughout UK, Ireland, Germany and the Middle East, The Sentinels infamous ‘May un Mar Lady’, written in Potteries dialect, comic strips from The Buster and Whizzer and Chips and the very latest from Hungry Hamsters a new animated comedy series to be released on TV, computer, and mobile soon, created by TV producer Nicholas Sercombe and Dave Follows, Hungry Hamsters is currently in production as 26 x half hour CGI animation programmes, featuring a star principal cast including voices from Brian Blessed, Harry Hill, Jack Davenport, and rock legend Alice Cooper. Dave’s beautifully crafted ‘May un Mar Lady’ characters will take centre stage of the exhibition, the much-loved pot-bellied slob and his long-suffering wife have been reproduced in three dimensions as life-size models, framed by a large cartoon background and suspended cartoon speech bubbles the viewer will literally feel as if their walking into their cartoon world, over sixty original ‘May un Mar Lady’ cartoons spanning 18 years will hang on the adjoining wall. Dave’s family would like to thank everyone who has helped with the exhibition. Special thanks: “ We are all extremely proud of Dave and his work, it has been an exciting opportunity for his family to step back, explore and understand the enormity and brilliance of his humour and artistic talent. The difficulty in curating this show is deciding what not to include, just a small random clutch of cartoons from Dave’s archives held an multitude of gems that would instantly make us want to tell him how brilliant they are! Dad often asked Audrey (my mum) to road tests his gags, and over the thirty years that followed with a young family in tow, their relationship and her support proved fundamental to his success. We’ve all discover more about Dave’s thirty-year legacy and has re-confirmed to us, his work should continue to make people smile for a very along time yet. The potential possibilities for his legacy in the future is endless, from children’s picture books to animations or simply revisited as original cartoons, Dave’s work will live on for many generations yet to come and this exhibition shouts it from the roof tops!”
17th May 2008 The Cartoonist Club of Great Britain visit weekend IMAGES |
Creature Feature, animal cartoon strip, appeared weekly in the Sunday Times supplement, ‘Funday Times’ for over 15 years, 1990 to 2006. The Creature Feature was also syndicated in over 30 newspapers throughout the world. |
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‘May un Mar Lady’ First published - July 8, 1985 to October 3, 2003 - Re-printed – full (7,000 strips) daily as of April 19, 2004. Dave supplied cartoon strips for over twenty local newspapers, including the North Staffordshire Evening Sentinel where the iconic May un Mar Lady strip appeared daily for over 18 years and is currently enjoying a full re-run, republished in the Sentinel entitled ‘May Un Mar Lady Revisited’. |
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Hungry Hamsters, a new animated comedy series created by TV producer Nicholas Sercombe and Dave Follows, Hungry Hamsters is currently in production, 13 x half hour CGI animation programmes, its aim for a Muppet Show like time slot on ITV or BBC is currently under negotiation … the programmes feature a star principal cast including voices from Brian Blessed, Harry Hill, Jack Davenport, and rock legend Alice Cooper and will also be released on computer and mobile. |
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Comics include Buster - Wonder Wellies - First published - Buster - 17th Sept. 1983 to August 1985, Dave won the Cartoonists Club of Great Britain Humorous Comic Cartoonist of the Year for Wonder Wellies in 1983, also from Buster Melvin’s Mirror and from Whizzer n Chips – Pupils Pet. All strips and characters copyright Fleetway/IPC Magazines - site © copyright - F2001/ 2003 |
