Jamie Smart
Jamie Smart's characters Space Raoul, My Own Genie, Count Von Poo and Fish-Head Steve have all found homes in the pages of The Sunday Times, The Dandy, Toxic comic and The DFC respectively. Jamie is also the current writer and artist of iconic character Desperate Dan in The Dandy. He worked closely with Cartoon Network for six years pushing his characters through show development, along with a more recent stint at Disney doing character design.
Books
Bunny Vs Monkey
Author: Jamie Smart
Publisher: David Fickling Books
Interest age: 6-8
Reading age: 7+
Packed full of hilarious short stories, this bumper collection of cartoons covers an entire year of adventures for Bunny and Monkey. Off-the-wall characters, wacky storylines and hilarious comic-strip illustrations ensure there are plenty of laughs on every page.
Bunny vs Monkey and the League of Doom!
Author: Jamie Smart
Publisher: David Fickling Books
Interest age: 7-11
Reading age: 8+
Presented as a series of short comic strip stories, with themes as diverse as filling Bunny’s house with custard and distorting the fabric of time and space, the Bunny vs Monkey universe is wildly imaginative and packed with anarchic humour and plentiful fart and poo jokes.
Fish-Head Steve
Author: Jamie Smart
Publisher: David Fickling Books
Interest age: 7+
Reading age: 8+
This collection of comic strips does exactly what it says on the tin: a boy called Steve wakes up one day to discover he has a giant fish for a head.