Jim Hansen biography

Jim Hansen (15 July 1948 - 19 June 2018; born Ndola, Zambia)

Jim Hansen was a forty-year veteran of British comics during which time he drew two of the most iconic figures in British humour comics, Buster and Dennis the Menace.

Born James Hansen in Ndola, Zambia, on 15 July 1948, he began working in British comics in the 1970s. His first published strip was Hot Rod in the Whizzer & Chips Summer Special, but he quickly established himself as a 'ghost' for Mike Lacey, taking over or filling-in on strips such as Shiner and The Bumpkin Billionaires'in Whizzer & Chips and The Winners in Jackpot. He was a regular contributor to Buster where he drew S.O.S. Squad, The Winners, Son of Andy Capp, Ricky Rainbow (imported from Nipper) and then a decade-long run on Buster in the 1990s, drawing countless covers for the comic until its demise.

In 1993, Hansen began drawing his strips for The Dandy during the 1990s and early 2000s including First Class, The Verminator, Little Boots Cassidy, Jak, P5, Tweedle Dumb and Tweedle Dumber and Dreadlock Holmes.

For The Beano he drew Gordon Bennett and and occasionally drew Dennis the Menace from 2002, becoming its regular artist (along with Nigel Parkinson) between 2004 and 2010.

Hansen began an association with Wallace & Gromit when he illustrated five titles for Titan Books (2003-07); he was also one of the artists who worked on the strip when it became a daily in The Sun (2010-12).
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