Steven Appleby is one of Britain’s best-loved cartoonists,
whose keen sense of the turmoil of fear and obsession that lies
beneath the calm and respectable exterior of most of us has made
his weekly Guardian strip perhaps Britain’s favourite fridge
pin-up. His character Captain Star, the Greatest Hero Any World
Has Ever Known, achieved cult status in Britain, Germany and many
other countries before turning into the animated television series
starring Richard E Grant and Adrian Edmondson.
Steven has published many books, including the classic ‘Men The Truth’, ‘Normal
Sex’ and ‘Secret Thoughts’. In addition to his weekly Guardian
strip he publishes a weekly cartoon in the Sunday Telegraph and a monthly cartoon
in the parenting magazine Junior.
Steven’s paintings, objects and designs have been the subject of many exhibitions.
His outlook on life was the theme of two series of the BBC Radio 4 comedy ‘Steven
Appleby’s Normal Life’, and he is currently developing a new animated
television series for children with Indie Kids International.
Syndicated strip cartoons by Steven Appleby:
Potato Hills
Surreal observations from daily life
Trouble
Family Life: Parents v children
Small Birds Singing
Meet Spandisman Unbelievable, his sisters Consommé and Delphinium
in their eccentric world of the landed gentry
Wormholes
Scientific ponderings
Captain Star
Sci-fi cult-hero onboard starship The Boiling Hell
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