Jamie Smart
Illustration — Jamie Smart Jamie Smart (born 21 July 1978) is a British comic artist and author best known for his comic series Bunny vs Monkey and his 10-issue comic series Bear. Most of his modern comics run through The Phoenix magazines.
Jamie Smart
- Born
- 1978
- Occupation
- comics artist · comics creator · writer
- Fields
- comic · belletristic literature · children's and young adult literature
- Languages
- English
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Illustration — Jamie Smart Jamie Smart (born 21 July 1978) is a British comic artist and author best known for his comic series Bunny vs Monkey and his 10-issue comic series Bear. Most of his modern comics run through The Phoenix magazines.
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Jamie Smart (born 1978) is a comics artist, comics creator and writer. Activity centred on belletristic literature, children's and young adult literature and comic. Languages used include English.
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The Phoenix
The Phoenix
He is known for his children's cartoon series Bunny VS. Monkey, running in The Phoenix, created originally by Smart for a TV show. Other strips he has worked on at The Phoenix include Megalomaniacs, a repurposed The Dandy comic, Battlesuit Bea and Looshkin.
The Dandy
The Dandy
He was instrumental in the design of the October 2010 revamp of The Dandy and designing the new logos. For the revamp, Smart drew Desperate Dan, Pre-Skool Prime Minister, Arena of Awesome, My Dad's a Doofus (as well as many others) with reprints of My Own Genie and Space Raoul later being used. His blue blobs have been part of The Dandy cover since October 2010 and appeared in The Digital Dandy during its run. For the final print edition of The Dandy on its 75th anniversary, Jamie Smart drew the special cover as well as drawing My Own Genie, My Dad's a Doofus, Pre-Skool Prime Minister and My Teacher's a Walrus in the Top 75 Countdown. A reprint from The Arena of Awesome was also used.
Other comics
Other comics
Smart drew The Numskulls and Kingo Bango for the relaunched Digital Dandy until its demise. Smart also appeared regularly in The Beano drawing puzzle pages and took over drawing Roger the Dodger from Barrie Appleby, which as of April 2014, he no longer draws. He also drew a new strip for the comic called El Poco Loco in 2013. In 2015, Smart started to publish his megalomaniac comics on the now defunct children's social media app PopJam. Self-published comics include Moose Kid Comics, a free online all-ages anthology. In October 2019, Smart's first illustrated novel, Flember: The Secret Book was released by David Fickling Books, which had previously published his collections of "Bunny VS Monkey" and "Looshkin". This was followed by the release of Flember: The Crystal Caves and Flember: The Glowing Skull. Smart also wrote the webcomic "Corporate Skull, which was published on The Guardian newspaper website.
Flember series
Flember series
• The Secret Book (3 Oct 2019) • The Crystal Caves (1 Oct 2020) • The Glowing Skull (7 Oct 2021) • The Power of the Wildening (6 Oct 2022) • The Golden heart. (Nov 2025).
List of published comics
• Space Raoul ~ Funday Times/The Dandy • Bear ~ Slave Labour Graphics • Bohda Te ~ Slave Labour Graphics • Ubu Bubu ~ Slave Labour Graphics • Desperate Dan ~ The Dandy • The DFC Olympics ~ The DFC • Fish-Head Steve ~ The DFC • Count Von Poo ~ Toxic magazine • Pre-Skool Prime Minister ~ The Dandy • The Arena of Awesome ~ The Dandy • Thingummyblob ~ The Dandy • Bunny VS. Monkey ~ The Phoenix and David Fickling Books • Mega-Lo-Maniacs ~ The Phoenix/The Dandy/PopJam • My Dad's A Doofus ~ The Dandy • My Teacher's a Walrus ~ The Dandy • The Numskulls ~ The Digital Dandy • Kingo Bango ~ The Digital Dandy • Roger the Dodger ~ The Beano • El Poco Loco ~ The Beano • Corporate Skull ~ Webcomic • Looshkin ~ (2018) The Phoenix and David Fickling Books • Battlesuit Bea ~ The Phoenix • Find Chaffy ~ (2011)
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These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Bunny vs Monkey. Publishers Weekly. October 26, 2015.
- 2.MegaLoManiacs. Fumbo.com.
- 3.Napier, Claire. Fuzzy Fury: Should My Kids Be Reading 'Bunny Vs. Monkey'?. ComicsAlliance. 19 May 2016.
- 4.Morris, Steve. The Phoenix Presents: Jamie Smart on Bunny Vs Monkey!. The Beat. 2013-07-05.
- 5.Fortune, Ed. Jamie Smart | BUNNY VS MONKEY: THE HUMAN INVASION. Starburst Magazine. 2021-03-26.
- 6.megalomaniacs. fumboo.com.
- 7.Smart, Jamie. Why The Dandy still matters. The Guardian. 14 August 2012.
- 8.Kardwell, Mark. The Dandy debate continues: a time of opportunity?. Comic Book Resources.
- 9.Moose Kid Comics – The Jamie Smart Interview. Geek Syndicate. 2014-06-30.
- 10.The Dandy, The Phoenix And The MooseKid: An Interview With Jamie Smart. Bleeding Cool News And Rumors. 2013-03-15.
- 11.Crowdfunded campaign delivers free comics to sick kids. Wired UK. 1357-0978.
- 12.Smart, Jamie. Flember - The Secret Book. Flember, by Jamie Smart (development blog).
- 13.David Fickling Books Authors Jamie Smart. www.davidficklingbooks.com.
- 14.Smart, Jamie. Corporate Skull: The office morale mascot. The Guardian. 8 March 2016.
- 15.Find Chaffy. Publishers Weekly.
- 16.David Fickling Books - Item Details. www.davidficklingbooks.com.
- 17.David Fickling Books - Item Details. www.davidficklingbooks.com.
- 18.David Fickling Books - Item Details. www.davidficklingbooks.com.
- 19.David Fickling Books - Item Details. www.davidficklingbooks.com.
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