Graham Dury (born in Clifton, Nottingham) is a British cartoonist. He is most famous for his word with adult comic Viz, having contributed to the magazine from its early years. He co-conceived and personally created The Fat Slags, one of the magazine's most famous strips. Clifton is a village near Nottingham. ... Nottingham is a city (and county town of Nottinghamshire) in the East Midlands of England. ... A cartoonist at work. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The Fat Slags is a comic strip appearing in alternative British comic Viz. ...

Having previously worked engineering cacti at Leicester University, Dury was the first cartoonist to be offered a full-time job at Viz by co-creator Chris Donald in April 1988, when royalties began to make the magazine a profitable business. However, Dury had been contributing to Viz since as early as 1985, often delivering his cartoons by hand to Donald's house. Early creations, Donald noted, tended to have names that rhymed such as Tristam Banks and his Jocular Pranks or Albert Gordon the Traffic Warden. He also noted Dury's fondness of, and impressive ability to draw, cowboy boots. This article is about the plant family. ... The University of Leicester is based in Leicester, England, with about 8,000 full-time students and over 10,000 distance-learning students, one of the larget distance learning populations of any UK university. ... Chris Donald (born 25 April 1960 in Newcastle, England) is the founder of, and one of the principal contributors to, the British comic magazine Viz. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Dury originally worked with Donald in Donald's small office (formerly his bedroom) at his parents' house in Jesmond. As the success of the comic book grew he became a member of the so-called Viz editorial cabinet, theoretically headed by Chris Donald, but which also included - for most of its run - Dury, Simon Donald and Simon Thorpe. Jesmond is a residential suburb just north of the centre of Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom. ... Simon Donald is a co-founder and co-editor of the British comic magazine Viz. ...

Dury currently draws such cartoons as Biffa Bacon, Spoilt Bastard, Postman Plod and Roger Mellie. He took over drawing the latter strip from Chris Donald when he gave up day-to-day duties in 1999. Biffa Bacon is a cartoon character in the British comic magazine Viz. ... Spoilt Bastard is a comic character from the magazine Viz, a young vain child with a self-sacrificing and suffering mother. ... Postman Plod is the name of a comic strip in the British comic Viz and the name of the main character. ... Roger Mellie (The Man on the Telly) is a fictional character featured in Viz magazine. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...

External links

• BBC interview with Graham Dury