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James Turner.

Writer & illustrator · United Kingdom

James Turner: British comics writer-artist behind Star Cat and Toby and the Pixies — dry, absurd, science-fictional UK middle-grade comics for funny-bone readers ages 6–10.

James Turner is a British comics writer-artist who came up through The Phoenix Comic, where he created the Star Cat space-comedy series (Star Cat, …A Turnip in Time!, …Unicorns in Space!) and the Toby and the Pixies chapter books. Turner's voice is dry, slightly absurd, science-fictional and densely-jokey, in the British comics tradition that includes Jamie Smart and Neill Cameron. Star Cat in particular is a reliable reluctant-reader gateway for ages 6–10, with broad-stroke space-opera plotting, very funny dialogue and the gleeful chaos of Phoenix-Comic comics. A core contemporary UK middle-grade comics author for funny-bone children.