Fran is a full time cartoonist  lucky enough to live in Hebden Bridge West Yorkshire a town that was intriguingly voted ‘the fourth funkiest town on the planet’ by BA’s Flight magazine. None of the ‘funkiness’ can however be attributed to him although he does claim to have a rather dashing collection of shorts. Before becoming a cartoonist Fran was a social work manager running a project for The National Childrens Home based in Halifax and before that he’d worked with young people in London for an offshoot of Community Service Volunteers (CSV)


    Since taking up his pen 10 years ago his cartoons have been used by over 80 magazines and newspapers in both the UK and Europe. He has been published in PRIVATE EYE, THE TIMES, THE SPECTATOR and NEW STATESMAN as well as having  had a regular strip in both THE OBSERVER and THE DAILY TELEGRAPH.


      He specialises in the business sector and currently is the cartoonist for THE LAWYER, GP MAGAZINE, MORTGAGE STRATEGY, COMMUNITY CARE, PENSIONS AGE, INSURANCE AGE, Local Government FIRST amongst others. He has also worked for many businesses helping them to add a little humour to promotional campaigns, newsletters and presentations, and as if that’s not enough he’s done a fair amount for a number of Trade Unions, charities and Local Authorities


      When not cartooning or having a bit of a sit down and claiming to be ‘thinking of some ideas’ , Fran is very happily married to Lynette. They have three children and a dog. The children are not convinced by the ‘thinking of some ideas’ argument and think that their dad is underemployed and therefore should be available 24 hours a day for general lifts and skivying . When not pretending to work Fran pretends to do a bit of running and lifting weights. When he has more time he is going to pretend to do some DIY.

 
 




Fran will be attempting to run faster than a man in an elephant costume in next years London Marathon to raise money for Children With Leukemia. As part of the fundraising 20% of commissions from this site agreed during May and June will be donated to this very worthwhile cause so get your skates on and get in touch.