and Gripping Tales,[1] and the anthology Ximoc, for which he created "Loose Chippings", "The Crazy Crew of the Saucy Sue", and "Ciderman".
[3] Ciderman also appeared in Francis' own zine Funny Ha-Ha,[4] and a one-off drawn by Seán Doran.
[5] IPC head Bob Paynter gave him some pages to draw in Monster Fun, which led to work for Oink!
He wrote the strip "Anger", drawn by Jeremy Banx, in Knockabout Comics' Seven Deadly Sins, co-wrote a "Future Shock" for 2000 AD, and drew for Paradox Press' The Big Book of Urban Legends.
In 1993 he drew the first issue of Malachy Coney's Belfast-set series for Fantagraphics Books, Holy Cross.