Freddy the Fearless Fly is a comic strip in The Dandy

The Dandy

The Dandy is a long running children's comic published in the United Kingdom by D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd. The first issue was printed in 1937 and it is the world's third longest running comic, after Detective Comics and Il Giornalino...

about a fly who isn't scared of people. The strip began in the first issue, drawn by Allan Morley

Allan Morley

Allan Morley was a British comic artist. He first worked for DC Thomson in 1925, drawing a number of comic strips for the Sunday Post and for DC Thomson's story papers including The Wizard, where he drew Nero and Zero. He also drew a number of strips for both The Beano and The Dandy from the late...

. In the 90s, the strip returned, albeit more humorously, with stories such as Freddy rasping at a vampire in front of a TV, these were drawn by Gordon Bell

Gordon Bell

C. Gordon Bell is an American computer engineer and manager. An early employee of Digital Equipment Corporation 1960–1966, Bell designed several of their PDP machines and later became Vice President of Engineering 1972-1983, overseeing the development of the VAX...

 and Tom Paterson

Tom Paterson

Tom Paterson is a Scottish comic artist who drew characters for Fleetway in 1973–1990, and D.C Thomson from 1986-onwards. He lives in Leith, with three kids, and is a Hearts supporter.He is famous for drawing comics such as:-Fleetway:...

. The strip returned again in 2011, as a quarter-page strip. This strip is out of series at the moment was drawn by Phil Corbett and involved his encounters with cool flies and humans.