Ian Carney is a British

United Kingdom

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 comics

Comics

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 writer

Writer

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. Born in Liverpool, Merseyside on 11 September 1962, carney began writing comics in the 80s for Fleetway Editions in the UK and First Comics

First Comics

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 and Dark Horse Comics

Dark Horse Comics

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 in the US. He now works as an animation writer in the UK for children's cartoon series such as The Cramp Twins

The Cramp Twins

The Cramp Twins is an animated series created by cartoonist Brian Wood. The show was produced in association with Cartoon Network Europe. It is about Lucien Cramp and Wayne Cramp , not-so identical twins who live with their hygiene-obsessed mother and their Western-obsessed father in the...

, Bob The Builder

Bob the Builder

Bob the Builder is a British children's animated television show created by Keith Chapman. In the original series Bob appears as a building contractor specialising in masonry in a stop motion animated programme with his colleague Wendy, various neighbours and friends, and their gang of...

 and The Hoobs

The Hoobs

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He is probably best known as co-creator with Woodrow Phoenix

Woodrow Phoenix

Woodrow Phoenix is a British comics artist, writer, editorial illustrator, graphic designer, font designer and author of children's books.He was a contributor to a number of British comics magazines including Escape, Blaaam! and Blast! and was part of the British small press comics scene in the...

 of a humorous anthology comic called SugarBuzz published by Slave Labor Graphics

Slave Labor Graphics

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, featuring a cast of over fifty characters. The most popular being Pants Ant

Pants Ant

Pants Ant is a fictional character created by Woodrow Phoenix and Ian Carney. Pants Ant first appeared in 1998 in the second issue of SugarBuzz! by Carney and Phoenix, and was eventually featured in his own book, a one shot special,The Pants Ant Trouser Hour, published by Slave Labor Graphics...

, who featured in an animated cartoon for The Cartoon Network; and the Where's It At, Sugar Kat?

Where's It At, Sugar Kat?

Where's it at Sugar Kat? is a humorous action comic book series created by Woodrow Phoenix and Ian Carney, published by Slave Labor Graphics. Sugar Kat is a supermodel and the most popular girl in the world. Rebecca is Sugar's brainy twin sister...

 series which was also optioned for film and TV projects by Walt Disney

Walt Disney

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inc.

He has also created Axis Mundi with artist Garry Marshall, Randy The Skeleton with artist Aidan Potts and A Bagful of Anteaters with artist Jonathan Edwards.

Comics

• Randy the Skeleton (1996)
• Sugar Buzz! #1-9 (1998-)
• The Skeleton Key/Sugar Kat special (1998)
• Axis Mundi (Slab-O-Concrete, 1999)
• A Bagful of Anteaters (2003)
• Where's it at Sugar Kat: The Thin Of the Land (2003) ISBN 0-943151-56-2
• SugarBuzz! Your ticket to happiness (2004) ISBN 1-59362-008-X