Alexander Matthews is a comic artist and cartoonist. He creates comics for 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...

, and also draws cartoons for Private Eye

Private Eye

Private Eye is a fortnightly British satirical and current affairs magazine, edited by Ian Hislop.Since its first publication in 1961, Private Eye has been a prominent critic and lampooner of public figures and entities that it deemed guilty of any of the sins of incompetence, inefficiency,...

, Reader's Digest

Reader's Digest

Reader's Digest is a general interest family magazine, published ten times annually. Formerly based in Chappaqua, New York, its headquarters is now in New York City. It was founded in 1922, by DeWitt Wallace and Lila Bell Wallace...

, and others. He was Prospect

Prospect (magazine)

Prospect is a monthly British general interest magazine, specialising in politics and current affairs. Frequent topics include British, European, and US politics, social issues, art, literature, cinema, science, the media, history, philosophy, and psychology...

magazine's cartoonist of the month for June 2009.

The Dandy

When the Dandy had their revamp in October 2010, Matthews introduced the readers to a new story called Robot on the Run. Robot on the Run only ever had eight stories in its series and proved unpopular in the Dandy Vote which took place in February 2011. Robot on the Run was dropped and Matthews disappeared from the comic. Matthews then returned introducing the readers to a time-travelling wrestler called Nuke Noodle who retires from wrestling to become the first time-travelling wrestler, the plot is about Nuke going through time beating up historical figures such as Robin Hood

Robin Hood

Robin Hood was a heroic outlaw in English folklore. A highly skilled archer and swordsman, he is known for "robbing from the rich and giving to the poor", assisted by a group of fellow outlaws known as his "Merry Men". Traditionally, Robin Hood and his men are depicted wearing Lincoln green clothes....

, Hercules

Hercules

Hercules is the Roman name for Greek demigod Heracles, son of Zeus , and the mortal Alcmene...

 and Henry VIII.