Gary Northfield is a British comic artist and writer, most famous for his comic character, Derek the Sheep published in DC Thomson's The Beano and BeanoMAX Gary graduated from Harrow College University of Westminster with a degree in Illustration in 1992. He joined the British small press comics community in 1999, creating various titles such as "Great!", "Little Box of Comics" and "Stupidmonsters". In 2002, he acquired the position of in-house illustrator at Eaglemoss Publications, where he worked for five years on projects such as Horrible Histories, Horrible Science and The Magical World Of Roald Dahl.