Desi Hughes drew the science fiction strip "Scavenger", written by Bob Curran, in the third and fourth issues of Ximoc in 1981, and wrote and drew it in issue 5 in 1982.
Des (as he's now known) graduated college and went on to join the TV industry, firstly as a Location Manager, then subsequently as Production Manager and nowadays as Line Producer. Credits include CRACKER, PRIME SUSPECT, CUTTING IT, SECOND COMING and DOCTOR WHO amongst other