Education
Baxendale was educated at Preston Catholic College.
Baxendale was educated at Preston Catholic College.
After serving in the Royal Air Force, Baxendale took his first job as an artist for the local Lancashire Evening Post drawing adverts and cartoons. In 1952 he began freelance work for the children"s comic, drawing series like, (started in 1953, taken over by Jim Petrie in 1961), and The Bash Street Kids (initially called When the Bell Rings). He left in 1962. Baxendale also co-operated on the launch of in 1956 and Wham! (Odhams Press) in 1964.
Baxendale worked for Fleetway (IPC Magazines), creating and
In the seventies Baxendale created the series, published by Duckworths. In the 1980s he fought a seven-year legal battle with District of Columbia Thomson for the rights to his Beano creations, which was eventually settled out of court.
In 1987 Leo Baxendale founded the publishing house, Reaper Books. In the same year he brought out THRRP!, an adult comic book
In 1990 he created ! for The Guardian.