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Ogri is a cartoon biker character created by British cartoonist and illustrator Paul Sample in the 1970's for Bike magazine in the UK, and has run until the present, with a single 3-year gap in the mid-1980s. Ogri is a tough leatherjacketed biker with Thor-like wings sticking out of his helmet. Paul Sample draws in black and white line drawing as well as colour. As with some other cartoonists, such as Carl Giles, a lot of the pleasure in the cartoons comes from looking at the detail in the cartoon frames; there is almost inevitably a subplot going on. The funny and well observed stories about British bikers usually take place within one page, though 2 pagers are sometimes drawn. Several compilation cartoon books collecting the strips have been published in the UK. Sample also produces a variety of Ogri-related memorabilia, including T-shirts, coffee mugs, posters, greetings cards, and badges. He isn also known for his cover artwork on many Tom Sharpe novels.