Editing Andy Partridge (section)

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[[File:Dukes 25oclock.jpg|thumb|Partridge-designed album cover for [[the Dukes of Stratosphear]]'s ''[[25 O'Clock]]'' (1985)<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Ramon|first=Gary|url=http://chalkhills.org/articles/recordCollector.html#rc199011|title=XTC Recording History|magazine=[[Record Collector]]|date=November 1990|issue=130}}</ref>]]

Many of the XTC record sleeves were designed by Partridge<ref name="Paphides" /> and at one point he considered a career as a graphic illustrator.<ref name="Farmer" /> He remembered having an intense interest in [[comic books]] and the cover illustrations of science fiction novels as a child, particularly those drawn by [[Richard M. Powers]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Partridge |first1=Andy |last2=Bernhardt |first2=Todd |title=Andy discusses the making of "Powers" |url=http://chalkhills.org/articles/XTCFans20100912.html |website=Chalkhills |date=September 12, 2010}}</ref> Until the late 1970s, he owned a large American comic book collection that he had to sell off due to a mouse infestation at his home.<ref name="Contrast1990" />  Some of his songs are based on characters from [[DC Comics]], namely [[Sgt. Rock]] for "[[Sgt. Rock (Is Going to Help Me)]]" from ''Black Sea'', [[Supergirl (Kara Zor-El)|Supergirl]] for "That's Really Super, Supergirl" from ''Skylarking'' and [[Brainiac (character)|Brainiac]] for "Brainiac's Daughter" from ''Psonic Psunspot''.<ref name="SupergirlCH">{{cite web |last1=Bernhardt |first1=Todd |last2=Partridge |first2=Andy |author-link2=Andy Partridge|title=Andy discusses "That's Really Super, Supergirl" |url=http://chalkhills.org/articles/XTCFans20080413.html |website=Chalkhills |access-date=13 November 2018 |date=13 April 2008}}</ref>

Beyond music, Partridge is an avid collector, sculptor, and painter of toy soldiers, an "obsession" he credits to his mother throwing away his toys as a child.<ref name="magnet07" /> In a 1990 interview, he estimated owning thousands of figures since he started collecting them in 1979, and he reported having recently contributed [[World War I]]-era designs to an unspecified "firm that makes these war game figures in North England".<ref name="Contrast1990" /> He has also designed [[board game]]s, such as one called "Dam and Blast".<ref name="Spin89">{{cite magazine |last1=Passantino |first1=Rosemary |title=XTC at Last |magazine=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]] |date=April 1989 |volume=5 |issue=1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h-bxxO5B-xsC&pg=PA92 |issn=0886-3032}}</ref>

During the mid-1980s, Partridge was a regular performer on [[BBC Radio 1]]. He has had acting roles, including a character named "Agony Andy", a [[parody|spoof]] aunt on the [[Janice Long]] show, and he was a regular panelist on ''Roundtable''.<ref>{{cite book |last=Worthington |first=Tim |date=2012 |title=Fun at One: The Story of Comedy at BBC Radio 1 |publisher=Lulu Press }}</ref>{{better source needed|date=May 2019}} In 1987, he filmed a pilot for an [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] children's quiz show, ''Matchmakers''.<ref name="Farmer" /> In 2004, he contributed the theme song to the [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] television series ''[[Wonderfalls]]''.<ref name="Paphides"/>