Friday, January 30, 2009

Roy Wilson- He created the British comic art style!!


Thanks Phil. Film Fun's 'Quips' page in 1961.
http://www.comicsuk.co.uk/Forum/viewtopic.php?f=127&t=2479&p=19298#p19298

1938.
An example from The comic art of Roy Wilson by Alan Clark book...love the header with the octopus pulling many crackers! It is a very happy book. Roy drew the best happy faces.


Buster 1967 reprint from Film Fun. Just love the octopus..a character well known in the stories of Pitch and Toss from Funny Wonder.



The comic art of Roy Wilson by Alan Clark and David Ashford is well worth seeking out...just bought it myself!

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Comic-Art-Wilson-Alan-Clark/dp/0859362833
We all love the cartoon comic animals of Pogo, Disney, Reg Parlett and Robert Nixon. Roy was there first!

http://lambiek.net/artists/w/wilson_roy.htm

http://bearalley.blogspot.com/2008/02/funny-wonder-annual.html
From Bear Alley see more great covers by Roy..


http://lewstringer.blogspot.com/search?q=roy+wilson

Roy was great at filling the panels with onlooking animals enjoying the fun.
(Roy Wilson 1900-1965)

Thursday, January 29, 2009