Gordon Bell (cartoonist)
Gordon Bell (1934 – 13 February 2014).
Biography
Bell grew up in
Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design. He and author Brian Callison ran CB Studios, an art and furniture business, for a time.[2]
From the late 1950s he worked as a cartoonist, mainly for
Whoopee! in 1974,[8] and for the motoring magazine Autocar, and created the "9 Wellies", cartoon characters designed to cheer up children in hospital for NHS Tayside. His satirical cartoons headed the political diary every Saturday in The Courier, signed "Fax".[2]
His main interest outside work was motor sports. He was a member of
Knockhill Racing Circuit. He and his wife Isabel, with whom he had two sons and two stepsons, lived in the West End of Dundee.[2] He died suddenly on 13 February 2014, at the age of 79.[1]
Comics work
The Beano
- "Pom-Pom" (1958)
- "Dennis the Menace" (1966)
- "The Bash Street Kids" (1967)
- "Pup Parade" (1967–88, continued in The Topper, 1989–90, and The Beezer, 1990–92)
- "Roger the Dodger" (1968)[1][3][9]
The Beezer
- "The Wabits"
- "Colonel Blink"
Buzz
- "Harum-Scarem" (1973–74)
- "Sammy's Scribbles" (1973–75, continued in The Topper, 1975–76)
- "The Buzzies and the Fuzzies" (1973–75)[3][9]
Cracker
The Dandy
- "Fibba" (1972)
- "The Dandy Editor's Little Helpers"
- "Joe Mince"
Nutty
Plug
- "Hugh's Zoo" (1977–79, continued in The Beezer, 1979)
- "First Ada" (1977–79, continued in The Beezer, 1979)[3][9]
Sparky
- "Spoofer McGraw" (1968–74)[3][9]
- "Dreamy Daniel"
The Topper
- "Pearl" (1986)
- "The Neals on Wheels" (1986)
- "Kuckoo Komedy" (1986)[3]
- "Jimmy Jinx"
Whoopee!
- "The Wolf Pack" (1974, Annuals 1975 and 1976)[8]
References
- ^ a b c Lew Stringer, Gordon Bell 1934 - 2014, Blimey! It's Another Blog About Comics!, 18 February 2014
- ^ a b c Argo, Andrew (17 February 2014). "Courier 'Fax' cartoonist Gordon Bell". The Courier (Dundee). Archived from the original on 23 February 2014. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Alan Clark, Dictionary of British Comic Artists, Writers and Editors, The British Library, 1998, pp. 14-15
- ^ Jeremy Briggs, Debriefing a Cold War Spy: Garry Fraser interview part 1 Archived 1 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine, Down the Tubes, 23 September 2010
- ^ "Pup Parade" at beano.com
- ^ George Shiers, D.C Thomson Origins: Pup Parade, Wacky Comics, 30 April 2012
- ^ John Freeman, In Memoriam: Gordon Bell, Down the Tubes, 21 February 2014
- ^ a b "The Wolf Pack" at Fleetway Street
- ^ a b c d e f Denis Gifford, Encyclopedia of Comic Characters, Longman, 1987, pp. 26, 38, 70, 77, 79, 97, 102, 172, 184, 188, 206
External links
- Gordon Bell's work at Peter Gray's Cartoons and Comics