Sorry, bet this'll be an easy one for you lot. He painted a lot of covers for The Champion annual over the years. I'm assuming he started his career before WW2 and I see his illustrations in Eagle in the early 60s. The cover and interior illos are from 1950.
Cheers.
Identify the artist?
Re: Identify the artist?
I'm pretty sure that's the amazing R. Simmons: the supreme master of shading and texture with a pen (...though I can't remember what the 'R' stands for at the moment! ).
- Phil Rushton
- Phil Rushton
Re: Identify the artist?
From memory the R stood for Ronald. He was the Champion heading block and cover artist par excellence for over twenty years.
Re: Identify the artist?
Thanks guys!
I did a quick Google search and came up with an interesting page. If you scroll down towards the bottom you'll see a Ronald Simmons Champion cover and below that is the original rough sketch for it:
http://www.oldclassiccar.co.uk/carbooks.htm
If you have the time please check out my blog, I add new scans quite regularly:
http://britishcomicart.blogspot.com/
Cheers.
I did a quick Google search and came up with an interesting page. If you scroll down towards the bottom you'll see a Ronald Simmons Champion cover and below that is the original rough sketch for it:
http://www.oldclassiccar.co.uk/carbooks.htm
If you have the time please check out my blog, I add new scans quite regularly:
http://britishcomicart.blogspot.com/
Cheers.