Bill Hill comic work..

[Peter Gray]

I'm working on some blog posts on Bill Hill..
any info on what he drew would help..
just done his Beezer work..
have I missed some..

http://petergraycartoonsandcomics.blogs ... -work.html

I know he drew the L Cars..

[Kashgar]

Before he began drawing for the comics in the early 1960's Bill had provided cartoons and one-line strips for the Thomson women's papers like Red Star Weekly for nearly twenty years. One long-running example which he drew from 1946 being, if memory serves, a laugh at life strip titled 'The Robinsons'. His early work being done to supplement his income from his day to day employment as a bricklayer.
Off hand his Beezer strips were Banana Bunch, Tommy Taylor's Toybox (both taken over from Leo Baxendale), Black Bun, and Roly Poly Joe. I'll check on others.

[philcom55]

Here's an example of Bill's work on 'The Robinsons' from 1950, followed by a clever wordless strip on the subject of family life from the same year:





...Also, the signature on this Red Star Weekly cover is a little hard to decipher (note that the rules about artists signing their work didn't seem to apply on Thomson's adult magazines), but I'm pretty sure it's by Bill as well:



- Phil Rushton

[ISPYSHHHGUY]

BILL'S very early work looks very influenced by US newspaper strips, like CHIC YOUNG'S [?] BLONDIE and he appears to have started his natural drawing style from scratch after joining BEEZER.

I can see he has signed his work here, but other than that I would never have recognized this as his work. Intruiging stuff that got my attention.......always great to learn something on the site.

[Peter Gray]

Thanks Kashgar...he sure drew a lot of workers in L Cars..maybe inspired from his brick laying days..
what other characters did he draw in the comics..?

Also great to see his early comic strips/work
thanks Philcom55 was going to ask if anyone has an example.you read my mind...or I'm just predictable..
Will use this on a new blog post with link and credit to you..
thanks for helping me on my blog..
also Spy for the scans..

[Kashgar]

A couple of other examples of his work from Beezer are Pedro the Pesky Parrot and Wrinkle and Twinkle. He also had a stint on Nosey Parker in the Sparky.

[Peter Gray]

Thanks again for all the pictures and info on Bill here is my new blog post on Bill..

http://petergraycartoonsandcomics.blogs ... early.html

also the Banana Bunch has a brick layer in the story..

[stevezodiac]

I have quite a few of those Thomson newsprint women's magazines/papers? The only one I have to hand has four pieces by Bill - here they are:

[stevezodiac]

Here's the fourth, this forum only allows three scans per post.