Joe Colquhoun
Joe Colquhoun (7 November 1926 – 13 April 1987) was a British comics artist best known for his work on Charley's War in Battle Picture Weekly. He was also the first artist to draw Roy of the Rovers.
Joe Colquhoun
- Born
- 7 November 1926
- Birthplace
- Harrow, Middlesex, England
- Died
- 12 April 1987
- Place of death
- Poole, Dorset, England, UK
- Nationality
- British
- Occupation
- comics artist.
- Languages
- English.
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Joe Colquhoun (7 November 1926 – 13 April 1987) was a British comics artist best known for his work on Charley's War in Battle Picture Weekly. He was also the first artist to draw Roy of the Rovers.
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Joe Colquhoun (1926–1987) was a comics artist, of British and British nationality. The comics artist was born in Harrow and died in Poole. Languages used include English.
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• Imagesize — 150 • Born — 7 November 1926 • Birthplace — Harrow, Middlesex, England • Died — 12 April 1987 • Place of death — Poole, Dorset, England, UK • Nationality — British • Pencil — y • Ink — y • Alias — Stewart Colwyn • Notable Works — Charley's War
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Born in Harrow, Middlesex, Joe Colquhoun served in the Royal Navy during World War II, and won a place at Kingston School of Art on his return. His career in comics began in 1951 in Jungle Trails, and he went on to work for IPC Media on titles such as Lion, and later Tiger, where he drew Roy of the Rovers for six years, from 1954 to 1960, despite having no interest in football. In the early 1970s he worked mainly for IPC's humour comics Buster and Cor!!, until Battle Picture Weekly came along in 1976. For Battle he drew Soldier Sharp: the Rat of the Rifles and Johnny Red before editor Dave Hunt assigned him to work on Pat Mills' First World War story Charley's War in 1978. After Charley's War finished in 1986 Colquhoun drew for M.A.S.K. until his death from a heart attack in 1987.
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1926
Joe Colquhoun born at Harrow.
1987
Joe Colquhoun died at Poole.
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- Charley's War (with Pat Mills, in Battle, January 1979 to October 1985) collected by Titan Books as:
- 2 June – 1 August 1916 (collects episodes 1-29, November 2004, )
- 1 August – 17 October 1916 (collects episodes 30–59, November 2005, )
- 17 October 1916 – 21 February 1917 (collects episodes 60–83, October 2006, )
- Blue's Story (October 2007, )
- Return to the Front (October 2008, )
- Underground and Over the Top (October 2009, )
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Joe Colquhoun is recorded as comics artist.
Grant, Colquhoun (1780–1829), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2017
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