George Ramsbottom
Posted: 16 Nov 2010, 13:29
In discussing the booklet given away with the New Hotspur Phil asked for a few details of strips that George Ramsbottom had drawn. As George was a quite significant contributor to the genre at D C Thomsons I thought he deserved a strand of his own.
George Ramsbottom was basically in at the birth of comic adventure strips at Thomsons having drawn 'Invisible Dick' for the Dandy from issue No 1 in 1937.
Below is a list of a fair number of the strips that followed on from this debut (excluding reprints).
Dandy
Invisible Dick 1-96
Little White Chief of the Cherokees 107-170
Blackhawk's Boy 104-203
Barney's Bear 440-499, 554-583, 665-778 (this was the strip for which he drew most episodes)
The Tickler Twins on the Redskin Trail 588-602
Charlie the Chimp 791-794
Mystery Dick 827-843
Topper
Coal Black Jonah 81-108
Lucky Dicky Dolphin 109-128
Danger in the Hills 436-442
Johnny Rover 574-654
Who on Earth is Peter Planet? 655-703
Weekly News
Black Bob 8/9/51 - 20/10/51 (completes)
Black Bob 13/8/55 - 1/10/55 (serial)
Victor
The Raid On Rommel (the first true life war story to appear in Victor No 1 although not on the cover which was given over to advertising the first issue free gift).
The Gallops of the Big Galoot 462-474
(New) Wizard
Scrappy a Boy All Alone 1-30, 90-109
The Grudge Fights of Clutcher Kane 112-120
Flipper Feet 134-141
Table Tennis Tough 1/11/75-10/1/76
Next I'll list a number of the strips in the Thomson girls' papers with which he was associated.
George Ramsbottom was basically in at the birth of comic adventure strips at Thomsons having drawn 'Invisible Dick' for the Dandy from issue No 1 in 1937.
Below is a list of a fair number of the strips that followed on from this debut (excluding reprints).
Dandy
Invisible Dick 1-96
Little White Chief of the Cherokees 107-170
Blackhawk's Boy 104-203
Barney's Bear 440-499, 554-583, 665-778 (this was the strip for which he drew most episodes)
The Tickler Twins on the Redskin Trail 588-602
Charlie the Chimp 791-794
Mystery Dick 827-843
Topper
Coal Black Jonah 81-108
Lucky Dicky Dolphin 109-128
Danger in the Hills 436-442
Johnny Rover 574-654
Who on Earth is Peter Planet? 655-703
Weekly News
Black Bob 8/9/51 - 20/10/51 (completes)
Black Bob 13/8/55 - 1/10/55 (serial)
Victor
The Raid On Rommel (the first true life war story to appear in Victor No 1 although not on the cover which was given over to advertising the first issue free gift).
The Gallops of the Big Galoot 462-474
(New) Wizard
Scrappy a Boy All Alone 1-30, 90-109
The Grudge Fights of Clutcher Kane 112-120
Flipper Feet 134-141
Table Tennis Tough 1/11/75-10/1/76
Next I'll list a number of the strips in the Thomson girls' papers with which he was associated.