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'''Ken Reid''' (b. Manchester, [[18 December]] 1919; d. Pendlebury, Greater Manchester, [[2 February]] 1987) suffered from a tubercular hip at the age of nine. He left school at fourteen and won a scholarship to Salford Art School, but was expelled before graduation after being caught in a local café when he should have been in class. He then set himself up as a commercial artist, to little success. |
'''Ken Reid''' (b. Manchester, [[18 December]] 1919; d. Pendlebury, Greater Manchester, [[2 February]] 1987) suffered from a tubercular hip at the age of nine. He left school at fourteen and won a scholarship to Salford Art School, but was expelled before graduation after being caught in a local café when he should have been in class. He then set himself up as a commercial artist, to little success. |
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− | Eventually his father offered to act as his agent and bluffed his way into an appointment with the art editor of the ''Manchester Evening News'', who was considering starting a children's section and invited Reid to submit material. The result was "[[The Adventures of |
+ | Eventually his father offered to act as his agent and bluffed his way into an appointment with the art editor of the ''Manchester Evening News'', who was considering starting a children's section and invited Reid to submit material. The result was "[[The Adventures of Budge the Elf]]", which debuted in the ''Evening News'' on 7 April 1938. The strip was so popular that a Fudge the Elf doll was produced that Christmas, and seven hardback annuals were published. Reid was called up in 1941, and Fudge the Elf was suspended until he was demobbed in 1946, after which it ran until 1963. |
In 1948 he produced a one-off comic pamphlet featuring ''[[Dilly Duckling]]'', a popular toy at the time. In 1952 he started working for [[Amalgamated Press]]' ''[[Comic Cuts]]'', drawing "[[Super Sam]]", "[[Billy Boffin]]", and his own creation "[[Roxy (strip)|Roxy]]", but the title folded soon afterwards. |
In 1948 he produced a one-off comic pamphlet featuring ''[[Dilly Duckling]]'', a popular toy at the time. In 1952 he started working for [[Amalgamated Press]]' ''[[Comic Cuts]]'', drawing "[[Super Sam]]", "[[Billy Boffin]]", and his own creation "[[Roxy (strip)|Roxy]]", but the title folded soon afterwards. |