Reginald Parlett

Reg Parlett was the second artistic son of Harry Parlett, and he entered strip cartooning before his brother George Parlett did the same. He started out drawing jokes and filler strips for among others Merry & Bright in 1923. He became one of the top artists for Amalgamated Press in second half of the 1930s, and stayed with the company until his death in 1991.

His first creation for Funny Wonder was 'Danny and Domino' in 1927. In 1932, Parlett started drawing 'Charlie Chaplin', also for Funny Wonder. He also drew 'Bighearted Arthur' for magazine Radio Fun and 'Vernon the Villain' for Jester.

He served in the R.A.F. during World War II and subsequently joined David Hand at Gaumont British Animation (G.B.A.), where he became writer at the story department. While scripting for cartoons in the 'Animaland' series, he continued to draw for Funny Comic, Flash, Clannenger, Funbeam and Zip. In 1950, he returned to Amalgamated Press when the G.B.A. offices closed down.

For the next decades, Parlett drew for A.P. (later IPC and Fleetway) magazines like T.V. Fun, Lion, Cor!!, Shiver & Shake, Whoopee!, Monster Fun, Jackpot and Buster.

In 1989, after 66 years of cartooning, Parlett still drew a couple of full pages a week. Reginald Parlett is sometimes mentioned as one of the greatest phenomena in England's comics.