Reg Perrott

Reginald Perrott was one of the more remarkable artists working in British comics in the 1920s and 1930s. Born in Charlton, Woolwhich, he had no formal art training and began working for Adam and Fidler as a junior member of the studio staff. He did art for puzzle competitions as well as humorous strips like 'At the Jungle School' for Reynolds Illustrated Sunday News and 'Roly and Poly the Two Bear-Cubs' for the London Evening Star.

By 1933, he was working for several newspaper supplements, such as the Daily Express Children's Own, the South Wales Echo and the Boys' and Girls' Own Evening World. He created his first adventure comic for the latter, 'The Luck of the Legion'. This was followed by such serials as 'Land of the Lost People', 'Code of the Northland' and 'Buster and Bones'.

He began working for the Amalgamated Press in 1935. His work appeared in publications like Joker ('Whirling Around the World'), Jolly ('Wheels of Fortune', 'Red Ryder'), Puck ('The Young Explorers', 'The Golden Arrow'), Golden ('Golden Eagle') and Happy Days ('Sons of the Sword'). He was also present in Mickey Mouse Weekly with 'Song of the Sword', 'The Road to Rome' and 'Wings of Fortune'.

He was in the R.A.F. from 1939 to 1945 but was invalided due to having cotnracted malaria. He eventually became studio manager of Mickey Mouse Weekly and produced front pages as well as features like 'Sir Roger de Coverlet' and 'The White King of Arabia'. After the War, he illustrated some novels. He died from throat cancer in 1947 at the young age of 32.