'Kitty Hawke'.
Ray Bailey began drawing for British comic books in the mid-1930s. His early work include humorous picture stories for the annual Christmas comics of publisher C. Arthur Pearson, such as 'Milly and Billy'. He also worked for The Seaside Comic ('Dr. Helshaw') and The Summer Comic ('Milly and Billy').
Detail from a 'Tiger Tim' comic, printed on the front page of The Seaside Comic.
Bailey was active for the Amalgamated Press since 1936. His features include 'Bertie and Babs', 'The Lost Joss', 'Peggy the Pretty Police Patrol', 'The Pentwins', 'Wot-Ho', and 'Forgotten City' in Butterfly, 'Captain Quick and Nippy Nick' in Comic Cuts, 'Dickie's Diary' and 'Brother Bill and Sister Sue' in Golden, 'Jolly Joe and his Fun Show' and 'Will Power' in Jolly Comic and 'Hopeful Horice' and 'The Chimps' in Sparkler.
'Wendy and Jinx' (French-language version from magazine Line, 1957).
In the 1950s, Bailey drew the comics 'Kitty Hawke' and 'Wendy and Jinx' (with Philip Townsend) for the front pages of Hulton's Girl, the female counterpart of popular boy's magazine Eagle. For this same magazine, he also made the feature 'Susan of St. Bride's'.
Ray Bailey should not be confused with U.S. comic artist Ray Bailey (1913-1975).
'Seaside Comic'.