John Dallas was a staff artist for the children's comics of DC Thomson. He is best-known for having drawn 'Beryl the Peril' in The Topper from 1970 until 1986, and for succeeding Malcolm Judge on 'Ball Boy' in The Beano from 1987 until 2003. He also drew 'Tricky Dicky' (1976) and 'Souper Boy' (1979) for The Topper, 'Joe Soap' (1975) for Cracker, 'Tony Jackpot' (1977) for Plug, 'Chip the Stone Age Boy' (1995) in The Beano and 'Saucy Sue' (1981-1987) and 'The Badd Lads' for The Beezer.