Peter Jackson is a master of historical illustration. He drew numerous London Scrapbooks for the Evening News from the 1940s. Born in Brighton and trained at the Willesden School of Art in London, Jackson's first published work was an illustration for True Story in 1945.
He drew a couple of comics in the late 1940s, like the adventure classics 'Ivanhoe' (for Thriller Comics Library) and 'Treasure Island'. He has also published in Express Weekly, Swift, Mickey Mouse Weekly and Eagle.