William "Bill" Payne was a Canadian artist who had a brief career in comics. He succeeded Norm Drew on the series of comic strip biographies 'The Giants', and continued it with scriptwriter Walt McDayter for the Toronto Telegram News Service from 1968 until at least 1969. He later did comic book art, appearing in some of DC's horror and war titles of the 1970s, such as 'Ghosts', 'Haunted Tales', 'All Out War', and 'House of Mystery'.
