'The Golden Arrow'.
Reginald Perrott was one of the more remarkable artists working in British comics in the 1920s and 1930s. He was born in 1914 in Charlton, Woolwich of South East London, and despite having no formal art training, he later began working for Adam and Fidler as a junior member of the studio staff. He made 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.
'The Young Explorers'.
By 1933, Perrott 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'.
Comic from Mickey Mouse Weekly.
In 1935, Perrott began working for the Amalgamated Press. 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'.
'Kings of the Air'.
Perrott was in the R.A.F. from 1939 to 1945 but was invalided due to having contracted 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 in 1947 from throat cancer in the local Hospice in Tonbridge, Kent, at the young age of 32.
Comic art by Reg Perrott.
In addition to his comics work, Reg Perrott was also known for his war art. There are three of his pictures in the archives at the Imperial War Museum in London, including a large watercolor of the capture of the first German Tiger Tank in Tunisia in 1943.
Comic art by Reg Perrott.
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