'Riders of the Range' (Eagle, 10 November 1951).
Angus Scott was a Scottish cartoonist and illustrator, working for Punch magazine, serving as a ghost artist for Stephen P. Dowling at the Daily Mirror, and drawing the 'Riders of the Range' comic in Eagle magazine (1951-1952).
Early life and career
Angus Scott was born in Dumbarton on 12 January 1909. His father was a machinist and his mother a housekeeper. He got his education from the Glasgow School of Art, and then began a prolific career as a magazine illustrator, most notably for Punch magazine. Before World War II, Scott was also an artist for the motoring magazine The Light Car, for instance illustrating an article by Gregor Grant about what it's like to be a Scot in England. He also wrote books on drawing, 'The Art of Pen & Ink' (Linden Lewis, 1947) and 'Drawing in Pen and Ink' (Batsford, 1985).
Cartoon by Angus Scott for Punch magazine (1930s).
Cartoonist
During World War II, Scott was working for the Daily Mirror, assisting or ghosting for staff artist Stephen Dowling on strips like the family humor comic 'Ruggles' and the soap opera 'Belinda'. After the war, he was active for the British comic book publisher Hulton Press. Starting in September 1951, he spent ten months replacing original artist Jack Daniel on Charles Chilton's western series 'Riders of the Range', starring the cowboy Jeff Arnold, in Eagle magazine. By July 1952, Frank Humphris took over. Angus Scott was also active for Eagle's sister magazine Girl, illustrating features on dog care by Barbara Woodhouse.
Later life
From at least 1956 on, Angus Scott lived in Uckfield, East Sussex. Besides working as an illustrator, he was also active as a painter. For the Burns Museum in Irvine, North Ayrshire, he produced five large paintings illustrating 'Tam O'Shanter'. Prints by Angus Scott were on the walls of the Bank of Scotland in both Edinburgh and Glasgow. Angus Scott died in Sussex hometown in March 2003, at the age of 94.
Cartoon for the article 'The Misunderstood Scot' in The Light Car (1930s).