DAILY MIRROR — Comic Strip Images, Part 2

   

[1] Belinda, June 23, 1938.      

by John Adcock

 T  HERE is very little information to be found on British newspaper comic strip history — we wrote last year, see links below. Here is our latest. Any additional information is still welcomed, especially missing names of WRITERS and ARTISTS…

[2] Ruggles, by Frank and Steve Dowling, June 23, 1938.

[3] Ruggles, by Frank and Steve Dowling, June 25, 1938.

 ★   Ruggles — at times titled The Ruggles or The Ruggles Family — by Frank Dowling (writer; from 1946 succeeded by Guy Morgan, William Connor & Ian Gammidge) & “Blik” (artist; real name Steve Dowling, sometimes ghosted by Angus Scott): debuted 11/MAR/1935; ended 03/AUG/1957.

[4] Introducing Belinda, by William Connor and “Gloria” [from Australian newspaper], Dec 16, 17, 18, 19, 1949.

 ★   Belinda Blue-Eyes by William Connor (writer) & “Gloria” (artist; later drawn by Steve Dowling under the same pseudonym; sometimes ghosted by Angus Scott): debuted 30/SEP/1935; title shortened to Belinda 07/SEP/1939; drawn by Tony Royle from 1943; written by Peter O’Donnell for a while in 1952; later scripts by Don Freeman; ended 17/OCT/1959.

[5] Gordon Fife, by Bob Moore and Carl Pfeufer, [from Australian newspaper] July 24, 1937.

[6] Gordon Fife, by Bob Moore and Carl Pfeufer, [from Australian newspaper] July 31, 1937.

 ★  Gordon Fife, Soldier of Fortune (USA) by Bob Moore (writer) & John Hales (art), later drawn by Carl Pfeufer: debuted 03/AUG/1936; ended 16/OCT/1937.

[7] Carl Pfeufer, presented in the Brooklyn Eagle, Nov 27, 1935.

CONTINUED IN OUR NEXT:
Terror Keep and Buck Ryan…

Meanwhile, any additional information is welcomed, especially missing names of WRITERS and ARTISTS, gathered in our DAILY MIRROR comic strip series index, compiled and researched by Leonardo De Sá, spanning the years 1919-2014, HERE.

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