Allan Morley ( Scarborough, North Yorkshire, Great Britain, 29 April 1895 - Thanet, Kent 5 September 1960) was a

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comic artist. He first worked for

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in 1925, drawing a number of comic strips for the ''

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'' and for DC Thomson's story papers including ''

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'', where he drew Nero and Zero. He also drew a number of strips for both ''

The Beano ''The Beano'' (formerly ''The Beano Comic'', also known as ''Beano'') is a British anthology comic magazine created by Scottish publishing company DC Thomson. Its first issue was published on 30 July 1938, and it became the world's longest-run ...

'' and ''

The Dandy ''The Dandy'' was a British children's comic magazine published by the Dundee based publisher DC Thomson. The first issue was printed in December 1937, making it the world's third-longest running comic, after '' Il Giornalino'' (cover dated 1 O ...

'' from the late thirties until the early fifties. He drew Keyhole Kate, Hungry Horace and Freddie the Fearless Fly, three long-running strips which first appeared in the first issue of ''The Dandy''. He also drew a number of strips for ''The Beano'', including Big Fat Joe, which appeared in the comic's first issue. The last time he drew for ''The Beano'' was the last strip of The Magic Lollipops in issue 475 (25 August 1951). Allan Morley died in Kent on 5 September 1960.

Legacy

Allan Morley was held in such high regard by DC Thomson that they said the comics might close without him. Along with Dudley D. Watkins, Allan Morley was one of the first artists allowed to sign his work, which he did from January 1947. His strips even survived after his death with reprints of Waggy the Shaggy Doggy continuing in ''the Dandy'' until the 1970s.

Bibliography

The Skipper

* Wishbone Wuzzy-The Merry Magician

The Wizard

* Nero and Zero

The Rover

* Nosey Parker

The Dandy

* Keyhole Kate *

Hungry Horace ''Hungry Horace'' is a video game developed by Psion Software Ltd. and published by Sinclair Research in 1982 for Commodore 64, Dragon 32/64, Timex Sinclair 2068, ZX Spectrum, and later for Microsoft Windows and Android (operating system), And ...

* Freddie the Fearless Fly

The Beano

* Big Fat Joe * Cocky Dick He's Smart and Slick * The Magic Lollipops * Tricky Dicky Ant * Sammy Shrinko * Sammy's Super Rubber * Smarty Smokum and his pipe of peace

References

1895 births 1960 deaths British cartoonists British comics artists British comics writers British comic strip cartoonists The Dandy people The Beano people {{UK-comics-creator-stub