Tom Kerr

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Tom Kerr was a British comic strip artist whose work has appeared in comics such as Look-in, the Eagle, Valiant, and TV21. He has also drawn for many annuals of the 1960s and 1970s, including the Monkees annuals, Look-in annuals etc.

Career[]

There is little known about Tom Kerr's life.

Comic strips[]

Strips include in (later Tiger) 1968-1969 and the Tara King/The Avengers strip in TV Comic (1968). He also worked for comics such as Lion, Buster, , The Eagle, Knockout, Valiant, Princess, TV21,^[1] Lady Penelope, , and .

IPC planned a comic strip character called Captain Britain which was to be drawn by Kerr during the early 1970s. Marvel later produced a similar character but the idea seemed to be dropped by IPC long before this.^[2]

1940s and 1950s[]

His early work appears as far back in 1949 when he drew for published by .^[3] Later work included Fay in the in 1955 and in Mickey Mouse Weekly. He drew for many British girls' comics, including , School Friend, Girls' Crystal, and June.

1960s[]

was a strip he did for Buster in 1961–62, and also worked on Kelly's Eye, Captain Hurricane, The Steel Claw, Charlie Peace, Kraken, and Black Axe.

1970s[]

In 1970 he drew the first-ever strip in . This would be his only time doing so.

In the 1970s, he drew for Twinkle and , and his career seemed to end soon after this.

References[]

External links[]

• Bear Alley blog entry about Tom Kerr

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