George Martin

• Born 1928 · Died 2011-07-05

George Martin drew mainly for DC Thomson's humour titles, as well as the syndicated newspaper strip Bunion. Comics he worked on include: The Dandy: Greedy Pigg (1965, 1978), Wiley Smiley - the Jungle Joker (1952), Robinson and his Dog Crusoe (1958), Mr Mutt (1959), Jammy Mr Sammy (1960), Sunny Boy (1962), Greedy Pigg (1965-71, 1978-82), Desperate Dawg (1973-86), Izzy Skint (1975) and Jolly Roger (1984) The Topper: Captain Bungle (1953-60), Smart Art (1953), King Gussie (1957), Julius Cheeser (1957-68), Send for Kelly (1961-), Arty (1964), Customs of the Month (1964), Old Batty (1964), Ali Babble (1966), The Bright Boys (1967), Angry Ladd (1968), Ali and his Magic Carpet (1968), Super Specs (1971), Dreamboat Bill (1972), Whistling Billy (1973) The Beezer: The Banana Bunch (1956), The Hillys and the Billys (1956-58, 1961-64), Smart Alice (1956), Oliver's Travels (1958), Merry Hood and his Robbin Men (1959-60), Young Sid the Copper's Kid (1964-89), Clockwise Cartoons (1987-90), Black Bun, Blinky, Scrapper, Buzz: Calamity Kate (1973-75) Champ: Send for Kelly (1984-85) (reprints from Topper) Nutty: Jay R. Hood (1980-85), Nip and Rrip (1982-85), Sports Fan (1980-85) He also drew covers for The Topper Book. George wrote a lot of his own scripts, particularly for his work that appeared in Topper and Dandy.