Books By Ken Reid, Reg Parlett, Robert Nixon - Author

Often cited as one of Britain's greatest comic book illustrators, Ken Reid was born in Manchester in 1919. An avid artist from an early age, Ken was constantly drawing, even when confined to bed for six months after developing a tubercular hip at the age of nine. After leaving school at the age of thirteen, he won a scholarship to Salford Art School. His father, who had always offered Ken a tremendous amount of encouragement, became his agent and got his son an interview over at the Manchester Evening News. Ken submitted several strip ideas for the children's section of the newspaper, which led to them commissioning The Adventures of Fudge the Elf. Originally appearing in 1938, Fudge's adventures were published right the way through to 1962, only stopping in 1941 during WWII until 1946 when Reid was de-mobbed. In the 1950s, Ken was courted by Scottish publishers DC Thomson (his brother-in-law, Bill Holroyd was already working for them), where he starting working on a new strip for The Beano called Roger the D