Terry Thomas

Roy Wilson art from Film Fun, dated 23rd January 1960.

Terry Thomas

Art by Roy Wilson. Lovely stuff!

Harry Secombe

Art by the great Roy Wilson. Film Fun dated 28th January 1961.

Terry Thomas

I don't usually bother with 'humour', but I've always got time for Roy Wilson. This is from Film Fun dated 28th January 1961.

Scoop Donovan-War Cameraman

Ron Turner provides Scoop Donovan art for this issue of Film Fun dated, 24th June 1961. In my opinion Turner wasn't a war artist. He had a great style, but his mind wasn't really set to the subject matter. By that I mean that he hasn't really researched the strip all that well. The weapons/uniforms/equipment are an approximation rather than being realistic. What he was really suited to (and excelled in) was sci-fi. He was a master of the hi-tech future.
I like how he renders Scoop's right arm and body as he's swimming under water in the last frame of page one-how it loses definitition and becomes a series of lines. See how he renders things as they recede into the distance like the German artillary and landing craft in frames 10 and 11 on page 2.

Terry Thomas

I'm pretty sure this is Roy Wilson's work. This is from the Film Fun annual 1961. Quite charming artwork. I'd love to own an RW original.

Scoop Donovan-War Cameraman

Art by Geoff Campion from Film Fun, January 23rd 1960. It's interesting to read these older scripts: they were a lot more wordier than they'd be today. Some detailed line-work from GC at this point in his career. As with most artists he became more economical with his line as he got older.
I'm trying to work out what that gun is that Paddy is using in frame three on page two. Kinda unusual. I'd hazard a guess and say it was a Schmeisserscheisserfeuererer 34. Ahem...