James Watson (21 July 1932 in

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– 6 December 2017) was a

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artist most famous for his work on ''

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'', and boys' comics for

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and

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as well as one series for '' 2000 AD''.

Career

Watson began working for advertising agencies in the 1950s and 1960s and gradually built up his comics work. He provided illustrations for the novelisation of the film '' Thunderbirds Are Go'' and later began working for

, in particular on ''

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'' and '' Captain Scarlet''. He worked for various boys' comics, in particular war comics such as ''

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'' and ''

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'', and in 1978 contributed the story ''Colony Earth'' to '' 2000 AD'', which he also wrote. When the British comics industry contracted in the late 1980s, Watson found fewer opportunities and began selling paintings.

References

External links

Obituary from The Scotsman, 17 January 2018

* ttps://www.lambiek.net/artists/w/watson_jim.htm Biography at lambiek.net
Article with various examples of his art
1932 births 2017 deaths British comics artists {{UK-comics-creator-stub