Tom Kerr was a

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comic strip artist whose work has appeared in comics such as ''

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'', '' Valiant'', and '' TV21''. He has also drawn for many annuals of the 1960s and 1970s, including the ''

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'' annuals, ''Look-in'' annuals, etc. He is not to be conflated with the Australian cartoonist of the same name, who was responsible for such creations as Daddles, an animated duck that would walk along the TV screen when a cricketer scored a

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Career

There is little known about Tom Kerr's life.

Comic strips

Strips include '' Boy Bandit'' in '' Jag'' (later ''

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'') 1968–1969 and the Tara King/'' The Avengers'' strip in '' TV Comic'' (1968). He also worked for comics such as ''

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'', '' Buster'', ''

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'', '' The Eagle'', ''

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'', '' Valiant'', ''

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'', '' TV21'', '' Lady Penelope'', ''

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'', and '' Jet'' (including " The Dwarf"). IPC planned a comic strip character called ''

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'' which was to be drawn by Kerr during the early 1970s.

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later produced a similar character but the idea seemed to be dropped by IPC long before this.

1940s and 1950s

His early work appears as far back in 1949 when he drew for '' Pets' Playtime Comic'' published by Philmar.Creator Tom Kerr
lambiek.net Later work included ''Fay'' in the '' Weekend Mail Comic'' in 1955 and '' Monty Carstairs'' in '' Mickey Mouse Weekly''. He drew for many British girls' comics, including '' Marilyn'', '' School Friend'', '' Girls' Crystal'', and ''

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''.

1960s

'' Rip Kerrigan'' 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 Adam Eterno strip in ''

''. This would be his only time doing so. In the 1970s, he drew for ''

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'' and '' Little Star'', and his career seemed to end soon after this.

References

External links

''Bear Alley'' blog entry about Tom Kerr
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