British Original Comic Art. Film Fun. Frankie Howerd. Bertie Brown.

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Original pen and ink artwork for "Frankie Howerd" in FILM FUN. Complete page. Dated 24 September 1955. By BERTIE BROWN.Frankie's youth drug dream!A.T. 'Bertie' Brown (1887-1974) drew forthe comics of the Amalgamated Press for more than half a century (c.1908-1959) and his work appeared on the front and inside pages of every important Golden Age humour comic. During that time he drew up to half a million pictures. Brown's first published work was for James Henderson's SCRAPS. He became an AP staff artist in 1908. Early titles he contributed to were CHIPS, COMIC CUTS, MERRY & BRIGHT and BUTTERFLY. After the 1914-1918 war (he was enlisted in the Royal Field Artillery) Brown contributed to RAINBOW, PUCK, and JESTER and a score of other titles. Notably he drew Charlie Chaplin in FUNNY WONDER from 1915: Brown was the first in the world to depict Charlie in comic form and his was the definitive version. He also drew Will Hay for JOLLY COMIC and went on to draw various other 'personality' sets in titles such as RADIO FUN and T.V. FUN. Bertie Brown was one of the AP's most prolific artists and one of the most respected by editors and colleagues. For non-UK eBayers here are some biographical details about Frankie Howerd (excerpts from Wikipedia): Francis Alick "Frankie" Howerd OBE (6 March 1917, York – 19 April 1992) [ was an English comedian read more

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