Trevor Metcalfe
| Trevor Metcalfe | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British |
| Area(s) | Cartoonist, artist, illustrator |
Notable works | Sweet Tooth |
| http://www.trevor.metcalfe.btinternet.co.uk/ | |
Trevor Metcalfe born May 1939 in Brotton, Yorks is a British illustrator and comic book artist. Known for his comic strips in IPC Magazines comics such as Sweet Tooth and Junior Rotter in Whizzer and Chips
He became interested in drawing at age eight during a stay in hospital His main influence being his idol sports cartoonist Tom Webster[1]
Other influences: Leo Baxendale, Reg Parlett. Walt Disney.
He first submitted work to his local newspar alongside artschool mate Robert Nixon (artist) [2]After his National Service he obtained work for DC Thomson drawing his own strip Babes and Bullies for The Dandy Annual.[3]
In Whizzer and Chips he drew for many years his most famous characters Junior Rotter The strip was about a boy called Junior Rotter (or J.R.) who is always scheming up plans which generally fail. The character is loosely based on the character of the same name from the television soap opera Dallas. His sister in the comic strip was called Sue Helen who, in contrast to her brother, was a decent, charming and helpful person. Being chalk-and-cheese characters meant that JR and Sue Helen's sibling rivalry extended into all-out conflict.
Sweet Tooth first appearing in January 1973. A "Whizz-Kid" in the comic, and about a boy who has a fixation for sweets, continually hounded by Greedy Greg (originally Bully Bloggs), A main feature of the comic was the prominent front tooth that the character always displayed. Though other artists drew strips from time to time, Metcalfe was the main artist throughout,
Other notable strips drawn by Metcalfe include:
- Ad Lad in Whoopee
- The Amazing Three in Jackpot
- Angel's Proper Charlies in Jackpot
- Birdman and Chicken in Krazy Comic
- Doughnut and Rusty in Monster Fun
- Sheerluck and Son[4]
He has also took over drawing Bob Nixon;s strips in The Beano such as Ivy The Terrible
In more recent years he has done more serious illustratiobs, Work is now in tv licensed 'tie-in' comics and magazines, he has gone digital working on Thomas The Tank Engine art in Adobe Illustrator and coloured in Photoshop. He continues to draw Growing Paynes fpr the new Dandy.[5]
References
- ^ DICTIONARY OF BRITISH COMIC ARTUSTS WRITERS AND EDITORS by Alan Clark, 1998, The British :Library
- ^ Profile at Lambiek http://lambiek.net/artists/m/metcalfe_trevor.htm
- ^ Interview in Psychopia
- ^ Encyclopedia of Comic Characters by Denis Gifford, 1987. ISBN 0582892945
- ^ Toonhound interview http://www.toonhound.com/mrsweet.htm
External links
- TrevorToons - http://www.trevor.metcalfe.btinternet.co.uk/
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