Ray Bailey

(UK)


Kitty Hawke, by Ray BaileyKitty Hawke, by Ray Bailey
Kitty Hawke

Ray Bailey began drawing for British comic books in the mid-1930s. His early work include stories for the annual Christmas comics of publisher C. Arthur Pearson, such as 'Milly and Billy'. He also worked for The Seaside Comic ('Dr. Helshaw') and The Summer Comic ('Milly and Billy').

detail from The Seaside Comic, by Ray Bailey
detail from The Seaside Comic

He was active for the Amalgamated Press since 1936. His features include 'Bertie and Babs', 'The Lost Joss', 'Peggy the Pretty Police Patrol', 'The Pentwins', 'Wot-Ho', and 'Forgotten City' in Butterfly, 'Captain Quick and Nippy Nick' in Comic Cuts, 'Dickie's Diary' and 'Brother Bill and Sister Sue' in Golden, 'Jolly Joe and his Fun Show' and 'Will Power' in Jolly Comic and 'Hopeful Horice' and 'The Chimps' in Sparkler.

Wendy and Jinx, by Ray Bailey
Wendy and Jinx

In the 1950s, he drew the comic 'Kitty Hawke', which appeared on the front page of Girl, a girl-version of popular magazine Eagle. For this same magazine, he also made 'Wendy and Jinx'.

comic art by Ray Bailey (1935)
comic art by Ray Bailey (1935)