Moira Bertram

Moira Bertram was born as the daughter of a Sydney wool shipper. She started her comic 'Jo' when she was only sixteen years old. It was published as a daily strip in newspaper The Daily Mirror in 1954. Moira Bertram has devoted all her life to her comics, working as a freelancer.

She drew a few covers for 'Carter Brown', but mainly worked on her own comics, which she wrote and drew herself. Her sister Kathleen did the lettering. Moira Bertram also worked on 'The Sultan's Treasure with Captain Buck' (Climax #10, 1948), 'Red Finnegan' (1949), 'Army' (1956), 'Muttonhead' (1958), 'Bring Back My Love', 'Pirate's Gold' and 'Campus Snobs' (1959).