Editing Joe Colquhoun (section)

==Biography==
Born in [[Harrow, London|Harrow]], [[Middlesex]], Joe Colquhoun served in the [[Royal Navy]] during [[World War II]], and won a place at [[Kingston School of Art]] on his return. His career in comics began in 1951 in Jungle Trails, and he went on to work for [[IPC Media]] on titles such as ''[[Lion (comics)|Lion]]'', and later ''[[Tiger (Fleetway)|Tiger]]'', where he drew ''Roy of the Rovers'' for six years, from 1954 to 1960, despite having no interest in [[Association football|football]].

In the early 1970s he worked mainly for IPC's humour comics ''[[Buster (comics)|Buster]]'' and ''[[Cor!!]]'', until Battle Picture Weekly came along in 1976. For Battle he drew ''Soldier Sharp: the Rat of the Rifles'' and ''Johnny Red'' before editor Dave Hunt assigned him to work on [[Pat Mills]]' [[First World War]] story ''Charley's War'' in 1978.

After ''Charley's War'' finished in 1986 Colquhoun drew for ''[[Mask (disambiguation)|Mask]]'' until his death from a [[heart attack]] in 1987.