Editing Joe Colquhoun

{{Short description|British comics artist (1926–1987)}}
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'''Joe Colquhoun''' (7 November 1926 – 13 April 1987<ref>{{Cite web |title=Joe Colquhoun |url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/c/colquhoun_joe.htm |access-date=2022-04-12 |website=lambiek.net |language=en}}</ref>) was a British [[comics]] artist best known for his work on ''[[Charley's War]]'' in ''[[Battle Picture Weekly]]''. He was also the first artist to draw ''[[Roy of the Rovers]]''.

==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.

==Bibliography==
Comics work includes:

*''Charley's War'' (with [[Pat Mills]], in ''[[Battle Picture Weekly|Battle]]'', January 1979 to October 1985) collected by [[Titan Books]] as:
** ''2 June – 1 August 1916'' (collects episodes 1-29, November 2004, {{ISBN|1-84023-627-2}})
** ''1 August – 17 October 1916'' (collects episodes 30–59, November 2005, {{ISBN|1-84023-929-8}})
** ''17 October 1916 – 21 February 1917'' (collects episodes 60–83, October 2006, {{ISBN|1-84576-270-3}})
** ''Blue's Story'' (October 2007, {{ISBN|1-84576-323-8}})
** ''Return to the Front'' (October 2008, {{ISBN|1-84576-796-9}})
** ''Underground and Over the Top'' (October 2009, {{ISBN|1-84576-797-7}})

==References==
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*[http://www.lambiek.net/artists/c/colquhoun_joe.htm Joe Colquhoun] at [[Lambiek]] Comiclopedia
*{{comicbookdb|type=creator|id=18905|title=Joe Colquhoun}}
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080517220950/http://charleyswar.tripod.com/id6.html Joe Colquhoun] at the Charley's War fansite
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20101230061408/http://www.royoftherovers.com/behindthescenes/artists.aspx#COLQUHOUN Joe Colquhoun] at the official Roy of the Rovers site
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20041215232259/http://www.frothersunite.com/files/marbles/fanboy/battle.html Colonel Marbles' Battle fansite]

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