Tom Kerr
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Tom Kerr is a British
Great Britain
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comic strip artist whose work has appeared in comics such as Look-in
Look-in
Look-in was a long running children's magazine centred around ITV's television programmes in the United Kingdom, and subtitled "The Junior TVTimes". It ran from 9 January 1971 to 12 March 1994...
, the Eagle
Eagle (comic)
Eagle was a seminal British children's comic, first published from 1950 to 1969, and then in a relaunched format from 1982 to 1994. It was founded by Marcus Morris, an Anglican vicar from Lancashire. Morris edited a parish magazine called The Anvil, but felt that the church was not communicating...
, Valiant
Valiant (comic)
Valiant was the title of a British boys adventure comics anthology which ran from 1962 to 1976. It was published by IPC Magazines and was one of their major adventure titles throughout the 1960s and early 1970s.-Publication history:...
, TV21 etc.
He has also drawn for many annuals of the 60s and 70s including the Monkees Annuals, Look-In annuals etc.
Strips include 'Boy Bandit' in Jag Comic (later Tiger) 1968-1969 and the Tara King
Tara King
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/Avengers strip in TV Comic
TV Comic
TV Comic was a British comic book published weekly between November 9, 1951 and June 29, 1984 for 1,697 issues. With its bright, eye-catching covers, it featured stories based on television shows running at the time of publication. The first issue had 8 pages and had Muffin the Mule on the cover....
(1968). He also worked for comics such as Lion
Lion (comic)
Lion was a weekly comic published by Fleetway from 23 February 1952 to 18 May 1974. It lasted for 1,156 issues.-Publishing history:...
, Buster
Buster (comic)
Buster was a long-running British comic which carried a mixture of humour and adventure strips, although the former increasingly replaced the latter...
, Thunder, the Eagle, Knockout
Knockout (comic)
-1939 series:The first ran from 4 March 1939 to 16 February 1963, 1251 issues, when it merged with Valiant. Magnet was discontinued in 1940; but its lead character, Billy Bunter, was thereafter granted his own cartoon strip in Knockout. Comic Cuts merged with it in 1953...
, Valiant
Valiant (comic)
Valiant was the title of a British boys adventure comics anthology which ran from 1962 to 1976. It was published by IPC Magazines and was one of their major adventure titles throughout the 1960s and early 1970s.-Publication history:...
, Princess, TV21, Lady Penelope
Lady Penelope (comic)
Lady Penelope was a British weekly comic for girls which ran from 1966 to 1969.-Publishing History:Marketed as the comic for girls who love television, it was the sister publication to TV Century 21. It ran for 204 issues with the first dated 22 January 1966...
, Solo and Jet.
IPC
IPC Media
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planned a comic strip character called 'Captain Britain
Captain Britain
Captain Britain , briefly known as Britannic, is a fictional character, a superhero appearing in the comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Chris Claremont and Herb Trimpe, he first appeared in Captain Britain Weekly, #1...
' which was to be drawn by Kerr during the early 1970s. Marvel
Marvel Comics
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later produced a similar character but the idea seemed to be dropped by IPC long before this.
His early work appears as far back in 1949 when he drew for Pets' Playtime Comic published by Philmar. Later work included 'Fay' in the Weekend Mail Comic in 1955 and 'Monty Carstairs' in Mickey Mouse Weekly. He drew for many girls comics including Marilyn, School Friend, Girls' Crystal and June.
'Rip Kerrigan' was a strip he did for Buster in 1961-62, and also worked on 'Kelly's Eye', 'Captain Hurricane', 'The Steel Claw', 'Charlie Peace
Charlie Peace
The Astounding Adventures of Charlie Peace was a comic strip in the UK comic Buster, based on the real-life exploits of nineteenth-century thief Charles Peace, though the first strip appeared July 20, 1964 in Valiant...
', 'Kraken
Kraken
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' and 'Black Axe
Black Axe
Black Axe is a comic book series published by Marvel UK in 1993. It was written by Simon Jowett, with pencils by Edmund Perryman and inks by Rodney Ramos...
'.
In 1970 he drew the first ever Adam Eterno strip in Thunder comic. This would be his only time doing so.
In the 1970s, he drew for 'Twinkle' and 'Little Star
Little Star
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' and his career seemed to end soon after this.