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Tom Tully (comic writer)
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Tom Tully is a noted British
comic
writer
mostly of sports and action stories. He is probably most famous as the longest-running writer of the popular football
-themed strip Roy of the Rovers
, which he wrote for much of Roy Race's
playing career until the weekly comic closed in 1993.
for Valiant with artist Jesús Blasco
, taking over for the fourth serial from Ken Bulmer, and later returning from 1971 to 1973 for the sequel strip, Return of the Claw. He also worked on Kelly's Eye and Janus Stark
, and wrote Heros the Spartan with art by Frank Bellamy
for Eagle
.
In the 1970s, he worked on Johnny Red for Battle Picture Weekly
. He worked on many 2000 AD projects including Dan Dare
, Bandai
's licensed Robo Machines
serial and the sports-related Harlem Heroes
and Mean Arena. He also created The Mind of Wolfie Smith for Tornado, which later transferred to 2000 AD.
British people
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comic
Comics
Comics denotes a hybrid medium having verbal side of its vocabulary tightly tied to its visual side in order to convey narrative or information only, the latter in case of non-fiction comics, seeking synergy by using both visual and verbal side in...
writer
Writer
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mostly of sports and action stories. He is probably most famous as the longest-running writer of the popular football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
-themed strip Roy of the Rovers
Roy of the Rovers
Roy of the Rovers is a British comic strip about the life and times of a fictional footballer named Roy Race, who played for Melchester Rovers...
, which he wrote for much of Roy Race's
Roy Race
Roy Race is a fictional character from the British comic strip Roy of the Rovers. He is a professional footballer who plays for, and later manages, Melchester Rovers in the First Division and the Premier League.-Fictional biography:...
playing career until the weekly comic closed in 1993.
Biography
From 1963 to 1970, Tully was the principal writer on Steel ClawSteel Claw
The Steel Claw was one of the most popular comic book heroes of British weekly adventure comics of the 1960s and 1970s. The character was revived in 2005 for Albion, a six issue mini-series published by the Wildstorm imprint of DC Comics....
for Valiant with artist Jesús Blasco
Jesús Blasco
Jesús Blasco was a Spanish author and artist of comic books, whose career covered most of the conventional history of comic strips. He worked extensively in British comics in the 1960s and 1970s.-Career:...
, taking over for the fourth serial from Ken Bulmer, and later returning from 1971 to 1973 for the sequel strip, Return of the Claw. He also worked on Kelly's Eye and Janus Stark
Janus Stark
Janus Stark were an experimental punk rock band from Peterborough, England. Their album "Great Adventure Cigar" was highly rated by The Foo Fighters and Die Toten Hosen and was a fusion of Punk, Hard rock, Heavy Metal and Alternative with influences from Helmet to Radiohead to The Beatles to...
, and wrote Heros the Spartan with art by Frank Bellamy
Frank Bellamy
Frank Bellamy was a British comics artist, best known for his work on the Eagle comic, for which he illustrated Heros the Spartan and Fraser of Africa. He reworked its flagship Dan Dare strip....
for 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...
.
In the 1970s, he worked on Johnny Red for Battle Picture Weekly
Battle Picture Weekly
Battle Picture Weekly, at various time also known as Battle Action Force, Battle and Battle with Storm Force, was a British war comic published by IPC Magazines from 8 March 1975 to 23 January 1988, when it merged with Eagle...
. He worked on many 2000 AD projects including Dan Dare
Dan Dare
Dan Dare is a British science fiction comic hero, created by illustrator Frank Hampson who also wrote the first stories, that is, the Venus and Red Moon stories, and a complete storyline for Operation Saturn...
, Bandai
Bandai
is a Japanese toy making and video game company, as well as the producer of a large number of plastic model kits. It is the world's third-largest producer of toys . Some ex-Bandai group companies produce anime and tokusatsu programs...
's licensed Robo Machines
Robo Machines
Robo Machines was a short-lived European transforming robot toyline released by Bandai from late 1992 to 1993. It was meant as an attempt to revive the European Robo Machine toyline that ran from 1982 to approximately 1988...
serial and the sports-related Harlem Heroes
Harlem Heroes
Harlem Heroes is a British comic strip that formed part of the original line-up of 2000 AD. Inspired by the popularity during the 1970s of kung fu films and the Harlem Globetrotters, Harlem Heroes was devised by Pat Mills, employing elements from his Hellball comic strip, and scripted by Tom Tully...
and Mean Arena. He also created The Mind of Wolfie Smith for Tornado, which later transferred to 2000 AD.