Ken Reid (1919-1987) was a writer and artist for many popular strips in British comics such as the
Beano and
Buster.
His first strip was the
Adventures of Fudge the Elf which he drew for the
Manchester Evening News between 1938 and 1961.
After that, during the 50s and 60s he drew
Roger The Dodger and
Jonah for the
Beano,
Angel Face for the
Dandy and
Frankie Stein for
Wham!,
Whoopee! and
Shiver And Shake.
He also created the back cover posters (
Creepy Creations,
Wanted critters and
World Wide Weirdies) for
Shiver And Shake and
Whoopee! which were caricatures and monsters done in a style similar to those done by
Basil Wolverton for
Mad and
Plop!.
His final strip was
Face-ache which he wrote and drew for
Buster until his death in 1987.
His strips were normally boldly inked and the characters typically had bulging eyes and mad grimaces.