Sidney William Burgon (3 October 1936 - 12 October 2023[1]), better known asSid Burgon, is a British comics artist. After working as a mechanic and drawing as a hobby he was encouraged by coworkers into furthering his artistic interests.[2] He gave up his job in 1963 and became a freelance cartoonist with some of his early work being publishedThe Weekly News under thepseudonym Swab.[2] In 1970 Burgon began working forFleetway drawing a number of strips includingBookworm forWhoopee!,[3]Joker forKnockout[4] andIvor Lott and Tony Broke forBuster (comics).[5] Burgon began to draw forDC Thomson in 1989 drawing a revival ofBiffo the Bear inThe Beano andAdrian the Barbarian forThe Beezer (which was recently reprinted in The Beano asOlaff the Madlander). Burgon stopped drawing for DC Thomson in the late 1990s/early 2000s.
he died October 12th 2023 at the age of 87.[6]
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