Sid Burgon
Sidney William Burgon, better known as Sid 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. He gave up his job in 1963 and became a freelance cartoonist with some of his early work being published The Weekly News under the pseudonym Swab. In 1970 Burgon began working for Fleetway drawing a number of strips including Bookworm for Whoopee!, Joker for Knockout and Ivor Lott and Tony Broke for Buster (comics). Burgon began to draw for DC Thomson in 1989 drawing a revival of Biffo the Bear in The Beano and Adrian the Barbarian for The Beezer. Burgon stopped drawing for DC Thomson in the late 1990s/early 2000s.
he died October 12th 2023 at the age of 87.
Fleetway
- Bookworm
- Handy Andy
- Hit Kid
- Ivor Lott and Tony Broke
- Joker
- Lolly Pop
- Milly O'Naire & Penny Less
- Roy's toys
- School Funds
- The Little Monsters for Monster Fun