Background
Bell grew up in Dundee, Scotland, where he was educated at Clepington Primary School and Morgan Academy, and studied art at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design.
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Gordon Bell
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He and author Brian Callison ran Central Bank Studios, an art and furniture business, for a time. From the late 1950s he worked as a cartoonist, mainly for Doctorate. C. Thomson & Company Limited, publishers of The Beano and The Dandy among others
He contributed to most of the company"s comics.
His longest running strip was "Pup Parade", a spin-off of "The Bash Street Kids" featuring the kids" dogs, which he drew regularly in The Beano from 1967 to 1988, in The Topper from 1989 to 1990, and The Beezer from 1990 to 1992. According to Doctorate. C. Thomson editor Iain McLaughlin, he was "professional, quick, and ready to try anything." He did some work for IPC"s comics, drawing "The Wolf Pack" in Whoopee! in 1974, and for the motoring magazine Autocar, and created the "9 Wellies", cartoon characters designed to cheer up children in hospital for National Health Service Tayside.
His satirical cartoons headed the political diary every Saturday in The Courier, signed "Fax". His main interest outside work was motor sports.
He died suddenly on 13 February 2014, at the age of 79.
The Beano
"Pom-Pom" (1958)
"Dennis the Menace" (1966)
"The Bash Street Kids" (1967)
"Pup Parade" (1967-1988, continued in The Topper, 1989-1990, and The Beezer, 1990-1992)
"Roger the Dodger" (1968)
The Beezer
"The Wabits"
"Colonel Blink"
Buzz
"Harum-Scarem" (1973-1974)
"Sammy"s Scribbles" (1973-1975, continued in The Topper, 1975-1976)
"The Buzzies and the Fuzzies" (1973-1975)
Cracker
"Billy the Kid and Pongo" (1975-1976)
"Fiends Beans" (1975-1976)
The Dandy
"Fibba" (1972)
"The Dandy Editor"s Little Helpers"
"Joe Mince"
Nutty
"Scoopy" (1980-1985)
"Doodlebug" (1980-1982)
"Snoozer"
"Micro Dot"
Plug
"Hugh"s Zoo" (1977-1979, continued in The Beezer, 1979)
"First Ada" (1977-1979, continued in The Beezer, 1979)
Sparky
"Spoofer McGraw" (1968-1974)
"Dreamy Daniel"
The Topper
"Pearl" (1986)
"The Neals on Wheels" (1986)
"Kuckoo Komedy" (1986)
"Jimmy Jinx"
Whoopee! "The Wolf Pack" (1974, Annuals 1975 and 1976).
Membership
He was a member of 750 Motor Club, and an Royal Automobile Club steward at Knockhill Racing Circuit.
