‘Eagle’ Art Editor
Illustrated article by Michael Gibson about his time as Art Editor of Eagle comic in the nineteen-fifties. Published in Eagle Times, Spring 1998.
Illustrated article by Michael Gibson about his time as Art Editor of Eagle comic in the nineteen-fifties. Published in Eagle Times, Spring 1998.
Michael Gibson (1918-2000), a prolific children’s author, was the art editor of the Eagle comic during the 1950s. As his niece, I became the lucky recipient of a gift subscription which, arriving earlier than the copies in the shops, made me the envy of my schoolmates (especially the boys). Towards the end of his life, … Continue reading New in April 2015: Michael Gibson remembers teenage authorship, bomb disposal, and Eagle comics
Michael Gibson’s account of his early days working as Art Editor of Eagle comic in the nineteen-fifties.