EXTRACTS: The Art of Ron Embleton (illustrators special) © 2018 The Book Palace (144 PAGES in Full edition)

130 Shortly after World War II a small company named Scion, seeing a gap in the British juvenile market, decided to publish their own comics in the American style, devoted entirely to straight action adventure - and in just about every type of genre imaginable. The Scion comics became the breeding ground for some of Britain’s major adventure strip artists; prominent among them was Ron Embleton. From their emergence in 1947 until their demise in 1952, Ron Embleton was Scion’s foremost comic artist, excelling in Westerns but more than capable of 'by Ron' -The early years Throughout much of his c reer Ron's reputation was underscored by the creation of some of the most dynamic and compelling comic strips ever seen in the UK. In the following feature, David Ashford draws back the curtain on what was to prove an excellent training ground for this most accomplished illustrator.