Allan Morley (29 April 1895 - 5 September 1960)
Allan Morley was one of D.C. Thomson's most prolific artists, working for them from 1925 to 1950. He drew strips for The Beano, The Dandy and The Topper comics, including 'The Magic Lollipops', 'Hungry Horace', 'Big Fat Joe', 'Freddy the Fearless Fly', 'Sammy's Super Rubber', 'Nero And Zero', 'Uncle Dan' and of course 'Keyhole Kate'.

'The Magic Lollipops' featured a boy with a jar of lollipops, which, if you licked them would turn into what you wanted, though not necessarily in quite the way you wanted. 'The Magic Lollipops' ran in The Beano from 1941 until 1951, during which time sweets were in short supply. The rationing of sugar and sweets in Britain during WWII was severe and continued for quite a few years after the war.

It is of note that of the artists working for D.C. Thomson (the publishers of Beano, Dandy, Beezer & Topper), only veteran artist Dudley D. Watkins was allowed to actually sign his artwork, and only from late 1946 onwards. Fellow artist Allan Morley, who drew 'Keyhole Kate', was also allowed to identify his work by initialling his drawings with 'A.M.' from January 1947 until he stopped drawing comic strips in 1950.

(Apparently, Leo Baxendale would sometimes sign his work only to find it had been whited out prior to publication. However, during his Wham! days at Odhams his strips bore his signature, but it was not to last....)

His last strip was 'Sammy's Super Rubber' in 1950, Morley died in Kent on September 5th, 1960. However, reprints of his strip 'Waggy the Shaggy Doggy' continued to appear in the Dandy until the early eighties.
Source: paulmason.info; Lambiek