Sam Fair biography

Sam Robert Fair (23 March 1909 - 1985; Dundee, Scotland)

Sam Fair was a British artist from Dundee and one of the original contributors to DC Thomson's The Dandy and The Beano.

He was on the ground floor for the launch of The Dandy in 1937, contributing "Magic Mike" and "Wig and Wam", "Meddlesome Matty" (1938-42) and "Wild Man of the Woods".

He was also a regular in The Beano and from 1938 drew "Frosty McNab" (1938-41), "Winken and Blinken" (1940-41), "Tin Can Tommy" and "Pansy Potter, The Strongman's Daughter".

During World War II he produced the famous war propaganda strips "Addie and Hermy" (1939-41) and "Musso the Wop" (1940-43), and for The Magic Comic he drew "Boy Biffo the Brave" (1939-40) and "Old Father Time" (1940).

After World War II he continued drawing comics, mostly short runs for small publishers, including PM's "The Breezy Comic" (1946), Children's Press' "Meteor" (1948), and Valentine's "Ace Comics" (1948) and "Super Bumper" (1949).

He was a member of Bill McCail's Mallard Studios in Dundee, alongside Len Fullerton, George Blow, Alf Farningham and Sydney Jordan. He illustrated children's books in the 1950s, but continued to work in comics, drawing "Lochy the Wee Monster" in TV Comic (1957), "Cornelius Dimworthy" in the Eagle (1964-66), "Dizzy Dimwit" in Buster (1969-70), "Captain Nemo" in Donald and Mickey (1972), "Noah's Ark" for Lion (1972-73), and "Monkey Trix" in Bonnie (1974).

He died in Dundee in 1985.
Source: Illustration Art Gallery

See SAM FAIR ART ('page not found' if no art currently listed).