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Henry Matthew Talintyre (1893–1962) was a British comic strip artist, best known for drawing the elephant character Uncle Oojah for Flo Lancaster's comic series that later became The Wonderful Adventures of Jerry, Don and Snooker.
Biography
[edit]Talintyre was born in Gateshead, Durham[citation needed] in 1893.
He served in World War I, then moved to London in the 1920s. He later drew nursery comics for DC Thomson and lived in Dundee, where he lodged in a boarding house with the father of cartoonist Dave Gibbons. Gibbons would later describe him as "something of a bohemian type... very unlike a customs officer." His son, Douglas, recalled that Talintyre and his fellow artists were frustrated by DC Thompson's management style, even smashing a clocking-in machine the company introduced.[1]
Talintyre took over the Oojah comic series after the death of its previous illustrator, Thomas Maybank.[2] The strip ran in Playhour, Pictures and Jack and Jill.[3] This version of the comic renamed The Wonderful Adventures of Jerry, Don and Snooker, which ran in Jack and Jill between 1954 and 1958.[2]
Talintyre also contributed to the early issues of TV Comic, where he drew characters named "Jack and Jill" (unrelated to the characters in the comic of that name).[3]
Talintyre married Gladys Gould,[4] whom he met while living in London. He was involved in several music hall shows.[1] He died in the Chichester area of Britain in 1962[citation needed], aged 69.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Gibbons, Dave (14 March 2023). Confabulation: An Anecdotal Autobiography by Dave Gibbons. Dark Horse Comics. pp. 194–196. ISBN 9781506729060. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
- ^ a b Bryant, Mark (8 July 2022). Dictionary of Twentieth-Century British Cartoonists and Caricaturists. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9781000599404. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
- ^ a b "H. M. Talintyre". Lambiek Comiclopedia. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
- ^ People of Today. Debrett's Peerage Limited. 2006. ISBN 9781870520324. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
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