Commando 4679 – ‘Deadlock at the Marne’ cover art by Ian Kennedy
Last Updated: 8th February 2019
Published by DC Thomson, Commando For Action and Adventure is Britain’s longest serving war comic, publishing stories of action and adventure since 1961. These stories, with their mixture of excitement, danger and courage under fire, and the dynamic artwork that accompanies them, have won Commando a loyal readership over the decades.
See Also
• British Comic Companion – Commando For Action and Adventure
• British War Comic Collections: Commando
• Commando Comics Writers
ARTISTS
Some of the credits for the artists who have worked on Commando are a little obscure, but Steve Holland has researched them diligently down the years and identified many of them for an article on his Bear Alley site first published in 2012 here
Aguilar
Juan Gonzalez Alacreu
Born in 1937, Juan is perhaps best known for drawing the 1950s Spanish character “Capitan Hispania”. He also contributed to Battle Picture Library and Lady Penelope.
Not to be confused with Pepe Gonzales of Vampirella fame.
• Peter Richardson offers a tribute to his comics work here
Algarra
Information welcome
Matias Alonso (Matias Alonso Andres) (1935 – )
British comics credits include Air Ace, Battle Action, Commando, Eagle, The Victor and Twinkle. Now a fine art painter
• Lambiek
Jeff Anderson
Web: www.jeffandersonillustrator.co.uk
Mick Anglo (1916 – 2011)
Writer and artist. Also creator of Marvelman
• Steve Holland’s tribute to Mick Angle is here on Bear Alley
Luis Arcas
20th October 1934 – 3rd July 1989
Luis Arcas Brauner was a widely admired painter of portraits (including those of Spanish royalty), landscapes and still life.
Steve Holland notes here on Bear Alley that although primarily a painter, he also produced comic strips and feature illustrations for British comics. He was an irregular contributor to War and Battle picture libraries, drawing 17 issues between 1963 and 1969, and a single contribution to Commando Library in 1970. He had, by then, switched to painting covers and illustrations for Tell Me Why (1968-70), notably the ‘Great Artists’ feature, and World of Wonder (1971).
Victor Hugo Arias
1928 –
In addition to his adventures strip work in his native Argentina from the 1950s onwards Arias collaborated on numerous projects for various European publishers, in particular for Fleetway and DC Thomson in the UK, becoming the latter’s art director in 1967.
He returned to Argentina in 1974, where he joined Ediciones Record and created several adventure series such as I Cavaliera del Mare and Tanganika (1979), that were published in Skorpio. He also worked on Odisea 2000 and Base 86.
• Victor Hugo Arias on Lambiek
Asian
Raphael Auraleon
Martin Baines
Martin has been a professional storyboard and concept artist for over 10 years, working extensively in the field of storyboards for advertising agencies. He’s done work for most of the major studios in central London for clients such as Hitachi, AA, Visa and Nescafe.
Beside advertising, he’s worked with publishers on a regular bases producing images in a variety of styles; from realistic painted book jackets, to drawing comic strips and colouring the famous Garth comic strip in the Daily Mirror. His strips have appeared in Spaceship Away and in later issues of DC Thomson’s short-lived Thunderbirds are Go title.
• Official web site: martin-baines.co.uk
Ken Barr
17th March 1933 – 25th March 2016
Born in Scotland in 1933, Ken perhaps best known to downthetubes readers for his Commando covers, and worked continuously for many years in the British graphics art industry. His innovative style and fresh perspective made him one of the most beloved and collected comic artists.
• Read our tribute to Ken Barr here | Creator Profile
• Ken Barr art on ComicBookFans
• Tribute by Sal Quarticco – on Facebook
• Ken Barr Commando comics check list
Bea
Bellalta (Jose Maria Suarez Ballalta)
Benet [Manuel Benet Blanes]
Luis Bermejo
Jordi Bernet
Bevia (Aurelio Bevia Pascual)
Bielsa (Jose Maria Fernandez Bielsa)
Blasco
(Jaime?) Blasco
James Bleach
Rafael Boluda
Armando Bonato
Bujeiro
Alan Burrows
Buylla (Adolfo Alvarez Buylla)
Campanillo
Jaime Marzal Canos
Carmona
Carrion (Felix Carrion Cenamor)
Roberto Casarrubio
L. C. Castello (see Castello Lucas)
Castro
• Read a profile of Castro by Steve Holland on Bear Alley here
Juan Manuel Cicuendez
Collado (Luis Collado Coch)
Correa (possibly Antonio Correa)
Cortes / Cortez (Alfredo Sanchis Cortes)
Cruz (possibly Carlos Cruz)
Francisco Cueto
Juan Dalfiume
Jose Luis de la Fuente
Ramon de la Fuente
Victor de la Fuente
De la Rosa (Felipe Jimenez De la Rosa)
Domingo (possibly Jose Antonio Doningo Benabeu)
Elias
Enriquez (possibly F. Enriquez)
Escandell (possibly Juan Escandell Torres)
Ferrandiz
Ferreira
Arthur Fleming
Peter Fleming
Flores (Jesus Flores Thies)
Peter Ford
• Read a short profile of Peter Ford here on Bear Alley
Jaime Forns
Peter Foster
Franch (possibly JR. Franch)
Leone Frollo
Galindo
Amador Garcia (Amador Garia Cabrera)
Xuasus Garcia
Ricardo Garijo (1953-2009)
Argentinian artist and author, a regular contributor to DC Thomson’s Commando title, who died in his native Argentina in 2009 after a long illness aged just 55.
• Read our tribute to Ricardo Garijo here
• Read Steve Holland’s tribute to Ricardo Garijo here on Bear Alley
• Commando Magazine: Commando Artist Ricardo Garijo
• Ricardo Garijo: The Commando Issues (list compiled by Vic Whittle)
• Ricardo Garijo’s official site is archived on the Wayback Machine here
Phil Gascoine at the London Comics Festival in 2005. Photo: John Freeman
Phil Gascoine (1934 – 2007)
Artist Phil Gascoine’s comics career spanned 45 years. He left school aged 15 and worked in an art studio until leaving to complete two years National Service.
As a freelancer, Phil drew for several girls’ comics for over 10 years, including such titles as DC Thomson’s Bunty and School Friend, and IPC’s much-admired Jinty. Among many other boys adventures strips, he’s well known for his work on Battle Action!, on “The Sarge“.
In addition to work for Marvel UK, Phil also drew strips for the US market, including The Unknown Soldier, The Punisher and various titles for DC Vertigo such as Shade The Changing Man.
• Read a 2006 interview with Phil Gascoine
• Read the tributes to Phil Gascoine
• Phil Gascoine Comics Checklist
• Read Steve Holland’s obituary on Bear Alley here
German
Giralt (Joan Giralt Banús)
D. S. Gomez
Gonzalez
Gual (Josep Gual)
Guerrero (possibly JAntonio Guerrero Pinin)
Daniel Haupt
Huescar (Jose Antonio de Huescar)
Ibanez (Vicente Ibáñez Sanchís)
Sandy James
Jimeno (Justo Jimeno Bazaga)
Jones (possibly JGeoff Jones]
Jose Maria Jorge
• Read our tribute to Jose Maria Jorge here
Kennedy
Cam Kennedy
Ian Kennedy
One of Commando‘s most prolific and longest-serving cover artists whose credits also include strips for 2000AD, Eagle and much more.
Kincaid
Gordon Livingstone
• Read Colin Noble’s tribute to Gordon here on downthetubes
Llops
• Read Steve Holland’s profile of Llops here on Bear Alley
Lombardia (Jose Fernandez de Lombardia)
Solano Lopez
L. Castello Lucas
L. S. Lucas (see Castello Lucas?)
Macabich (Jordi Macabich Potau)
McIntyre
Denis McLoughlin
Maidagan (possibly Federico Maidagan)
Alfredo de la María (Dalger)
• Check out out article Comic Creator Spotlight: Commando Cover Artist “Dalger” (Alfredo de la María)
Janek Matysiak – Cover Artist
Medrano (Julio Cesar Medrano, a.k.a. A. Martinez)
Mira (Luis Martinez Mira)
Born in Murcia, Spain, 1928, father of Luis Alejandro Martínez Mira.
Isidre Mones
Mario Morhain
Navarro (Agustin Navarro Costa)
Nebot (possibly Joan Nebot Alegret)
Ricardo Luis Olivera
Paolo Ongaro
Web: www.paoloongaro.it
Ortiz
Leopoldo Ortiz
Brother of fellow artist José Ortiz Moya
Keith Page
• Read our interview with Keith Page here
Terry Patrick
Perez
Perkins
F. A. Philpott
Carlos Pino
Jose Garcia Pizarro
Pueyo (A. Pueyo)
Aldoma Puig
Miguel Quesada
Ramos (possibly Luis Ramos Santos)
Graeme Neil Reid – Cover Artist
Repetto
Clemente Rezzonico
John Ridgway
C. T. Rigby
Neil Roberts – Cover Artist
Roca (Luis Martinez Roca)
Rodrigo
• Read Steve Holland’s profile here on Bear Alley
L. Rosell
Roux (possibly Guillermo Roux)
Ruiz (Alejandro Martinez Ruiz)
• Read Steve Holland’s profile here on Bear Alley
Alberto Saichan
• Read Steve Holland’s profile here on Bear Alley
Angel Salmeron
Martin Salvador
D. Sanchez / Sanches
Savi
Segrelles (Eustaquio Segrelles Del Pilar)
Keith Shone
Sio (Enric Sio Guardiola)
Solbes (possibly Enric Solbes)
Ferran Sostres
Szilagy (possibly Silvestre Szilagyi)
Ferdinando Tacconi
Loredano Ugolini
Usero (Adolfo Usero Abellan)
Vasquez
Horacio Raul Vila
Watson
Jim Watson
• Read our tribute Jim Watson here
Mike White
Williams
Patrick Wright
Wynne (possibly Doug Wynne)
Juan Zanotto
Manuel Zatarain
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