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'''Richard Jennings''' was the artist for several of [[The Dalek Chronicles]] comic strips in [[TV Century 21]] and for the illustrations in [[The Dalek Book]].
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'''Richard Jennings''' ([[20 May (people)|20 May]] [[1921 (people)|1921]]-[[19 January (people)|19 January]] [[1997 (people)|1997]]<ref>[https://peoplepill.com/people/richard-e-jennings/ People Pill]</ref>) was one of the contributing artists for all three of the [[Souvenir Press]] [[Dalek annual]]s. He was the original artist for ''[[The Dalek Chronicles]]'' comic strips in ''[[TV Century 21]]'' before [[Ron Turner]] took over.
 
== Life and Career ==
Richard Edward Jennings was born in Hampstead, London. He won a free scholarship to the Central School of Arts in 1937, but his studies were interrupted by the outbreak of the Second World War. He served in the Air/Sea Rescue service of the RAF in the Middle East. He took a variety of jobs after demobilisation, including fishing and decorating pubs and hotels for a brewery in Devon, before moving to London in 1950 and getting work on the newly launched ''[[Eagle (magazine)|Eagle]]''.
 
He drew the advertising strip "Tommy Walls" for the first three years, eventually writing the scripts as well. In 1953 he and writer Guy Morgan created the naval strip "Storm Nelson". Morgan dropped out early, and Jennings wrote and drew the series until it ended in 1962. He drew a few other strips for the ''Eagle'', including "Seeing Stars" (1954) and "Island of Fire" (1962), and scripted "The Lost World", adapted from the novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, for artist Martin Aitchison. He also worked for the ''Junior Mirror'' ("The Fighting Tomahawks", 1954), ''Swift'' ("The Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe", 1957-58), and ''Wham!'' ("Tornado Jones", 1965), as well as drawing the advertising strip "Adventures of the Bovril Brigade" (1961) alongside Frank Hampson.
 
He left comics in the late 1960s. He spent 18 months as a long-distance lorry driver, then spent some time travelling the Yorkshire Dales painting pub signs and portraits. He [[retire]]d to Cornwall, where he continued painting and studied Eastern philosophies. He died there of pneumonia, aged 75.
 
== Credits ==
=== The Dalek Annuals ===
* ''[[The Dalek Book]]''
* ''[[The Dalek World]]'' <small>(including ''[[The Dalek Task Force (feature)|The Dalek Task Force]]'')</small>
* ''[[The Dalek Outer Space Book]]''
 
=== ''The Dalek Chronicles'' ===
* ''[[Genesis of Evil (comic story)|Genesis of Evil]]''
* ''[[Power Play (comic story)|Power Play]]''
* ''[[Duel of the Daleks (comic story)|Duel of the Daleks]]''
* ''[[The Amaryll Challenge (comic story)|The Amaryll Challenge]]''
* ''[[The Penta Ray Factor (comic story)|The Penta Ray Factor]]''
* ''[[Plague of Death (comic story)|Plague of Death]]''
* ''[[The Menace of the Monstrons (comic story)|The Menace of the Monstrons]]''
* ''[[Eve of the War (comic story)|Eve of the War]]'' (parts 1-3)


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=== Cadet Sweets ===
[[Category:Comic artists|Jennings, Richard]]
* ''[[Doctor Who and the Daleks (short story)|Doctor Who and the Daleks]]''
 
== External links ==
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* [http://lambiek.net/artists/j/jennings_richard.htm '''Richard Jennings''' at Lambiek Comiclopedia]
* [http://bearalley.blogspot.com/2006/11/richard-jennings.html '''Richard Jennings''' at Bear Alley]
* [http://www.dandare.org/eagle/jennings/jennings.htm '''Richard Jennings''' at dandare.org]
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== Footnotes ==
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[[Category:Comic artists]]

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Richard Jennings (20 May 1921-19 January 1997[1]) was one of the contributing artists for all three of the Souvenir Press Dalek annuals. He was the original artist for The Dalek Chronicles comic strips in TV Century 21 before Ron Turner took over.

Life and Career[[edit] | [edit source]]

Richard Edward Jennings was born in Hampstead, London. He won a free scholarship to the Central School of Arts in 1937, but his studies were interrupted by the outbreak of the Second World War. He served in the Air/Sea Rescue service of the RAF in the Middle East. He took a variety of jobs after demobilisation, including fishing and decorating pubs and hotels for a brewery in Devon, before moving to London in 1950 and getting work on the newly launched Eagle.

He drew the advertising strip "Tommy Walls" for the first three years, eventually writing the scripts as well. In 1953 he and writer Guy Morgan created the naval strip "Storm Nelson". Morgan dropped out early, and Jennings wrote and drew the series until it ended in 1962. He drew a few other strips for the Eagle, including "Seeing Stars" (1954) and "Island of Fire" (1962), and scripted "The Lost World", adapted from the novel by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, for artist Martin Aitchison. He also worked for the Junior Mirror ("The Fighting Tomahawks", 1954), Swift ("The Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe", 1957-58), and Wham! ("Tornado Jones", 1965), as well as drawing the advertising strip "Adventures of the Bovril Brigade" (1961) alongside Frank Hampson.

He left comics in the late 1960s. He spent 18 months as a long-distance lorry driver, then spent some time travelling the Yorkshire Dales painting pub signs and portraits. He retired to Cornwall, where he continued painting and studied Eastern philosophies. He died there of pneumonia, aged 75.

Credits[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Dalek Annuals[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Dalek Chronicles[[edit] | [edit source]]

Cadet Sweets[[edit] | [edit source]]

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  1. ↑ People Pill
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