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'''Eric Lewis Eden''' was a comic artist for ''[[Eagle (magazine)|Eagle]]'' and ''[[TV Century 21]]''. He drew the seven part comic ''[[The Archives of Phryne (comic story)|The Archives of Phryne]]'' | '''Eric Lewis Eden''' was a comic artist for ''[[Eagle (magazine)|Eagle]]'' and ''[[TV Century 21]]''. He drew the seven-part comic ''[[The Archives of Phryne (comic story)|The Archives of Phryne]]'' for ''[[The Daleks (series)|The Daleks]]'' strip between the tenures of [[Richard Jennings]] and [[Ron Turner]]. Prior to this work, Eden served as the artist for ''[[Thunderbirds (series)|Lady Penelope]]'', several instalments of which (including ''[[Mr. Steelman (comic story)|Mr. Steelman]]''<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20131208020026/http://www.technodelic.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Upload01/LadyPenelope01.htm The Gerry Anderson Complete Comic History]</ref>) [[Crossover|crossed over]] with the [[Doctor Who universe|''Doctor Who'' universe]]. | ||
He was born in Lewisham, London, on 22 November 1924. He was a land worker during the Second World War, and afterwards studied at Southport School of Art with Frank Hampson. He joined Hampson's studio working on [[Dan Dare]] for the ''Eagle'', specialising in airbrush work. He was sacked during the second storyline for objecting to the long work hours Hampson demanded, and worked in advertising for a couple of years before returning in 1955, and worked for Hampson alongside Don Harley and Joan Porter until the studio was disbanded in 1959 after Odhams Press took over the paper. After that he wrote scripts for the strip, with Frank Bellamy and Harley drawing for the first year, and Harley and [[Bruce Cornwell]] after that | Some of Eden's work for ''[[Eagle (magazine)|Eagle]]'' can be seen on the cover of the [[20 March (releases)|20 March]] [[1965 (releases)|1965]] edition of the magazine, which [[Peter Cushing]]'s [[Dr. Who]] is reading at the beginning of the film ''[[Dr. Who and the Daleks (theatrical film)|Dr. Who and the Daleks]]''.<ref>"Eden's Projects" by [[Colin Brockhurst]], [[VV 3]]</ref> | ||
He was born in Lewisham, London, on 22 November 1924. He was a land worker during the Second World War, and afterwards studied at Southport School of Art with Frank Hampson. He joined Hampson's studio working on [[Dan Dare]] for the ''Eagle'', specialising in airbrush work. He was sacked during the second storyline for objecting to the long work hours Hampson demanded, and worked in advertising for a couple of years before returning in 1955, and worked for Hampson alongside Don Harley and Joan Porter until the studio was disbanded in 1959 after Odhams Press took over the paper. After that he wrote scripts for the strip, with Frank Bellamy and Harley drawing for the first year, and Harley and [[Bruce Cornwell]] after that. He died at his home in Clun, Shropshire, in 1983, aged only 59. | |||
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