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{{Creator | {{Creator | ||
|name=Ronald Keith Chatto | |name=Ronald Keith Chatto | ||
|image= | |image= [[Image:Keith Chatto.jpg|200px]] | ||
|Born= 1924 | |Born=November 30, 1924 | ||
|Died=October 22, 1992 | |Died=October 22, 1992 | ||
|Nationality=[[Image:mini_australia.gif]] Australian | |Nationality=[[Image:mini_australia.gif]] Australian | ||
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'''Keith Chatto''' was an Australian illustrator and cartoonist. | '''Keith Chatto''' was an Australian illustrator and cartoonist. | ||
== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
Keith Chatto was born in New South Wales in 1924. He was educated at Kogarah Primary School, Canterbury High School and Sydney Grammar School. On leaving school he found work with the art department of Greater Union Theatres. He then drawing aircraft recognition charts for the Australian Air Training Corps before enlisting with the RAAF. | Keith Chatto was born in Kogarah, New South Wales in 1924. He was educated at Kogarah Primary School, Canterbury High School and Sydney Grammar School. On leaving school he found work with the art department of Greater Union Theatres. He then drawing aircraft recognition charts for the Australian Air Training Corps before enlisting with the RAAF. | ||
In 1946 Chatto created the comic strip "Destiny Scott" for the Sydney Morning Herald. In 1947 he created two comic strips for The Australian Sunbather, a nudist magazine. He went on to produce the comics "Bunny Allen", "The Glamour Girl" and "The Buccaneer", as well as "Lone Wolf" for Atlas Publications in 1949 and "Steven Carlisle" in 1954. | In 1946 Chatto created the comic strip "Destiny Scott" for the Sydney Morning Herald. In 1947 he created two comic strips for The Australian Sunbather, a nudist magazine. He went on to produce the comics "Bunny Allen", "The Glamour Girl" and "The Buccaneer", as well as "Lone Wolf" for Atlas Publications in 1949 and "Steven Carlisle" in 1954. | ||
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=== Photo-Type Press === | |||
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Image:Photo-type-28.jpg|[[Mandrake the Magician 28 (Photo-Type Press)|''Mandrake the Magician'' #28]] | Image:Photo-type-28.jpg|[[Mandrake the Magician 28 (Photo-Type Press)|''Mandrake the Magician'' #28]] | ||
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===Page Publications=== | === Page Publications === | ||
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Image:Page-38.jpg|[[Mandrake the Magician 38 (Page Publications)|''Mandrake the Magician'' #38]] | Image:Page-38.jpg|[[Mandrake the Magician 38 (Page Publications)|''Mandrake the Magician'' #38]] | ||
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=== Frew Publications === | |||
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Image:Frew-mtm-05.jpg|[[Mandrake the Magician 5 (Frew)|''Mandrake the Magician'' #5]] | Image:Frew-mtm-05.jpg|[[Mandrake the Magician 5 (Frew)|''Mandrake the Magician'' #5]] | ||
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==References== | ==== Back covers for Frew Publications ==== | ||
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Image:Frew-mtm-05-bk.jpg|[[Mandrake the Magician 5 (Frew)|''Mandrake the Magician'' #5]] | |||
Image:Frew-mtm-06-bk.jpg|[[Mandrake the Magician 6 (Frew)|''Mandrake the Magician'' #6]] | |||
Image:Frew-mtm-07-bk.jpg|[[Mandrake the Magician 7 (Frew)|''Mandrake the Magician'' #7]] | |||
Image:Frew-mtm-08-bk.jpg|[[Mandrake the Magician 8 (Frew)|''Mandrake the Magician'' #8]] | |||
Image:Frew-mtm-09-bk.jpg|[[Mandrake the Magician 9 (Frew)|''Mandrake the Magician'' #9]] | |||
Image:Frew-mtm-10-bk.jpg|[[Mandrake the Magician 10 (Frew)|''Mandrake the Magician'' #10]] | |||
Image:Frew-mtm-11-bk.jpg|[[Mandrake the Magician 11 (Frew)|''Mandrake the Magician'' #11]] | |||
Image:Frew-mtm-12-bk.jpg|[[Mandrake the Magician 12 (Frew)|''Mandrake the Magician'' #12]] | |||
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==== Presentation drawning for Frew Publications covers ==== | |||
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Image:Frew-mtm-05-cov.png|[[Mandrake the Magician 5 (Frew)|''Mandrake the Magician'' #5]] | |||
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== References == | |||
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Chatto Wikipedia - Keith Chatto] | *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Chatto Wikipedia - Keith Chatto] | ||
*[http://www.collectingbooksandmagazines.com/chatto.html Collecting Books and Magazines - Keith Chatto] | *[http://www.collectingbooksandmagazines.com/chatto.html Collecting Books and Magazines - Keith Chatto] | ||
*[http://www.lambiek.net/artists/c/chatto_keith.htm Lambiek - Keith Chatto] | *[http://www.lambiek.net/artists/c/chatto_keith.htm Lambiek - Keith Chatto] | ||
*[http://ohdannyboy.blogspot.fr/2014/04/the-epic-annotated-life-story-of-keith.html], about book "The Epic (Annotated) Life Story of Keith Chatto" | |||
[[Category:Cover artists|Chatto, Keith]] | [[Category:Cover artists|Chatto, Keith]] | ||
Latest revision as of 08:09, 19 August 2024
| Ronald Keith Chatto | |
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| Biographical information | |
| Born: | November 30, 1924 |
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| Died: | October 22, 1992 |
| Nationality: |  Australian
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| Occupation: | Cover artist |
| Website: | N/A |
Keith Chatto was an Australian illustrator and cartoonist.
Biography
Keith Chatto was born in Kogarah, New South Wales in 1924. He was educated at Kogarah Primary School, Canterbury High School and Sydney Grammar School. On leaving school he found work with the art department of Greater Union Theatres. He then drawing aircraft recognition charts for the Australian Air Training Corps before enlisting with the RAAF.
In 1946 Chatto created the comic strip "Destiny Scott" for the Sydney Morning Herald. In 1947 he created two comic strips for The Australian Sunbather, a nudist magazine. He went on to produce the comics "Bunny Allen", "The Glamour Girl" and "The Buccaneer", as well as "Lone Wolf" for Atlas Publications in 1949 and "Steven Carlisle" in 1954.
By 1955 Keith Chatto start working mostly with commercial art including magazine illustrations, record sleeves and cover illustrations for pulp fiction novels. With the introduction of television Chatto left the comic book industry to become a freelance film producer and cine cameraman. On a part-time basis he did comic book covers for Page Publications and a series of Skippy comics (1967).
In 1972 Chatto started "Flame and Ash" and "Randy and Cee Cee" in 1973. In 1977, he took over the Sunday paper version of "Air Hawk and the Flying Doctors" from John Dixon. Keith Chatto was the first Australian artist to illustrate a full-length Phantom story, Rumble in the Jungle (1990), which was followed by two more stories, Return of the Singh Brotherhood and The Kings Cross Connection.
Mandrake work by Keith Chatto
Covers
Young's Merchandising
Photo-Type Press
Page Publications
Frew Publications
Back covers for Frew Publications
Presentation drawning for Frew Publications covers
References
- Wikipedia - Keith Chatto
- Collecting Books and Magazines - Keith Chatto
- Lambiek - Keith Chatto
- [1], about book "The Epic (Annotated) Life Story of Keith Chatto"