Frank Bellamy original comic art

Frank Bellamy was a self-taught artist, best known for his adventure comics. He began his artistic career working for an art agency in Kettering, where he made paintings for a local cinema. After serving in the Royal Artillery during World War II, he returned to the agency until 1948, when he left for London, becoming a freelance illustrator for several magazines. For Eagle magazine, he created the comic 'Commando Gibbs', an advertising comic for Gibbs toothpaste, which marked the start of his career in comics. Often collaborating with writer Clifford Makins, he created a considerable number of comics for several magazines during the 1950s and 1960s.