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</style><table class="infobox ib-comics-creator biography vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above fn">Joe Colquhoun</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1926-11-07</span>)</span>7 November 1926<br><a href="Harrow%2C_London" title="Harrow, London">Harrow</a>, <a href="Middlesex" title="Middlesex">Middlesex</a>, England</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">12 April 1987<span style="display:none">(1987-04-12)</span> (aged 60)<br><span class="deathplace"><a href="Poole" title="Poole">Poole</a>, <a href="Dorset" title="Dorset">Dorset</a>, England, UK</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Nationality</th><td class="infobox-data category">British</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Area(s)</span></th><td class="infobox-data role"><a href="Penciller" title="Penciller">Penciller</a>, <a href="Inker" title="Inker">Inker</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Pseudonym(s)</span></th><td class="infobox-data nickname">Stewart Colwyn</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Notable works</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><i><a href="Charley's_War" title="Charley's War">Charley's War</a></i></td></tr></tbody></table>

<p><b>Joe Colquhoun</b> (7 November 1926 – 13 April 1987<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) was a British <a href="Comics" title="Comics">comics</a> artist best known for his work on <i><a href="Charley's_War" title="Charley's War">Charley's War</a></i> in <i><a href="Battle_Picture_Weekly" title="Battle Picture Weekly">Battle Picture Weekly</a></i>. He was also the first artist to draw <i><a href="Roy_of_the_Rovers" title="Roy of the Rovers">Roy of the Rovers</a></i>.

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<p>Born in <a href="Harrow%2C_London" title="Harrow, London">Harrow</a>, <a href="Middlesex" title="Middlesex">Middlesex</a>, Joe Colquhoun served in the <a href="Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a> during <a href="World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, and won a place at <a href="Kingston_School_of_Art" title="Kingston School of Art">Kingston School of Art</a> on his return. His career in comics began in 1951 in Jungle Trails, and he went on to work for <a href="IPC_Media" class="mw-redirect" title="IPC Media">IPC Media</a> on titles such as <i><a href="Lion_(comics)" title="Lion (comics)">Lion</a></i>, and later <i><a href="Tiger_(Fleetway)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tiger (Fleetway)">Tiger</a></i>, where he drew <i>Roy of the Rovers</i> for six years, from 1954 to 1960, despite having no interest in <a href="Association_football" title="Association football">football</a>.

</p><p>In the early 1970s he worked mainly for IPC's humour comics <i><a href="Buster_(comics)" title="Buster (comics)">Buster</a></i> and <i><a href="Cor!!" title="Cor!!">Cor!!</a></i>, until Battle Picture Weekly came along in 1976. For Battle he drew <i>Soldier Sharp: the Rat of the Rifles</i> and <i>Johnny Red</i> before editor Dave Hunt assigned him to work on <a href="Pat_Mills" title="Pat Mills">Pat Mills</a>' <a href="First_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="First World War">First World War</a> story <i>Charley's War</i> in 1978.

</p><p>After <i>Charley's War</i> finished in 1986 Colquhoun drew for <i><a href="Mask_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Mask (disambiguation)">Mask</a></i> until his death from a <a href="Heart_attack" class="mw-redirect" title="Heart attack">heart attack</a> in 1987.

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<p>Comics work includes:

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<ul><li><i>Charley's War</i> (with <a href="Pat_Mills" title="Pat Mills">Pat Mills</a>, in <i><a href="Battle_Picture_Weekly" title="Battle Picture Weekly">Battle</a></i>, January 1979 to October 1985) collected by <a href="Titan_Books" class="mw-redirect" title="Titan Books">Titan Books</a> as:

<ul><li><i>2 June – 1 August 1916</i> (collects episodes 1-29, November 2004, <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">

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</style><a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <bdi>1-84023-627-2</bdi>)</li>

<li><i>1 August – 17 October 1916</i> (collects episodes 30–59, November 2005, <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <bdi>1-84023-929-8</bdi>)</li>

<li><i>17 October 1916 – 21 February 1917</i> (collects episodes 60–83, October 2006, <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <bdi>1-84576-270-3</bdi>)</li>

<li><i>Blue's Story</i> (October 2007, <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <bdi>1-84576-323-8</bdi>)</li>

<li><i>Return to the Front</i> (October 2008, <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <bdi>1-84576-796-9</bdi>)</li>

<li><i>Underground and Over the Top</i> (October 2009, <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <bdi>1-84576-797-7</bdi>)</li></ul></li></ul>

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<li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.lambiek.net/artists/c/colquhoun_joe.htm">"Joe Colquhoun"</a>. <i>lambiek.net</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">12 April</span> 2022</span>.</cite></span>

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<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.lambiek.net/artists/c/colquhoun_joe.htm">Joe Colquhoun</a> at <a href="Lambiek" title="Lambiek">Lambiek</a> Comiclopedia</li>

<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/2018010101/http://comicbookdb.com/creator.php?ID=18905">Joe Colquhoun</a> at the Comic Book DB (archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://comicbookdb.com/creator.php?ID=18905">the original</a>)</li></ul>

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<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080517220950/http://charleyswar.tripod.com/id6.html">Joe Colquhoun</a> at the Charley's War fansite</li>

<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101230061408/http://www.royoftherovers.com/behindthescenes/artists.aspx#COLQUHOUN">Joe Colquhoun</a> at the official Roy of the Rovers site</li>

<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20041215232259/http://www.frothersunite.com/files/marbles/fanboy/battle.html">Colonel Marbles' Battle fansite</a></li></ul>

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