Yvonne Hutton

"Roy of the Rovers", from Tiger, 1972

Yvonne Hutton (née Mullins; born 1941, died December 1992), was a British comics artist best known for her work on football series Roy of the Rovers.

While attending Poole Art College,[1] she got work in comics through Colin Page's studio.[2] She drew the "Roy of the Rovers" strip in Tiger from 1967–75, and again in 1976–78,[3] as well as a number of back-up strips in Roy of the Rovers weekly, including "Durrell's Palace" (1981–85), "Wayne's Wolves" (1985–86) "Kevin's Chance" (1986–87) "City" (1987–88), and "Terrible Twins" (1988–89).[4] She also drew the Roy of the Rovers daily strip in the Daily Star until her death in a car accident in December 1991.[2]

References

  1. ↑ David Sque interview part 1, Fústar, 23 March 2006
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Yvonne Hutton on Lambiek Comiclopedia
  3. ↑ Roy of the Rovers: The Artists
  4. ↑ Roy of the Rovers Stories