June 12, 2007
Jack Edward Oliver, 1942-2007
J (Jack) Edward Oliver, a prolific British magazine cartoonist that emerged in the 1970s with a variety of features that showcased his skill with
parody and gentle satire,
died on May 26. He was born in Dartford, Kent and after school worked a job for eight years before putting together a humor comic book called
Instant Garbage, which he released in 1968. Features in papers followed, with Oliver's best known platform being a single page of his own in
Disc. It was there he created his signature character, Fresco-le-Raye (pictured). He was eventually dropped from the publication in the late 1970s. His next extended gig came with
IPC's humor magazines, as they began the process of slowly fading away. According to his personal web site, Oliver drew the last page of
Buster in January 2000.
A musical featuring Oliver's lyrics was staged in 1984. He
was married this last March to Elizabeth Hales.
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