Mike Western, 1925-2008



According to Steve Holland, the British comics artist Mike Western passed away on May 13. He was 83 years old. Western began working on the seminal magazine Knockout while employed in the animation field. He soon became a well-respected adventure comics artist, working on features like Lucky Logan and the popular Johnnie Winco. In the 1960s he moved into television adaptation, changing styles for a run on The Wild Wonders. He moved back to adventure comics in the mid-1970s, creating lauded work in Battle Picture Weekly. In the 1980s he worked on Topps on Two Wheels, The Computer Warrior and Billy Boot's before moving to the Roy of the Rovers daily strip in the early 1990s. He painted in retirement.

Holland notes that Western suffered a heart attack and stroke in 2007 that left him bedridden. A full list of his career accomplishments, including a few 2000 AD covers and information on a biography, can be found here.

Western is survived by a wife, Enid.
 
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