Gilbert Lawford Dalton

Gilbert Lawford Dalton (1904–1963) was a British children's writer and comics writer. He was most prolific as an author of stories for British boys' comics for DC Thomson publications.

He wrote under several pseudonyms so the extent of his writing may not be entirely clear, but is believed to include Wilson the Wonder Athlete, Alf Tupper and Matt Braddock.

Clive James wrote that he enjoyed the stories of Matt Braddock and Alf Tupper as a boy, without realising at the time that they were intended as fantasy figures for working-class readers.^[1]

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DC Thomson comics

Currently running comics

• The Beano
• Commando
• Fun Section in The Sunday Post

Adventure comics

• Adventure
• Bullet
• Buddy
• Champ
• Commando
• The Crunch
• The Hornet
• The Hotspur
• The Rover
• The Skipper
• Spike
• Starblazer
• The Vanguard
• The Victor
• Warlord
• The Wizard

Girls' comics

• Bunty
• Judy
• Mandy
• Nikki

Humour comics

• The Beano
• The Beezer
• Buzz
• Classics from the Comics
• Cracker
• The Dandy
• EPIC Magazine
• Fun Size Comics
• Hoot
• The Magic Comic
• Nutty
• Plug
• Sparky
• The Topper

Pre-school comics

• Bimbo
• The Magic Comic
• Twinkle

Notable strips

• Alf Tupper
• Baby Crockett
• Bananaman
• The Bash Street Kids
• Beryl the Peril
• Black Bob
• Biffo the Bear
• Big Eggo
• The Broons
• Calamity James
• Cuddles and Dimples
• Dennis the Menace
• Desperate Dan
• Ginger
• Gnasher
• Ivy the Terrible
• Jonah
• Keyhole Kate
• Korky the Cat
• Little Plum
• Lord Snooty
• Matt Braddock
• Mickey the Monkey
• Minnie the Minx
• Nero and Zero
• The Numskulls
• Oor Wullie
• Pansy Potter
• Send for Kelly
• Roger the Dodger
• Tricky Dicky
• Willy Nilly
• Winker Watson
• Wilson the Wonder Athlete
• Wolf of Kabul

Comic annuals

• The Beano Annual
• The Beezer Book
• The Bimbo Book
• The Dandy Annual
• The Hotspur Book for Boys
• The Sparky Book
• The Topper Book
• The Victor Book for Boys
• Warlord Book for Boys

Character annuals

• Bananaman Annual
• The Bash Street Kids Annual
• Beryl the Peril Annual
• Black Bob Book
• The Broons Annual
• Dennis the Menace Annual
• The Desperate Dan Book
• Oor Wullie Annual

Notable artists

• Barrie Appleby
• Nigel Auchterlounie
• Leo Baxendale
• Gordon Bell
• Nick Brennan
• Paddy Brennan
• Sid Burgon
• Reg Carter
• Wilbur Dawbarn
• Karl Dixon
• The Etherington Brothers
• Hunt Emerson
• Andy Fanton
• John Geering
• Barry Glennard
• Charles Grigg
• Ken H. Harrison
• Laura Howell
• Diego Jourdan
• Malcolm Judge
• David Law
• Trevor Metcalfe
• Allan Morley
• David Mostyn
• Vic Neill
• Robert Nixon
• Gary Northfield
• Nigel Parkinson
• Tom Paterson
• Jim Petrie
• Ken Reid
• Bill Ritchie
• David Parkins
• Jon Rushby
• Jamie Smart
• Lew Stringer
• David Sutherland
• Kev F. Sutherland
• Dudley D. Watkins
• Stevie White

Notable writers

• Mike Chinn
• Gilbert Lawford Dalton
• Alan Grant
• Ian Gray
• R. D. Low
• Grant Morrison
• John Radford
• Cavan Scott
• John Smith

See also

• List of D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd publications
• List of AP, Fleetway and IPC Comics publications
• List of Beano comic strips
• List of Dandy comic strips
• List of Topper comic strips
• List of Beezer comic strips
• List of Beezer and Topper comic strips

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