BANFIELD June

BANFIELD June

The first evidence of Joan Banfield’s involvement in Anglo-American comes from her signature on the “Pte. Penny” cartoon in the January 1943 edition of Grand Slam. From the quality of the illustrations, there can be no doubt she was already an accomplished artist. Her signature appeared only in this issue. For subsequent issues the contributor to “Pte Penny” stories was unidentified although from the illustration style, it is reasonable to conclude it was still June. It would appear the character and stories came from Fawcett Publications scripts.

The character disappeared from Grand Slam after the March 1943 issue, probably because June’s time was consumed by drawing “Freelance” and “Kip Keene”. According to Ed Furness, she and Priscilla Hutchings took over the finished drawing of “Freelance” and June drew “Kip Keene of the Mounted”. He remarked she had a very fine brush line.

Ed remembered that she couldn’t wake up in the morning and was always coming in late. Even getting her an alarm clock didn’t help but she always stayed late at night after the others were gone and got her work done. He also remembered that years later he attended an exhibition of her paintings. She had married by that time and her name was different. Unfortunately Ed couldn’t remember it.

WORK:

CARTOONIST:

PERIODICAL GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:                                                                          Published by Anglo-American Comics. Two colour cover. Black & white interior.

Content serial:

Grand Slam Comics …: “Pte. Penny.” Car., June Banfield: ….
2-2, January 1943: “…”: 55-62.

2-3, February 1943: “…” Car., unidentified probably June Banfield: 56-63.

2-4, March 1943: “…” Car., unidentified probably June Banfield: 55-62

No further stories.

SOURCE:

Interview:

From interviews with Ed Furness.

GALLERY:

C:\Users\Robert\Documents\CARTOONING ILLUSTRATION ANIMATION\IMAGE CARTOON\IMAGE CARTOON P\PTE PENNY, Grand Slam Comics, 2-2, Jan 1943,55_0001.jpgGrand Slam Comics, 2-2, January 1943: 55.

C:\Users\Robert\Documents\CARTOONING ILLUSTRATION ANIMATION\IMAGE CARTOON\IMAGE CARTOON P\PTE PENNY, Grand Slam Comics, 2-2, Jan 1943,56.jpgGrand Slam Comics, 2-2, January 1943: 56.