Rob Riley (comic strip)

Rob Riley was a British comic strip, drawn by Stanley Houghton, that appeared in every issue of the comic Ranger from 20 November 1965.[1] After forty issues, Rob Riley and The Trigan Empire were transferred to Look and Learn; it continued to be featured during the 1960s and 1970s.

Concept

Rob Riley was a fairly realistic strip about an eponymous contemporary British schoolboy. The story follows Rob from adolescence as he begins secondary school through to adulthood, by which time he is employed as a private detective. At one point he obtained a scholarship to a public school, the strip dealt with the social issues this raised. Slightly unusually for its time, he had a black friend.

It is set in the fictional town of Westhaven-on-Sea. Originally, this town was based upon Dartmouth in Devon, although the later aerial pictures show the town as being an oyster-shaped bay. Dartmouth Castle is shown in the first instalment as well as an amalgamation of Dartmouth and Kingswear.

References

  1. ↑ "A chronological list of the comic strips in look & learn" (PDF). alectrenchcomics.files.wordpress.com.


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