Ken Reid: Salford cartoonist
Channel: Salford Online
Date: 2011-09-17

How many of you have ever heard of the following cartoon characters? 

Fudge and Speck, Roger the Dodger Jonah, Big Head and Thick Head, Grandpa, The Nervs, Faceache, Frankie Stein, Bing Bang Benny? If so did you know that they were all the creation of a Salford man, the late great Ken Reid? 

Ken Reid was born in Manchester in December 1919 but moved to Salford aged two, and lived at Irlams o'th Height where his parents had a shop. 

He soon showed a natural ability for drawing and at the age of 14 won a scholarship to Salford Art School on the Crescent. 

After leaving art school Ken rented a small studio off Water Street, Manchester in 1936 and waited for the work to roll in, sadly he was in for a long wait. 

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