Quick Info
| Profession | Comic artist and illustrator |
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| Nationality | British |
| Date of Birth | 17/09/1930 |
| Age | 88 years (died on 15, Nov, 2018) |
| Birthplace | London, England |
| Date of Death | 15/11/2018 |
| Zodiac Sign | Virgo |
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Bio/Wiki
| Summary | Michael Kenneth Noble was a British comic artist known for bright, airbrushed colour work on TV-tie-in comic strips, especially Gerry Anderson's Fireball XL5 in TV Century 21. |
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Educational Qualification(s)
| South West Essex Technical College and School of Art | Studied commercial art |
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Personal Life
| Memorial donations | Donations in his memory were requested for the Sussex Heart Charity |
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Relationships & More
| Collaborator | Lee Sullivan, fellow Anderson comic artist, with whom he produced special commissions in the 2000s and 2010s |
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Family
| Father | A stockbroker's clerk who had artistic talent |
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Career
| Early work | Office boy at Chelsea Studios in 1947, then joined Cooper's Studio in London around 1950 |
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| Freelance period | Left Cooper's Studio to work freelance in 1958, drawing for TV Comic, including The Range Rider |
| TV Century 21 | Became a staff artist with TV Century 21 and its later incarnations in 1965, known for Fireball XL5 |
| Look-in | Became a prolific artist for Look-in, drawing features such as Timeslip, Follyfoot, The Adventures of Black Beauty and Kung Fu |
| Later work | Retired from regular strip work after Look-in but returned in the early 1990s to produce covers and portraits for Fleetway's Anderson comics, and later produced posters for Fanderson |
Style Quotient
| Artistic style | Bright, airbrushed colour and meticulous likenesses of characters |
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Some Lesser Known Facts
| 1. He was evacuated during the Second World War before returning to London and enduring much of the Blitz | |
| 2. His first published comic strip was Simon and Sally for the children's comic Robin | |
| 3. He was noted for drawing realistic horses in his Look-in features | |
| 4. He drew Star Trek comic strips for TV21 & Joe 90 in 1970 |
