Bobby London

Bobby London was born on June 29, 1950, in the United States. He is best known for his work in underground comix and, later, mainstream comics, where his style paid homage to early American cartoonists like George Herriman, Cliff Sterrett, and Elzie Crisler Segar. London entered the comics scene in the early 1970s, contributing to titles such as *National Lampoon Magazine*, *Comics Revue*, and *The Seattle Simpleton*. His signature work includes the *Dirty Duck* series, which he wrote and drew, and his long-running association with *Popeye*, where he served as artist, inker, and letterer on *The Complete E.C. Segar Popeye* reprints. London was a key collaborator with writers and editors at *National Lampoon*, and his art often blended surreal humor with a clean, expressive line. Among his notable co-creations is the character Dirty Duck, a cynical, anthropomorphic waterfowl who became a fixture of counterculture comics. Later in life, London continued to work on *Popeye* material and contributed to *Comics Revue* and the French magazine *Pyton* into the 2010s. He received recognition for his preservation and continuation of Segar’s classic strip style, though major awards were not a prominent part of his career. His legacy rests on bridging underground comix irreverence with the tradition of newspaper comic strips.