Ronald Keith Chatto b. 1924

Also known as Keith Chatto
  • Artist (Industrial / Product Designer),
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Late 20th century comic book artist and filmmaker.
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Biography <p></p>comic book artist, was born Kogarah, NSW and educated at Kogarah Primary, Canterbury High and Sydney Grammar Schools. <b>*Jim Russell</b>* encouraged him to attend weekly art classes in Smith's attic studio. Worked with Greater Union Theatres art department and also drew recognition charts for the air training corps before joining the air force. Demobilised in 1946, he sold an adventure comic strip <i>_Destiny Scott</i>_ to the <i>_Sydney Morning Herald</i>_ . He created <i>_Bunny Allen, the Glamour Girl</i>_ (originals ML; one in SLNSW b/w show in 1999) and <i>_The Buccaneer</i>_ for the All-Australian Comics Group. All 30 or so issues of <i>_Tex Morton's Wild West Comics</i>_ (1947-50), named after a prominent Country and Western singer, featured Chatto's <i>_Bunny Allen</i>. <p></p>_ .¶

In 1949 Chatto drew <i>_The Lone Wolf</i>_ for Atlas Publications. In 1954, in association with Larry S. Cleland, he produced covers for H. John Edwards and Cleveland Press (comics and pulp novels). At Cleveland Press he drew <i>_The Twilight Ranger</i>_ and <i>_El Lobo</i>_ as well as covers and began a <i>_Skippy</i>_ series based on the TV program for Page Publications (failed because it came out after the series had peaked). Etc (see Sheill). <p></p>

In 1977 Chatto took over the Sunday newspaper strip <i>_Air Hawk and the Flying Doctor</i>_ . He left to become a freelance cine-cameraman and TV producer.