John Jukes (1900-1972) was an English artist notable for his work in British comics.^[1]

Jukes was born in Ladywood. He was a contemporary of Arthur Ferrier at Art School. He worked for the Amalgamated Press from the 1920s to the 1950s. Amongst others he drew for Comic Cuts, Funny Wonder, Radio Fun^[2] and Whizzer and Chips. He died in Cornwall on 31 October 1972.^[3] He is the grandfather of the author and journalist Peter Jukes

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