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{{Short description|British cartoonist (1921-1958)}}
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| birth_name = Basil Frank Blackaller
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| birth_place = [[Christchurch, Hampshire]], England
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| death_place = [[Wimbledon, London|Wimbledon]], [[Surrey]], England, United Kingdom
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| notable works = ''[[Pansy Potter]]'', ''[[Hairy Dan]]'', ''Ace O' Hara'', ''Captain Falcon''
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'''Basil Blackaller''' (1921–1958) was a British [[cartoonist]] and [[comics artist]] who drew comics for the British children's magazines [[The Beano]] and [[The Dandy]]. He was born in [[Christchurch, Hampshire]] in 1921.

His best known strip was ''"[[Pansy Potter]], the Strongman's Daughter"'' for the Dandy, which he took over from creator [[Hugh McNeill]] in 1939 and drew throughout the Second World War. Between 1938 and 1946 he also drew ''[[Hairy Dan]]''.

Blackaller was also the artist of the syndicated SF newspaper strip "Ace O'Hara" through Mercury Features and for "Captain Falcon" in Rocket.<ref>{{cite-web|url=https://downthetubes.net/in-review-rocket-the-first-space-age-weekly/|title=In Review: Rocket – The First Space Age Weekly|access-date=2024-12-25|date=2020-04-12|author=Steve Winders }}</ref> He died in [[Wimbledon, London|Wimbledon]] in 1958, at the young age of just 36.<ref>{{cite-web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/b/blackaller_basil.htm|title=Basil Blackaller at Lambiek Comicpedia|access-date=2024-12-25|date=2021-03-13|website=Lambiek}}</ref>

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[[Category:1921 births]]
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[[Category:British comic strip cartoonists]]
[[Category:British comics artists]]
[[Category:British comics writers]]
[[Category:The Beano people]]
[[Category:The Dandy people]]


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