Eric Eden

Eric Lewis Eden was a comic artist for Eagle and TV Century 21. He drew the seven-part comic The Archives of Phryne for The Daleks strip between the tenures of Richard Jennings and Ron Turner. Prior to this work, Eden served as the artist for Lady Penelope, several instalments of which (including Mr. Steelman ) crossed over with the Doctor Who universe.

Some of Eden's work for Eagle can be seen on the cover of the 20 March 1965 edition of the magazine, which Peter Cushing's Dr. Who is reading at the beginning of the film Dr. Who and the Daleks.

He was born in Lewisham, London, on 22 November 1924. He was a land worker during the Second World War, and afterwards studied at Southport School of Art with Frank Hampson. He joined Hampson's studio working on Dan Dare for the Eagle, specialising in airbrush work. He was sacked during the second storyline for objecting to the long work hours Hampson demanded, and worked in advertising for a couple of years before returning in 1955, and worked for Hampson alongside Don Harley and Joan Porter until the studio was disbanded in 1959 after Odhams Press took over the paper. After that he wrote scripts for the strip, with Frank Bellamy and Harley drawing for the first year, and Harley and Bruce Cornwell after that. He died at his home in Clun, Shropshire, in 1983, aged only 59.