Writer:- The Hotspur editorial team. Artist:- Albert Holroyd.

Main cast:- Billy Fisher.

Time period:- 1960's.

This short humorous series showcases the artistic talents of one of the Holroyd brothers. The 'hero' of the strip is Billy Fisher, a young fifteen year old junior reporter for the local newspaper the Roxford News. The 'blue pencil' reference in the title, refers to blue pencils, used by Newspaper's editorial staff to show corrections to articles.

From Wikipedia - "The colour is used specifically because it will not show in some lithographic or photographic reproduction processes; these are known as non-photo blue pencils. For similar reasons, sometimes red pencils are used since their pigment will not reproduce by xerography. With the introduction of electronic editing using word processors or desktop publishing, literal blue pencils are seen more rarely, but still exist in metaphor."

The following adventures of Billy Fisher are from issues 16; 17; 18; 19 & 20.

***Please note that I am using a standard thumbnail image for all the full size pictures on this page. This is purely being done to save myself sometime.***

Issue 16

Issue 17

Issue 18

Issue 19

Issue 20

text © Adrian Banfield, 2016; artwork © D.C. Thomson Co. Ltd.