John Dixon Air Hawk and Flying Doctors Strip Art

John Dixon is recognised as a legend in the Australian comics scene having worked on various titles from the late 1940s onwards. However, it was his creation, the adventure newspaper strip Air Hawk and the Flying Doctor for which he is best known. The strip was published in major Australian newspapers from 1959 through to the mid 1980s and even appeared in the Menomonee Falls Gazette . John moved to California some yeas ago where he worked in the movie and advertising fields.

Big thanks to Nat Karmichael for helping put me in touch with John and to John for this stunning gift!