Mike Steel Desert Rider - Yaroslav Horak & Roger Rowe - Woman's Day 27 Feb 1967

Yaroslav Horak

Another Mike Steel Desert Rider instalment from Australian magazine Woman’s Day by Yaroslav Horak and Roger Rowe. Mike Steel Desert Rider ran for almost a decade in Woman’s Day during the 1960’s. I like the gag in the second panel where the Facemaker who is bald says, “…another ten seconds and Mike Steel is out of my hair!”. I also love the gestural nature of Yaroslav’s drawing at this point of his career. Where his early work on comics like Jet Fury could be staid and stiff, the characters in Mike Steel have a dynamic feel and often look composed of lines put down quickly. This style he had created served him well on strips he worked on in the decades to come.

Mike Steel Desert Rider - Yaroslav Horak & Roger Rowe - Woman's Day 10 Feb 1964

Yaroslav Horak working on the Cop Shop newspaper strip adapted from the Australian television show.

Another Mike Steel Desert Rider instalment from Australian magazine Woman’s Day by Yaroslav Horak and Roger Rowe. Mike Steel Desert Rider ran for almost a decade in Woman’s Day during the 1960’s.

Mike Steel Desert Rider - Roger Rowe & Yaroslav Horak - August 16 1965 Woman's Day

An Instalment from the Mike Steel serial that ran for almost a decade in the Australian magazine Woman’s Day during the 1960’s. By 1965 artist Yaroslav had immigrated to England where he would take over art duties on the James Bond newspaper strip the following year. I presume most of his Mike Steel art was created in the UK and mailed over to Sydney.