Back in the eighties, I would often attend the Comic Mart at Central Hall Westminster in London. Every now and then we would be treated to a panel of special guests.

On one particular occasion, Alan Moore was present, along with a young British artist by the name of Mick Austin. I was familiar with Mick's work as a cover and pin-up artist for some of the Marvel UK titles (check out his work on Doctor Who monthly). I managed to have a chat with him which I remember being very funny and not at all politically correct (!).

 Anyway, I recently learnt that Mick left comics quite a while back to pursue a career in fine art, which made me wonder about other talents that took a different path (I've noticed a few unfamiliar names in silver age omnibuses every now and then).

 Does anyone else have a 'lost' name from comics that they want to showcase?