William Wallace Campbell[1] (February 14, 1920 – March 7, 2017) was an American freelance illustrator and cartoonist and the creator of the "Weird-ohs", "Silly Surfers", and "Frantics" plastic model kit series for the Hawk Model Company, which were popular in the early 1960s.
He had the hobby of photographing and sketching the trains and locomotives that came from Englewood Union Station and Chicago's Municipal Airport.
He received his education and majored in Art and Music at Hyde Park High School.
In the year of 1934, Bill Campbell was inspired when he saw The Hawk Model Company booth.
He finally ended up in a job at Michigan Avenue Studio doing cartoon strip illustrations.