Bob Monkhouse was educated at Goring Hall School in Worthing, Sussex, and Dulwich College in south London, from which he was expelled for climbing the clock tower. While still at school, Monkhouse wrote for "The Beano" and "The Dandy" and drew for other comics including "Hotspur", "Wizard" and "Adventure". He established a comics writing and art partnership with Dulwich schoolmate Denis Gifford and the two formed their own publishing company in the early 1950s. Among other writing, Monkhouse wrote more than 100 "Harlem Hotspots" erotic novelettes.