Andre Francois, Bruce Petty, Eric Burgin, Fougasse, George Adamson, James Broom-Lynne, Jean-Michel Folon, Kenneth Mahood, Maurice Bartlett, Mervyn Wilson, Michael Ffolkes, Norman Thelwell, Quentin Blake, Ronald Searle, Russell Brockbank, Sillince, Smilby, Sprod, Timothy Birdsall, William Hewison, William Scully
Thursday 7 April 2011
Sprod (1919-2003)
Sprod, Punch, 11th May 1960
Sprod was George Napier Sprod, an Australian writer and illustrator who was probably best known for his cartoons in Punch magazine. He served with the Australian Artillery during WW2 and like fellow cartoonist Ronald Searle, was a prisoner of the Japanese, spending three and a half years on the Burma-Siam Railway and in Changi jail in Singapore. George and Ronald Seale met each other in Changi jail and with others, produced a fortnightly prison magazine called The Exile.
Sprod, Punch, 26th November 1958
Sprod, Punch, 27th November 1957
Sprod, Punch, 25th December 1957
Sprod, Punch, 7th January 1959
Friday 25 March 2011
Saturday 12 March 2011
Bruce Petty
Bruce Petty, Punch, 31st July 1957
According to Wikipedia, Bruce Petty is one of Australia's best known political satirists and cartoonists. Read the full Wikipedia biography here.
Thursday 10 March 2011
James Broom-Lynne (1916-1995)
James Broom-Lynne, Punch, 4th February 1959
James Broom-Lynne, artist, illustrator and writer. Click HERE for more.
Friday 18 February 2011
Michael Ffolkes (1925-1988)
Thursday 17 February 2011
William Hewison - Pt 2
I've added five more cartoons to the blog entry dedicated to the cartoons of William Hewison. Click on the link.
Jean-Michel Folon (1934-2005)
Folon, Punch, 18th December 1957
Born in Brussels, Jean-Michel Folon was an artist of diverse talent, seemingly equally happy working with pens, paint and brushes as he was sculping with wood, clay, plaster, bronze and marble. He was widely published during his lifetime.
See also: Waterloo, Napoleon, Folon, a bike and cartoon books.
Monday 7 February 2011
Norman Mansbridge (1911-1993)
Norman Mansbridge, Punch, 22nd May 1957
I've always liked this cartoon and in fact it was framed on my wall for many years. I like the detail: the trees sprouting new leaves, the electric cables running along the edge of the track, suburbia in the distance and the pinstriped and bowler-hatted commuters lining the platfrom with their sullen expressions and broadsheets on, presumably, a late winter or early spring morning. As a rail commuter myself, I also know that whilst bowler hats and pinstripes are as rare these days as male-only passengers, the habit of picking the same spot on the platform edge each morning is one that has certainly endured. The gap in the crowd in this cartoon may have been filled by Mr Punch or maybe just another fellow commuter. Either way, it's a lovely image in my book.
Thursday 3 February 2011
Smilby (1927-2009)
Smilby, Punch, 24th July 1957
Smilby was Francis Wilford-Smith, a prolific Punch and Playboy cartoonist and also a leading authority on blues and gospel music.
Inside front Smilby cover: National Benzole
Smilby, Punch, 26th March 1958
Inside front Smilby cover: Tootal socks
Smilby, Punch, 30th September 1959
Inside front Smilby cover: Benson & Hedges Super Virginia
Smilby, Punch, 7th October 1959
The 1959 General Election, held the day after this particular Punch edition was published, was won by The Conservative Party under the leadership of Harold Macmillan. Hugh Gaitskell for the Labour Party and Jo Grimond for the Liberal Party were the unlucky runners-up. Mr Punch's opinion of all three is noted.
Cartoonist Index
You'll find cartoon artwork from the following cartoonists on this Punch cartoon blog. Illustration above, courtesy of Smilby, Punch, 10th April 1957.
Andre Francois (below)
Bruce Petty
Eric Burgin
Fougasse
George Adamson
James Broom-Lynne
Jean-Michel Folon
Kenneth Mahood
Maurice Bartlett
Mervyn Wilson
Michael Ffolkes
Norman Mansbridge
Norman Thelwell
Quentin Blake
Ronald Searle
Rowland Emett
Russell Brockbank
Sillince
Smilby
Sprod
Timothy Birdsall
William Hewison (below)
William Scully
Timothy Birdsall (1936-1963)
Monday 31 January 2011
Fougasse (1887-1965)
Fougasse, Punch, 27th February 1957.
Fougasse (real name, Cyril Kenneth Bird) was both a Punch cartoonist and later its art editor. We can only guess what his audience here was watching. The 1957 version of Lark Rise to Candelford perhaps?
During the First World War, Fougasse served with the Royal Engineers as Lieutenant Cyril Kenneth Bird. The obverse and reverse of his medal index card (below) show that he arrived overseas on the 13th November 1915 and was entitled to the 1914-15 Star and British War and Victory Medals which he applied for in 1920. (Officers had to apply for medals whereas those for Other Ranks were automatically sent). Fougasse was also entitled to wear the Silver War Badge and this was sent to him at Morar Lodge, Morar, Inverness-shire.
There appears to be a surviving service record at The National Archives, reference WO 339/29686.
Sunday 30 January 2011
Frederick Rowland Emett (1906-1990)
Rowland Emett, Punch, 6th November 1957.
This cartoon almost certainly references the launch into space of the Russian satellite Sputnik on the 4th October 1957, the first man-made object to leave the earth's atmosphere. Mr Punch, as the man in the moon, looks on disapprovingly and wonders how many more will follow.
Maurice Bartlett
Saturday 29 January 2011
William Hewison
William Hewison, Punch, 19th June 1957
William Hewison, Punch, 4th November 1959
William Hewison, Punch, 16th December 1959
William Hewison, Punch, 30th December 1959
There's an element of applied Photoshop on this scan as the original cover is very tatty indeed. Beautiful colours here though, as Mr Punch ushers in the 1960s.
William Hewison, Punch, 8th October 1958
William Hewison, Punch, 28th May 1958
William Hewison, Punch, 3rd April 1957
William Hewison, Punch, 4th June 1958.
England welcomed visitors New Zealand and the first test was played at Edgbaston on the 5th June 1958. Although Mr Punch's wicket fell early on, England won the match by 205 runs, batsman Peter Richardson (Wisden cricketer of the year in 1957) scoring a century in England's second innings.
William Hewison, Punch, 6th May 1959
William Hewison, Punch, 3rd November 1958
William Hewison, Punch, 11th December 1957
Sunday 23 January 2011
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