Farewell Ronald Searle

Cartoonist Ronald Searle has died at the age of 91. There have been many tributes and so this blog can do no better than point readers to some of these via Matt's Ronald Searle blog.

My condolences to Ronald Searle's family and friends. The photograph is copyright Rex Features and is borrowed from The Daily Telegraph's obituary.

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

Mervyn Wilson (1905-1959)

Mervyn Wilson, Punch, 9th January 1959

William Augustus Sillince (1906-1974)

William Augustus Sillince, Punch, 23rd September 1959

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.

James Broom-Lynne (1916-1995)

James Broom-Lynne, Punch, 4th February 1959

James Broom-Lynne, artist, illustrator and writer. Click HERE for more.

Michael Ffolkes (1925-1988)

Michael Ffolkes, Punch, 18th November 1959


Michael Ffolkes, Punch, 13th August 1958
Spot the signature!


Michael Ffolkes, Punch, 27th January 1960


Michael Ffolkes, Punch, 17th July 1957


Michael Ffolkes, Punch, 21st May 1958