Carl Giles is without doubt one of the finest cartoonists to grace the pages of our newspapers. Giles was a wonderful illustrator and could convey a broad range of humour from biting satire to visual slapstick - always the hallmark of a good cartoonist. Born in 1916 and passing away in 1995, Giles worked initially for the left leaning Reynold's News. He switched to the Sunday and Daily Express in 1943, where he would work until he hung up his pen in 1991 (he'd stopped working for the Daily Express in 1989).
Like Searle, Giles also had an anarchic element to his work. The Giles family included among others the wonderfully wicked Grandma, a horse racing obsessive with an acerbic sense of humour and the various children, most particularly, Ernie, a small wise cracking boy who seems to know too much for his age, and who often appeared with his long haired friend, Stinker. In this family, Giles seemed to inherently understand the squabbles, petty differences and misunderstandings that exist within such groups.
He was also one of the few artists in this medium who could convey rain and snow with such detail. His ink washes to create rain soaked streets or his absence of ink to depict snow are wonderfully atmospheric.
Giles was a gifted cartoonist who brought joy to millions through his brilliant draughtsmanship and wonderful humour.
More info
http://www.cartoons.ac.uk/artists/carlgiles/biography
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Giles
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