I'm a Giles fan. I have a complete collection of his cartoons. He just captures life so well, and there's always something going on in the cartoon. Here's a typical one of the family. Do you have a favourite, Giles or otherwise?

Dad used to get the Annual every Christmas, gave a good couple of hours pleasure Boxing Day. One really stuck in my mind, through a kitchen window, the Giles Dad, in the garden just finishing painting a name on an upturned boat. He'd clearly not realised his painting was upside down. All around the usual Giles mayhem, and Mum washing up saying to a daughter 'he's been all weekend at that, best not tell him yet.

Yes, I remember that one. Typical Giles humour.


Boats were a big theme of his. The RNLI had several Giles cartoons for their Christmas cards. My favourite boat cartoon has a chap sanding down his boat with one of those rotary attachments for an electric drill, and he's just drilled a whole right through the hull with it. I think of that every time I see sailing boats in dry dock.

THATS IT!!!

Thank you, doesn't the memory play strange tricks!

Giles was a remarkable cartoonist and his drawings are full of details that are only noticed on the 4th or even later viewings. I have a number of Roy Ulyatt originals. While more simply drawn they too contain subtle detail

Giles was an excellent observational cartoonist. The little details made his work fun.

For political matters, I have always liked Gerald Scarfe, for his boldness. He pushed boundaries.

Pushes, more like.....
Gerald Anthony Scarfe, CBE, RDI, is an English cartoonist and illustrator. He has worked as editorial cartoonist for The Sunday Times and illustrator for The New Yorker. Wikipedia
Born: June 1, 1936 (age 77), Park Royal, London

Perhaps he pushed boundaries, but doesn't anymore

more likely just some confusion with Ronald Searle.

always liked Reg Smythe myself.