One of the great cartoonists moves on.
British cartoonist Ronald Searle, best known for creating the fictional girls' school St Trinian's, has died aged 91. ...
Searle's spindly cartoons of the naughty schoolgirls first appeared in 1941, before the idea was adapted for film.
... [H]e was a savage satirist, and some of his darker material was informed by his time as a prisoner of war during World War II.
The St Trinian's girls first appeared in 1941 There, he worked on the infamous "Railway of Death" - a Japanese project to create a rail link between Thailand and Burma, the construction of which led to the death of more than 100,000 labourers, including 16,000 Allied prisoners.
Some of the work he created whilst being held captive is displayed at the Imperial War Museum in London ....
Searle's work had a sizable impact on animation artists. Look no further than Tim Burton's designs for Nightmare Before Christmas and other stop motion features to see it.
Our condolences to Mr. Searle's family.
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One of the greatest artist of the last century. His influences on so many will live on and especially his influence in disney character design of so many of the classics. He was among the last of the greats.
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