Raymond Briggs RIP 9 August 2022

[Elpenor]

Everything I read of his I loved. I must have a look at the things I haven’t read that have been recommended on here.

I shall have a special cry to remember Raymond when I watch the Snowman on Christmas Eve RIP.

 

[DaveCinzano]

The Anne Frank who owned the dairy?

The girl who owned Hairy Maclary

 

[DaveCinzano]

Fungus fandom salutes their fallen mentor

 

[co-op]

The girl who owned Hairy Maclary

That is such an NZ reference

What's your connection?

 

[DaveCinzano]

That is such an NZ reference

What's your connection?

Anne Frank the dairy girl

 

[co-op]

Ah yii

 

[DaveCinzano]

Ah yii

STOP met deze shemozzle, deze rompslomp! Scarper, schaats, BEN MET JOU WEG - KLOMP!

 

[co-op]

STOP met deze shemozzle, deze rompslomp! Scarper, schaats, BEN MET JOU WEG - KLOMP!

All of my dutch is on the other side but NZ has plenty from Indonesia for sure, I thought some of the nicest people there when I finally made it out there as an adult

 

[redcogs]

Rest Peacefully Raymond.. You will remain in millions of hearts down many many years. .

 

[DaveCinzano]

Great comic fanzine interview with Paul Gravett from the early 80s dug up by the always excellent comics archivist Reuben Willmott:

 

[Artaxerxes]

Never cared much for the Snowman, probably because it was FUCKING EVERYWHERE, at one point

WtWB affected me and my politics on a deep level for the last 30+ years. While Father Christmas and E&E are just ace. I’m a sucker for that sort of darkly charming reality based humour that walks a fine line between cynicism and heartwarming. Briggs was a master of it.

 

[DaveCinzano]

Nice little article about some Briggs artefacts - notes, annotations, artwork...

‘Not a parable about death’: Raymond Briggs’s notes set record straight for The Snowman

Remarks scribbled in a Finnish copy of the much-loved book, to be featured in an exhibition on the author, reveal how the story was misunderstood

www.theguardian.com