![]() ![]() A portrait emerges of Posy Simmonds as a chronicler and critic of contemporary British society and a storyteller in words and pictures of rare perception and humanity. In a series of interviews with Paul Gravett she offered insights into her creative process and provided unprecedented access to her ‘workroom’ and archives containing sketchbooks and rare or never-before-seen artworks. Illustrator Posy Simmonds is known for her extraordinarily precise drawings, keen powers of observation, and sharp but well-tempered wit, all of which have. This is the first book to explore Simmonds’s life and work from her early childhood to the present day. Her extraordinary precision of drawing, her powers of observation and her sharp but well-tempered wit have made her one of Britain’s most sophisticated innovators, renowned especially for expanding the scope and subtlety of comics. An inaugural volume in a new series showcasing the most significant illustrators of the modern era, this book explores the satirical cartoons of Posy Simmonds.Illustrator Posy Simmonds is known for her extraordinarily precise drawings, keen powers of observation, and sharp but. ![]() Simmonds once described her job on a census form as ‘a visual engineer’. These include Fred, animated in 1996 into the Oscar-nominated short film Famous Fred, and Gemma Bovery and Tamara Drewe, both adapted into films, increasing her international fame. She is also as a much-loved author and artist of widely translated children’s books and graphic novels. ![]() ![]() In the course of a career spanning more than fifty years, Posy Simmonds has become one of Britain’s best-known satirical cartoonists. ![]()
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