Gentleman Briggs - A Raymond Briggs Fansite

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      These pages are unofficial and unauthorised. If Raymond Briggs, his
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      Briggs news

     20/11/08 - Cartooon Art Trust awards
     The 2008 Cartoon Art Trust Awards were held at the Mall
     Galleries (London, SW1) last night. And alongside prizes
     for the likes of Young Cartoonist of the Year, the year's
     Lifetime Achievement Award went to - you guessed it -
     Raymond Briggs. This prestigious plaudit has previously
     been awarded to the likes of Ronald Searle, Gerald Scarfe,
     Fluck and Law, and "Trog". You'll find the Toonhound
     news report on the evening here...



     02/06/08 - Fee Fi Fo Fum
     It's been a ridiculously long time since anything was added
     to these pages. But, at last, here's a bit more bibliography
     info to share with you. Fee Fi Fo Fum was the third in
     Mr Briggs' trilogy of nursery rhyme anthologies, produced
     in the early '60s...

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		These pages are dedicated to the life and works of that gentleman genius author and illustrator Raymond Briggs, creator of the Snowman, Fungus the Bogeyman, bloomin' Father Christmas and many more classic characters and stories... thehound@toonhound.com
___________________________________________________________________________ Please note! These pages are unofficial and unauthorised. If Raymond Briggs, his publishers or agents wish I shall remove this fansite without delay... ___________________________________________________________________________ Briggs news 20/11/08 - Cartooon Art Trust awards The 2008 Cartoon Art Trust Awards were held at the Mall Galleries (London, SW1) last night. And alongside prizes for the likes of Young Cartoonist of the Year, the year's Lifetime Achievement Award went to - you guessed it - Raymond Briggs. This prestigious plaudit has previously been awarded to the likes of Ronald Searle, Gerald Scarfe, Fluck and Law, and "Trog". You'll find the Toonhound news report on the evening here... 02/06/08 - Fee Fi Fo Fum It's been a ridiculously long time since anything was added to these pages. But, at last, here's a bit more bibliography info to share with you. Fee Fi Fo Fum was the third in Mr Briggs' trilogy of nursery rhyme anthologies, produced in the early '60s... ___________________________________________________________________________



	Bogeys & Snow I was 10 years old when I wrote to Raymond Briggs. I'd just read 'Fungus The Bogeyman' for the first time and I simply couldn't believe how good it was. It was a comic book, sort of. But it was also a book, sort of. I'd never read anything quite like it. I was fascinated by the putrid boil-infested world of Bogeydom in all its glorious green detail and I wanted to see what the author looked like, I wanted this man's autograph - better yet, one of his bogeys! In the end what I got from his publishers, Hamish Hamilton, was a brief blue-biroed apology: 'Sorry, we don't have any signed photos of Raymond Briggs. Hope these will console you.' And in the envelope I found five fung-tastic bookmarks and a sheet of Fungus stickers - fab promotional items which I've savoured since the day I got them. The note itself was a curious thing. It was scrawled on the back of a postcard. On the front was a light crayoned picture of a smiling snowman with a hat and scarf and bright button nose. 'The Snowman by Raymond Briggs - publication September 1978', it said. The Snowman entered my world that Christmas.... - FD 2000