Barry Appleby (30 August 1909 – 11 March 1996) was a British cartoonist famous for creating ''
The Gambols
''The Gambols'' is a British comic strip created by Barry Appleby which debuted 16 March 1950 in the '' Daily Express'' where it ran for almost 50 years: as of 1999 ''The Gambols'' has appeared in ''The Mail on Sunday''.
From ''The Gambols in ...
'' for the ''
Daily Express
The ''Daily Express'' is a national daily United Kingdom middle-market newspaper printed in tabloid format. Published in London, it is the flagship of Express Newspapers, owned by publisher Reach plc. It was first published as a broadsheet i ...
''. The strip premiered on 16 March 1950. The script was written by his wife Dobs, and was based on their own lives.
Appleby's father, E J. Appleby, was in the 1940s the editor of
Autocar, a leading British motor magazine,
and one to which Appleby himself contributed his first illustration in 1931.
Later Appleby also wrote for the magazine edited by his father, using the alias "Helix".
References
*Strickler, Dave. ''Syndicated Comic Strips and Artists, 1924-1995: The Complete Index.'' Cambria, CA: Comics Access, 1995. .
External links
A little biographical information and some cartoons
British cartoonists
British comics artists
1996 deaths
1909 births
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