Charles Peattie (born 3 April 1958) is a British

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, best known as half of the team (with Russell Taylor) that creates the comic strip

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. He has two daughters and two sons, and lives in London. He was appointed

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in the 2002 Honours List.The Guardian 31 December 2002
Retrieved 21 May 2018

Education

Peattie studied at St Martin's School of Art.

Career

He produced the cartoon 'Dick', which ran in ''Melody Maker'', and the '' Celeb'' comic strip which has been running in ''

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'' since 1987. Both were collaborations with Mark Warren.

Celeb

''Celeb'' first appeared in ''Private Eye'' during May 1987. In that magazine, the strip is credited to "Ligger", a joint pseudonym for Peattie and Warren. Whilst several real people are named or caricatured, the eponymous "celebrity" is a fictional person, Gary Bloke. He has several character traits common with those of contemporary real-life celebrities. Gary has a daughter named Pixie Frou-Frou, first mentioned in November 1987, when she was stated to be five years old. Her name was possibly inspired by that given by

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and

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to their eldest daughter Fifi Trixibelle Geldof (born 1983); it is noteworthy that their third daughter (born 1990) was named Little Pixie Geldof.

References

External links

Information about Peattie on the Alex site
British cartoonists Private Eye contributors 1958 births Living people Alumni of Saint Martin's School of Art {{UK-comics-creator-stub