David Austin (March 29, 1935 – November 19, 2005Nicola Jennings and Patrick Barkham, ''

The Guardian ''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'', and changed its name in 1959. Along with its sister papers ''The Observer'' and ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the Gu ...

'', 21 November 2005
David Austin: Guardian pocket cartoonist with a sceptically humanist view of the news
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ist. He was best known for his

pocket cartoon A political cartoon, a form of editorial cartoon, is a cartoon graphic with caricatures of public figures, expressing the artist's opinion. An artist who writes and draws such images is known as an editorial cartoonist. They typically combine ...

s in ''

'', which he contributed from 1990 to 2005, and for the strip ''Hom Sap'' in ''

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'', which began in 1970.

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, University of Kent
David Austin
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'''s obituary said that he "was one of the central pillars in what made the paper important to its readers." He has had a train named after him by his widow, Janet.

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1935 births People from Chelmsford British cartoonists Private Eye contributors The Guardian journalists 2005 deaths {{UK-illustrator-stub