Graham Jolliffe (born 1937,

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, UK) is a British illustrator and

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. His work includes Chloe & Co in the ''

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'', and the ''

Wicked Willie Wicked Willie is a humorous British cartoon character personified as a talking penis, created by Gray Jolliffe (illustrator) and Peter Mayle (writer). He first appeared in the book ''Man's Best Friend'', published in 1984. He has subsequently ap ...

'' character that first appeared in the book, ''Man's Best Friend'' in 1984. He uses ink, and colours his work using the TRIA marker system from

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Early life

He attended

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, where R.K. Jolliffe was later Head Boy.

Career

Jolliffe started as an advertising copywriter with Maxwell Clarke on

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but then became a cartoonist and illustrator; for example illustrating '' One Man and His Bog'' by

Barry Pilton Barry Pilton (born 1946 in Croydon, Surrey) is a travel writer, radio and television comedy scriptwriter and novelist. He was educated in Dulwich College and King's College London. In 1967-8 he taught English in Paris and from 1969 worked as a jo ...

in 1986. He became Cartoonist of the Year in 1997 and has worked for the

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(BMP) agency. He wrote the ''Wicked Willie'' books with

Peter Mayle Peter Mayle ( "mail"; 14 June 1939 – 18 January 2018) was a British businessman turned author who moved to France in the 1980s. He wrote a series of bestselling memoirs of his life there, beginning with '' A Year in Provence'' (1989). Early l ...

. He illustrated the ''Easy Peasy People'' series with the late

Roger Hargreaves Charles Roger Hargreaves (9 May 1935 – 11 September 1988) was an English author and illustrator of children's books. He created the ''Mr. Men'' series, ''Little Miss'' series and ''Timbuctoo'' series, intended for young readers. The simple and ...

Personal life

He is married to Nikki, and they have three children and live in

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, near Henley. He is friends with

Sir Alan Parker Sir Alan William Parker (14 February 1944 – 31 July 2020) was an English filmmaker. His early career, beginning in his late teens, was spent as a copywriter and director of television advertisements. After about ten years of filming adverts ...

, the film director.

External links

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* * 1937 births British cartoonists People from Peterborough People educated at The King's School, Peterborough Living people Date of birth missing (living people) {{UK-cartoonist-stub