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Giles at Christmas exhibition
For many people, the cartoonist Carl Giles - voted Britain's Favourite Cartoonist of the 20th Century - has a strong association with Christmas and his annuals of cartoons have been given as presents for many years. Giles also drew cartoons for charities to use as Christmas cards, in particular for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.
On show at the exhibition are examples of his Christmas cards, annuals, Christmas-themed cartoon artwork published in the Daily Express, programmes for charity events, Giles merchandise, toys that he used to draw from and a hand-made Christmas card for his wife.
The British Cartoon Archive at the University of Kent is currently working on a two year project funded by the JISC (Joint Information Systems Committee) to catalogue the entire archive of Giles. This unique archive includes the entire contents of his studio from colour artwork to magazine cuttings, drawing boards to drawing pins and fan mail to bank statements. Giles also worked on some important early animation. Artwork, cels and film reels are also included in the archive. The project will also include the redesign of the British Cartoon Archive website and database of over 120,000 cartoons.
Event details
Date
03/12/2007 - 31/01/2008
Time
8.45am - 10pm on Monday - Friday and 9.30am - 7pm on Saturday - Sunday, and is free and open to all.
Location
The Templeman Library Gallery on the University of Kent's Canterbury campus. There is disabled access to the Templeman Library.
Cartoon of the day
Emmwood [John Musgrave-Wood]
Daily Mail
29th May 1975
