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The CCGB Committee The Chair Issue 413 - September 2008 Published 11 times a year by The Cartoonists! Club Dear Members, of Great Britain Please can you do a swift car- Chairman: Terry Christien Well what about the Olympics? I toon depicting what these rights 020-8892 3621 and 'er indoors have been com- pletely absorbed not only by the mean to you and send it/them to [email protected] sheer brilliance of the competi- Artist's Resale Right as per the Secretary: Jed Stone tors but the excellence of the write up on page ....BY 22nd 01173 169 277 glossy TV coverage. I know it's SEPTEMBER - a big big thank [email protected] easy to be cynical about the you! Treasurer: Anne Boyd whole thing but if you've done Meanwhile, Pete Dredge is get- 01173 169 277 some sport in your own modest ting as many of you together as [email protected] way over the years, you've got to poss for a regional meeting on Membership Secretary: appreciate the whole mighty the 13th September in Notting- Jed Pascoe: 01767-682 882 individual effort. ham - join him why don't you. [email protected] I have observed over the years And meanwhile there's still the that sport is not the preserve of usual committee meeting on the first Tuesday 2nd Sept. Clive Collins: 01702-557 205 cartoonists who seem to prefer a little elbow lifting. Now in that And another one for the diary is [email protected] department, I reckon there the Big Draw this year at St Neil Dishington: 020-8505 0134 would be a few medals! Pancras Station on Saturday [email protected] I'll admit to the opening and October 18th - a chance to join Ian Ellery: 01424-718 209 closing ceremonies being a little the cartoonists' contribution. It [email protected] tedious - when you've seen one was excellent last year. And as it Graham Fowell: 0115-933 4186 firework, you've seen 'em all happens Pete Dredge is our [email protected] haven't you! contact man for this too. Helen Pointer: 01883-373 202 And the jury's out regarding the [email protected] 2012 games logo - but hey, it's Terry Christien Roy Nixon: 01245-256 814 different and it's not a fluffy ani- Mike Turner: 01206-798 283 mal! Andy Davey stepped into [email protected] the fray on the BBC's regional news where he was invited Steve Bright: 079 5270 3845 to suggest an alternative logo [email protected] and came up with a non fluffy Pete Dredge: 0115 981 0984 white elephant character - ooh mobile: 0788 421 1322 the satire - clever stuff though [email protected] Andy. Noel Ford: 01974 831468 Can I ask a favour from as [email protected] many of you as possible? As Tim Harries: 01633 780293 always our friends at DACS are [email protected] fighting for the rights of visual creators, this time in particular, Jester Editor they are campaigning on our Steve Willis behalf for our Resale Rights. So like writers of books and com- 01235 833 414 posers of music we are entitled [email protected] to decide who should benefit from our royalties following our death, such as family or a Front Cover: Bill Ritchie charity and it's due to be imple- Back Cover: Alex Noel Watson mented in 2010 but the government wants to delay things!

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Dear Jester,

We went to the Beano / Dandy bash - inspiring to say the least. These are real artists - true craftsmen, it is so amazing to see the real drawings pencil marks and covered up mistakes and all. These people are so gifted. I would love to buy one of these original page drawings to hang onto my wall to be inspired and encouraged by. I asked some- one if it was possible to buy an original drawing but it seems taboo - what a shame. Does anyone know how to acquire something like that - Desperate John Landers and Steve Bright fail to recognise each other at this Dan - Lord Snooty - Dennis the year!s AGM Menace - Bash Street Kids - Pansy Potter and all the other Dear Jester, family. Mind you, we would have wonderful characters - I used to missed each other had it not be obsessed by them. It was 'Tis a small world these British been for the eagle eyes of my reading them that gave me the Isles. A fact reinforced whilst lovelier and better half, Saman- inspiration and ambition to try to exploring the very nadir of it that tha, who managed to spot what be a cartoonist. is Land's End visitor centre (hav- both John and I had missed in This exhibition is a must for all ing bagged John o' Groats a few the throng that surrounded us. cartoonists, even more so for years back). Whilst enjoying a As John breezed past unnoticed the (not so good but trying) ones break in not-so-sunny Cornwall by me, Sam pulled me aside like me - it makes you want to a couple of weeks back, we and whispered loudly in my try harder. What a wonderful were thrilled and surprised in shell-like. "Look!" said she, experience, I am deﬁnitely going equal measure to almost literally "There's Steve Willis...". to see it again. bump into fellow CCGB mem- Bless her! Frank Canning ber, John Landers and his lovely Steve Bright CCGB Online

Frank Holmes is out of hospi- to support an exhibition fea- cussion board to make deci- tal following a kidney opera- turing the work of Ern Shaw in sions, thereby minimising the tion. From everyone...all the Hull. If you have any thoughts number of meetings and leav- best for a comfortable and about how we should mark 50 ing more time to be sociable! speedy recovery Frank. years of the CCGB, we would First topic for discussion is love to hear from you. “How many committee meet- Online the CCGB committee ings should there be in a are giving thought to the Finally, the CCGB committee year...2, 4 or 6?” We!ll let you club!s 50th anniversary cele- are now using an online dis- know the result. brations. The club also plan

3 THE JESTER ISSUE 413 – SEPTEMBER 2008 CCGB ONLINE: WWW.CCGB.ORG.UK Come off it Clive! King Arthur Is Also French Interestingly for cartoonists, he spread conquests. A massive I hugely enjoy Clive Collins' was killed while besieging a cas- equestrian statue of this mighty tongue-in-cheek rants, but at tle very near to Saint-Juste-le- warrior stands in Paris, beside times he does love to trail his Martel where the press cartoon the Cathedral of Notre Dame. coat. On account of his wild Salon is held every year. One of Charlemagne's bravest statements about King Arthur in The 12th Century French poet, knights, Roland (Of Roland and the August Jester, his coat, I'm Chretieu de Troyes was the Oliver fame) became a great afraid deserves to be jumped author of several metrical ro- French hero of popular legend. upon. mances based on the Arthurian He and his entire force were ﬁ- The French can't claim "our" legends and one introduced the nally slaughtered by a numeri- King Arthur, because he is al- legend of the Holy Grail. cally superior Moorish army in ready theirs. The Arthurian leg- Geoffrey of Monmouth (12th an ambush in the Pass of Ron- ends have been part of French Century), the British chronicler, cesvalles in the Pyrenees. Ac- literature and folk culture since assembled some of the legends cording to legend, Roland blew the early middle ages. of Arthur, giving them a 12th his famous horn for the last time When Sir Thomas Malory wrote Century setting. And so, like the in a vain attempt to summon his "bloody epic poem" (Clive's ancient legend of Tristan and reinforcements. words!) printed by Caxton in Isolde, the Arthurian legends France has a profusion of popu- 1485, the work consisted of have existed in both countries lar heroes and heroines, includ- Malory's adaptations from for several centuries. ing Joan of Arc, to name but one French 13th Century legends Some years ago in Camarthen, more. Indeed Robin Hood, written to idealize the medieval South Wales, a local worthy I champion of the oppressed code of chivalry. Hence Malory's met in the Blue Boar pub (much Saxons, could well have been French title "Morte d'Arthur". In frequented in his day by Dylan Norman French. One of the any case, French was in com- Thomas) told me that King Ar- strongest theories about his mon usage in England for centu- thur was asleep in the depths of identity says that he was Robert ries after the Norman Conquest, a nearby cave and would Fitzooth, Earl of Huntingdon, a particularly among the higher awaken again when Britain Norman who came to England in levels of society ("Honi soit qui needed him. (We could sure do the reign of William Rufus. And mal y pense!"). To take one no- with him now.) so, the great Errol Flynn's table example, our great hero To answer Clive's question, charming Saxon hero, might just King Richard the Lionheart (12th Charlemagne (8th Century) was have been enjoyable hokum! Century) knew no English; he King of the Franks and eventu- spoke only French and was ally Holy Roman Emperor, the mainly known as "Coeur de supreme power in Western Alex Noel Watson Lion." Europe because of his wide-

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A sad special Tribute Issue of Many of the pages reflected on Knowing that some of you may Inkspot, the magazine of the the career and personality of well have known these artists, I Australian Cartoonists! Asocia- James Kemsley who was well am sure that you would like to tion arrived by post the other known to many CCGB mem- read the tributes. As I only have day. bers. His posthumous Medal of the one copy of the magazine, I Most of the 32 pages were taken the Order of Australia in the will happily sort out a “pass it on” up with tributes to five cartoon- Queen!s Birthday honour!s list mailing list. Simply read it and ists who all passed away re- was richly deserved. pass it on to the next name. cently. All made significant con- The other four cartoonists to be Email me if you are interested at tributions to cartooning the other fondly remembered were [email protected] side of the world and it is a trag- Stewart Macrae, Richard Jones, edy that so many should be lost Victor Dove and Paul Parv. Steve Willis in such a short space of time.

5 THE JESTER ISSUE 413 – SEPTEMBER 2008 CCGB ONLINE: WWW.CCGB.ORG.UK Notes from the North. Giles is next up at the Cartoon There have ben many top class working in animation. His work- Museum. Without doubt Giles is draughtsmen in our business... ing life began in Alexander the best known cartoonist by the Thelwell, Joe Lee, Illingworth, Korda's Animation Studios, in- public. Not only for his work on Emmwood not forgetting Jak volved in "The Fox Hunt". Later the Express, but more probably and Mac, who carried on the Giles moved to Ipswich to work for his annual collections, a Giles tradition. Few can produce on "Steve The Horse" cartoon Christmas must for a great num- the atmosphere Giles gave us. shorts, based on Roland Davies ber of people. He really puts you in the picture, famous "Come On Steve" car- Giles was a very private person the mud and the smell of the toons which were the comic ad- and refused to give interviews or farmyard, the grime and destruc- ventures of a carthorse that ap- appear on television. Neverthe- tion of a bomb site, the hustle peared as a strip in the Sunday less, his story is well known - and bustle of New York, the Express in 1932. mostly through the biographies smell of paint, ropes, tar in a Of course, Giles realistic back- by Peter Tory. boatyard and of course, the bril- grounds are magniﬁcent. He Giles - A Life In Cartoons, The liant snowscenes. could tackle any subject from the Giles Family and Giles At War, Giles was also great at distance Houses of Parliament to French are all lavishly illustrated by perspectve, panoramas that took cafe scenes. His work is seen at Giles cartoons in both colour you from the top of a hill down its best in his annual covers and and black and white. into the valley below and way off greeting cards drawn for the I am not going into his life story into the far distance. This is best RNLI and Game Conservancy here. No doubt some of you seen in his 1980's annual cover Trust. All drawn to the ﬁnest de- knew Giles personally. All I will "Transport Rally" or the wonder- tail. say is I am a Giles fan. Yes, I ful snowball scene in the 11th All his brilliant draughtsmanship have all of his annuals, not to series 1957 Annual. was the background for his hu- copy his work but just to enjoy This perspective eye view was mour and crazy antics of his his art. probably the result of Giles family and a multitude of unruly

6 THE JESTER ISSUE 413 – SEPTEMBER 2008 CCGB ONLINE: WWW.CCGB.ORG.UK children. The combination of ex-colleagues...Dave Suther- background and humour is land, Jim Petrie, John Dallas Editor!s Note probably seen at its best in a and Jim Glenn. All contributed series Giles drew in the early considerably to the success of Prior to receiving Bill!s article, fifties, when he produced a set the Beano. Morris Hegie and I had already been in contact of supersized cartoons featuring present Beano Editor, Alan with Anita, the curator at The a farmyard, scout troop outing, Digby gave us a tour of the ex- Cartoon Museum to ask if holiday camp beach scenes, hibition, passing on some 'inside' there was a possibility of ar- culminating in a big and busy information about the artists. The ranging a Private View of the boating cartoon. This cartoon original artwork was hung in Giles Exhibition for CCGB also features the Maybush Inn chronological order. From the members. near Ipswich, a favourite water- early work by Reg Carter (Big The response was favourable ing hole for Giles. He was of Eggo), Dudley D Watkins (Lord and as we go to press I am course, an excellent sailor him- Snooty), Hugh McNeil (Pansy awaiting a further reply to see self and knew the maritime Potter), Sam Fair (Musso) to the if this can be arranged. scene very well. big three of David Law, Leo To help me, it would be really Budding cartoonists are told not Baxendale and Ken Reid. Some useful if anyone could let me to get carried away by the detail wonderful examples were on know if they would be inter- and learn to draw the minimum show. ested in viewing the Giles to get over the gag. Of course, When Law died and Bax and Exhibition as part of a CCGB Giles did the opposite. Ken left, the work was continued social occasion, maybe in A man of many talents...farmer, by local artists Sutherland, conjunction with another ex- diy expert, sailor, engineer (He Petrie and the late Bob McGrath. hibition and drinks or a meal built his own touring caravan), New faces appeared, notably to follow. An indication of the Giles knew how things worked. Robert Nixon, Hunt Emerson best time...weekday or week- This came over in his drawings. and David Parkins who had end, daytime or evening You feel you can open his sash some excellent work on show. would also be useful. windows, sail his boats, drink in Staff artists Jim Dewar and Jim his pubs. My favourite Giles An- Glenn also contribute as does Steve Willis nual Cover exemplifies this. This the prolific Tom Paterson. is the workshop scene for the I was prticularly pleased to meet 31st series in 1977 where the the new generation of comic art- youngsters are building stocks ists in the form of Gary around a sleeping Grandma. Northfield from London and Dad is at his bench with a plane Laura Howell, the only female 101 Uses in his hand. And what a wealth artist to land a regular strip in the of detail! Every tool and they are Beano with her "Johnny Bean" For The Jester: all there, lovingly and accurately character. Laura is from Bir- drawn. You feel you could pick mingham and she was telling me Number 23 up any one of them and they she combines her more tradi- would work. tional drawing with an interest in A true genius...this is one exhibi- Manga comics. tion I really must try to get down Laura and Gary were brave to see. If the club can get a pri- enough to give an illustrated talk vate view, count me in! in the Lecture Hall. Gary was Of course, Giles was a great hoping that his "Derek the inspiration to many cartoonists, Sheep" will make it to animation not least comic practioners. Leo one day. Baxendale fell under his influ- Good luck to them both. There ence which leads me on to the have been lots of celebrations Beano 70th birthday celebra- for the Beano's 70th birthday. tions. I didn't get to see the exhi- Dare I say it...here's to the next bition in the Cartoon Museum. 70 years whatever form it will However, we did have our own take then. exhibition in Dundee University. I was glad to accept an invitation Bill Ritchie to the opening. It was an oppor- tunity to meet up with

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Hot! Hot! Hot! Sizzling Summer BBQ cartoons

If the Germans can have an OctoberFest, so can we. The October theme for cartoons is Beer Glorious Beer. Please send your cartoons to the usual Jester email or snail mail address shown on the inside back cover.

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Above: After the New Yorker Right: The Daily Mail began a cartoon that featured Barack feature on the Beano!s 70th Obama and his wife as a Mus- birthday then changed tack, lim and terrorist, The Sun fea- by informing its readers that tured other notable cartoons the ﬁrst ever comic strip ap- that had offended the public. peared in 1915. This was Rex Juriansz sent the cutting. “Teddy Tail of the Daily Mail”. As cartoonists “we must not As always, the Mail trumpeted, let ourselves go” when doing it was the newspaper that had a drawing adds Rex. its ﬁnger on the pulse. Er, quite so!

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Above (top): The Daily Mail again. This time showing large numbers of Jak cartoons to point out that his wife always features within the cartoons.

Above (centre): Update on a true story that appeared in The Victor. A new memorial at The Somme is to honour Hugh McIver, the soldier featured. From The Sunday Mail.

Right: Rosemary Moffat reveals she was the inspiration for Beryl the Peril. She is the daughter of David Law who drew the strip for The Topper. From the Daily Record. Thanks as always to John “Speedy” Harrison.

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Clive Collins Dinah Washington is in my head here are the Men of the Night, by, on seeing me slide the paper singing !The leaves of brown going through my sack, looking into the bin, admonished me, came tumbling down, Septem- for evidence that I"ve placed saying that the bin was for litter ber…that September…in the slightly off-colour gags in with only. Now, I do this walk from the rain." And I"m sitting in my front the wholesome ones. I expect newsagent to the bin every day, room late into the rainy night there"ll be a letter on official and I was shaken to have my with the curtains open and just notepaper in the morning inform- routine disturbed by this person, enough light from the street ing me that I"m being prosecuted obviously doing his best to make lights for me to write, as the for failure to make such a sepa- sure the country"s rules were aforementioned leaves float ration, and that I have shocked adhered to. down, and I seem to watch Council officials with the degree “What?” I asked, not altogether every one of them land. Insom- of off-colour in my Playboy stuff. amiably. He repeated his ad- nia eh? Don"tcha just love it? There may even be a polite monishment, and I explained, as A mind whipping and churning postscript informing me of errors carefully as I could without actu- with ideas and plans, and all at in the syntax in my captions, or a ally hitting him, that what I had the wrong end of the day. So I"ve suggestion as to how I might slipped into the bin was, in fact come down with a pad of paper have improved the gag, though unwanted litter. and a pen to work out some now, alas, it"s too late. Where “Not so,” he replied. “It is ideas. The first thing I do as I are Council editors when you newspaper”. I reflected on his walk into the darkened room is need them? words for a nano-second or two, fall heavily over a chair that"s These are the same Council and then I pulled from the bin been in the same place for 10 officials who, in league with the the unwanted newsprint and years or so. My Dad always said Postal Authorities, steal the cop- placed it in the gutter. that the Devil changed the furni- ies of Playboy that are sent to “You can"t leave that there!” he ture round in a room as soon as me, containing my work. Most exclaimed, in a shrill voice that the light was switched off, so times an empty yellow envelope probably got him excused sports you"d always stub your toe. We arrives on my doorstep, having when he was at school. never discussed the matter in been neatly sliced open and the “No,” I answered. “I can"t, be- depth, but he may have had a contents removed. I feel like cause it"s litter, so NOW I"m put- point, but on the other hand he writing to tell them if they must ting in the effing bin!” could also have been showing get their jollies with my reading He"s not bothered me since. I the first signs of ga-ga-tude that material, they might at least wait bet he works for the council. we came to know so well. until I"ve read it first. Out there, in the street lit only Their business concluded, by the alternate circular light they wave a farewell middle beams – council economy finger at my house and leave. measures again – the Night One of them, who has worn Creatures stir. Down these mean his facemask the wrong way streets you"d be surprised what round collides with the lamp you"d see etc., and the first crea- post as he gets into the black, tures I spy are the council waste number-plate-less car and is sack inspectors. Just recently hauled inside groaning. I"ve cleared out some old ideas from my studio. I use a lightbox On emerging from my local for the final drawings, which newsagents recently with my does away with any nasty pencil multi-sectioned copy of that marks, and then I dispose of the day"s paper, I stood by the traced drawings into a paper rubbish bin and sorted out the sack. Being of a tidy disposition, crap (i.e. most of it) from the I separate the Playboy roughs part I actually wanted to read. from the regular ones, and now, A concerned citizen, passing

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We are now campaigning on tact Tania Spriggens at DACS on right Society, 33 Great Sutton your behalf to ensure that you 020 7553 9052. You can send Street, London EC1V 0DX. are able to bequeath your Re- your message to DACS and we Thanks and hope your eyes sale Right in your will. Like writ- will forward it on your behalf. haven!t glazed over too much ers of books and composers of Please send to Tania Spriggens but it is really worthwhile I prom- music, you are entitled to decide at [email protected] ise you. who should beneﬁt from your or to: Freepost RLUB-CAHR- Terry Christien royalties following your death. TULZ, Design and Artists Copy- This might be family members or a favourite charity. This provision already exists in the law and is due to be implemented in 2010. However, the UK Government is considering delaying this until 2012. More worryingly, some opponents of the Right are ask- ing the Government to re-think the idea of the Resale Right altogether. We urge you to make your cartoon seen by sending a message to the Government during the consultation which closes on 22 September. So please draw your rights cartoon and send it off by the 22nd. For help and advice, or if you have any questions please con- FORTHCOMING EVENTS

11th June - 18th October October 2nd - 11th January 5th Nov - 8th February 2009 Cartoons from The Independent 2009 Cartoons & Coronets: The Giles at the Cartoon Museum. @ The PCG Genius of Osbert Lancaster Wallace Collection, Hertford November 26, - February 15, 30th July - 2nd November House, Manchester Sq, London. 2009 Exhibition of Saul Stein- Beano and Dandy Birthday berg!s work: Dulwich Picture Bash @ The Cartoon Museum October 4th-5th 2008 Gallery, London Birmingham International Com- 13th September ics Show 2008: Thinktank, Mil- 21st January - 14th March CCGB Social @ Langtry!s, lennium Point, Birmingham Browned OFF! First 18 Months 4 South Sherwood Street, of Gordon Brown!s Premiership Nottingham. 2.00pm. Contact Saturday October 18th @ The PCG [email protected] Big Draw. This year at St Pan- cras Station, London Until Sun 25th October 2009 20th September - 2nd Novem- Dan Dare & the birth of hi-tech ber Who!s Laughing Now? Andy 21st October - 17th January Britain Exhibition at the London Gilbert Exhibition at The Silk Tory Blues. Cartoon History of Science Museum. Mill, Derby. 01332 208899 The Conservative Party @ The PCG.

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As I have said-many times, I the paintings are of simple inte- Had a really civilized day at am not a Comic afficionado, riors painted in limited tones with Wisley...my wife being an ardent but having read all the glow- a single figure, there is a rather gardener. I am not sure that gar- ing reports about the latest mysterious feeling to each pic- dening comes under culture, but Batman film, The Dark Knight, ture, slightly creepy, but very the reason for mentioning it is we toddled along. We thought intriguing. Well worth a visit. because of the new glasshouses it was terrible. I am a great fan of Phillip Roth built to extend the range of The old Gotham City has disap- books, he is a right miserable plants to be seen at the grounds. peared, to be replaced by a old git. Sounds familiar? Elegy is They provide an amazing space, “modern city”. Batman has be- a film based on a short story by full of innovative and imaginative come a smoothie city geezer him, in which an elderly lecturer recycling methods. But as my with a bad bout of laryngitis falls for a much younger student wife pointed out the British are (why?). Michael Caine is..well, (a rather mature Penelope not good at “boasting “about Michael Caine. I put him in the Cruz). I was bored by the first their engineering feats. In Kiera Knightley school of acting, half an hour, but it crept up on France every bridge and building one dimensional category and me .The fly in the ointment was tells you who designed it and as for Heath Ledger, “oh dear,” Ben Kingsley, another one doing who built it. In Britain we the Jack Nicholson act-a-like his “English Acting” bit. Why cast have…”the Queen opened this competition, without Jack!s an Englishman in a role crying building accompanied by the tongue in cheek humorous de- out for an American? It is a bit of Duke of…” livery. an art-house film with lots of lin- A postscript… Paul Gravett has This is pure sadism. What a gering, loving shots and lots of edited a new book, The Mam- travesty if he gets an Oscar. angst. Perhaps cartoonists have moth Book of Best Crime Com- There are some very horrid, enough of that! ics. Paul was a leading light in graphic scenes too, and it is a I find myself watching all sorts of setting up the Cartoon Museum. 12 certificate. All very baffling. sports from the Olympics and It has excellent reviews. Oh and all the usual obligatory much to my daughter!s disgust, Last months answer...they all CGI effects, but I am in the mi- Women!s Handball on the have offspring in the biz! This nority I realise. Beach! How did that creep into month...What connects The An altogether more civilised the Olympics? London will have Likely Lads, Minder and Our afternoon was had, in the excel- to think up something special to Friends from the North? lent company of a fellow car- outdo this Chinese Experience. As I shall be having my knee toonist, at the Royal Academy to But after the debacle of the little replaced in Sept., there may not see the Vilhelm Hammershoi girl being dubbed and the not be an epistle next month. Exhibition, “ The Poetry of Si- really fireworks, perhaps the lence” which was small and per- London Olympics could be fectly formed. Although most of totally CGI!d! Neil Dishington

Could they by chance be related?

Thanks go to eagle eyed Gerard Whyman who sent in these two photos of the CCGB!s very own Clive Collins and Peter Grifﬁn from the BBC Television series “Family Guy”. The identical pose, haircut and facial features are uncanny. Amazingly they also wear the same style of glasses. If there is a difference, it!s that one appears to be better served in the teeth department. They could be twins. Send more examples to the Editor please.

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