£64.99
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This book is a tribute to diverse cartoonist Ron Vivian. For 20 years he drew Ginger Meggs, Australia’s longest-running comic strip, but was forbidden to sign his own name and remained anonymous. This book finally moves Vivian into the spotlight he deserves.
This book is a tribute to the world’s most diverse cartoonist, Ron Vivian [1914 – 1973], and an important contribution to Australian history, cartoon history, women’s history and WW2 history. Vivian drew cartoons in five different genres – adventure cartooning with his comic strip Jimmy Gale before WW2, wartime cartooning during WW2, political cartooning for the Sydney Daily Telegraph from 1946 to 1953, advertising cartooning such as Kellogg’s Corn Flakes and Ford cars after WW2 and finally comic cartooning.
Despite drawing Ginger Meggs, Australia’s longest running cartoon strip, from 1953 until his untimely death in 1973 due to a heart attack, Vivian remained largely anonymous. After its creator, Jimmy Bancks, died of a heart attack unexpectantly in 1952, Ron took over the comic strip, but he was not allowed to sign it “Ron Vivian”. Instead, it had to be signed “Created by Bancks” so that the connection to Jimmy Bancks remained. This book attempts to move Vivian into the spotlight.
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