Digression

by | Mar 29, 2016

I want to take a break from writing my autobiography to talk about why I am a cartoonist and what it takes for a person to be a cartoonist.  I am sure there are many people who consider cartooning as a career and wonder if it is possible to survive and thrive in such...

Part Two .. further education

by | Feb 14, 2016

My ambition was always to be a cartoonist, but my parents had other ideas.  Because they were self employed they were keen to see their children settled in good careers with a decent pension etc. My elder brother Simon became a chartered accountant, but this was...

Part One .. Childhood

by | Feb 2, 2016

I was born Charles William Langmead Griffin in Ruislip, Middlesex on 20 May 1946.  A middle child with a brother six years older and a sister 10 years younger. My parents were self-employed, my father, Alec, being a manufacturer’s agent for two or three...