
Posy Simmonds
Paul Gravett(Author)
Thames & Hudson Ltd (Publisher)
Published on 2. May 2019
Book
Hardback
112 pages
978-0-500-02213-9 (ISBN)
Description
In the course of a career spanning more than fifty years, Posy Simmonds has become one of Britain's best-known satirical cartoonists. She is also as a much-loved author and artist of widely translated children's books and graphic novels. These include Fred, animated in 1996 into the Oscar-nominated short film Famous Fred, and Gemma Bovery and Tamara Drewe, both adapted into films, increasing her international fame.
Simmonds once described her job on a census form as 'a visual engineer'. Her extraordinary precision of drawing, her powers of observation and her sharp but welltempered wit have made her one the Britain's most sophisticated innovators, renowned especially for expanding the scope and subtlety of comics.
This is the first book to explore Simmonds's life and work from her early childhood to the present day. In a series of interviews with Paul Gravett she offered insights into her creative process and provided unprecedented access to her 'workroom' and archives containing sketchbooks and rare or never-before-seen artworks. A portrait emerges of Posy Simmonds as a chronicler and critic of contemporary British society and a storyteller in words and pictures of rare perception and humanity.
Simmonds once described her job on a census form as 'a visual engineer'. Her extraordinary precision of drawing, her powers of observation and her sharp but welltempered wit have made her one the Britain's most sophisticated innovators, renowned especially for expanding the scope and subtlety of comics.
This is the first book to explore Simmonds's life and work from her early childhood to the present day. In a series of interviews with Paul Gravett she offered insights into her creative process and provided unprecedented access to her 'workroom' and archives containing sketchbooks and rare or never-before-seen artworks. A portrait emerges of Posy Simmonds as a chronicler and critic of contemporary British society and a storyteller in words and pictures of rare perception and humanity.
Reviews / Votes
'Excellent' - SpectatorMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Illustrations
80 Illustrations, color
Dimensions
Height: 251 mm
Width: 192 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
515 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-500-02213-9 (9780500022139)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Paul Gravett is a writer, critic, curator, publisher and broadcaster who has been working
in the comics industry since 1981. He is author of many books about comics, including
Manga: Sixty Years of Japanese Comics, Graphic Novels: Stories to Change Your Life and
Comics Art, and was general editor of 1001 Comics You Must Read Before You Die. He is
co-director of Comica, the London International Comics Festival.
in the comics industry since 1981. He is author of many books about comics, including
Manga: Sixty Years of Japanese Comics, Graphic Novels: Stories to Change Your Life and
Comics Art, and was general editor of 1001 Comics You Must Read Before You Die. He is
co-director of Comica, the London International Comics Festival.
Content
Introduction * The Art of Posy Simmonds * Bibliography