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Within ten years the original deposit had grown to a collection of 70,000 original drawings, and by 2009 it stood at 130,000 original drawings, making it by far the largest archive of British cartoon artwork. In 1988, the BCA began to develop a computer catalogue, and in 1990 it began adding digital images of its cartoons.
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According to Leo Baxendale, "In fact, the catalyst for my creation of Bash Street was a Giles cartoon of January 1953: kids pouring out of school, heads flying off and sundry mayhems. Straight away, I pencilled a drawing of 'The Kids of Bash Street School' and posted it from my home in Preston to R. D. Low, the managing editor of D.C. Thomson's ...
Cover of a modern re-issue of St Trinian's drawings. St Trinian's is a British gag cartoon comic strip series, created and drawn by Ronald Searle from 1946 until 1952. [1] The cartoons all centre on a boarding school for girls, where the teachers are sadists and the girls are juvenile delinquents. The series was Searle's most famous work and ...
Pupils at St Swithun's School in school uniform. School uniforms in England are worn in over 90% of primary and secondary schools in England. [1] Parents are required to purchase the uniform which in 2015 averaged roughly £212.88 per child. [2] The Department for Education encourages all schools in England to have a uniform. [citation needed]
In the Jungle - Working on a Cutting. Rock Clearing after Blasting, 1943. Although Searle published the first St Trinian's cartoon in the magazine Lilliput in 1941, his professional career really begins with his documentation of the brutal camp conditions of his period as a prisoner-of-war of the Japanese in World War II in a series of drawings that he hid under the mattresses of prisoners ...
For details of school uniforms in the United Kingdom see: School uniforms in England; School uniforms in Northern Ireland; School uniforms in Scotland;
Alex Masterley (born 24 February 1960 [8]) is the protagonist of the comic strip.He is an experienced investment banker working in London's Docklands.Alex is totally obsessed with personal status, with his work coming second and his family a distant third.