Mel Calman
Mel Calman (1931-1994)
Pocket cartoonist, illustrator and writer. Mel Calman was born in Hackney, London on 19th May 1931, the son of a timber merchant. He was educated at Perse School, Cambridge and studied illustration at St. Martin's School of Art and Goldsmith's College. He was a cartoonist on the Daily Express (1957-63), the Sunday Telegraph (1964-65), the Observer (1965-6), the Sunday Times (1969-84) and The Times (1979-94). He also contributed to Cosmopolitan and House & Garden and founded The Cartoon Gallery (formerly The Workshop) - a gallery devoted to cartoon art. In addition he produced an animated cartoon The Arrow, for the BFI and contributed illustrations to many books and periodicals. He also worked in advertising, was resident cartoonist on BBC's Tonight programme (1963-4) and wrote three plays for BBC Radio.
His cartoons which regularly featured a naif-style 'little man' character, were always drawn in pencil, using 4B or 5B for the main illustration and 4B......
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