David Langdon

David Langdon, OBE ( born February 24, 1914 in London, † 18 November 2011) was a British cartoonist and illustrator.

Life and work

Langdon began to draw at the age of four years. Although he later trained in " design and decoration " began at the Davenant Grammar School in London, he was self-taught artist. In the school newspaper he published for the first time work. Since his parents had spoken out against the artist profession, Langdon worked from 1931 for the architects department of the London County Council. In the following years he contributed occasionally on subscriptions for the employee magazine.

1936 Langdon was the first time a cartoon ( Benito Mussolini ) to the magazine Time and Tide sell. From 1937 his work appeared regularly in Punch and the new magazine Lilliput. With its simple but concise drawings with short captions he met the fashion taste which began to turn away from more elaborate illustrations with longer texts. Nevertheless, Langdon was still employed by the London City Council.

After the beginning of World War II David Langdon began working for the emergency services of the city of London. Around the same time he was always known as a draftsman, the mostly caricatured everyday life in wartime. Widespread found a he created series of promotional images for the Transport for London under the title " Billy Brown of London Town". In 1941 he joined the Royal Air Force, where he rose to Squadron Leader. His rapid drawing style enabled him to create in this period, numerous cartoons that were very popular and were published among others in several small volumes. From 1945 to 1946 he was editor of the Royal Air Force Journal.

From 1946 he worked as a freelance illustrator whose work regularly appeared in London newspapers, or in magazines, including Punch and - from 1948 - The New Yorker and the Sunday Pictorial ( later renamed the Sunday Mirror ). From the 1950s, his work in Paris Match, The Saturday Evening Post, Collier's or Radio Times were seen. From 1958 on, he belonged to the so-called " Punch Table", the weekly staff meeting of the Journal, which decided on the content of the next issue. As an illustrator, he also often created advertising, as for Shell, Schweppes and Winsor & Newton. His drawings appeared collected in numerous own books. He also illustrated works of others.

After more than forty years, David Langdon stopped in 1990 to work for the Sunday Mirror. In his Punch drawings still appeared to stop the journal in 1992.

Honors

1988 David Langdon received the Order of the British Empire and became Manufactures & Commerce elected to the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, .

Own works

  • Homefront Lines. Methuen, London, 1942.
  • "All buttoned up! " A scrapbook of RAF cartoons. The Sylvan Press, London, 1944.
  • Meet Me Inside. Hutchinson, London, 1946.
  • The Way I See It Hutchinson, London, 1947.
  • Hold Tight There! A David Langdon Omnibus. Hutchinson, London, 1949.
  • Let 's Face it. Methuen, London, 1951.
  • All in Fun. Methuen, London, 1953.
  • More in Fun. Methuen, London, 1955.
  • Still Funnier. Methuen, London 1956.
  • The Puff and Woof Adventure Book. Allan Wingate, London 1957.
  • I'm only Joking. Arthur Baker, London 1960.
  • David Langdon 's Casebook. Rapp & Whiting, London 1969, ISBN 0-85391-131-2.
  • How to Talk Golf. David Langdon 's A to Z of Golfing Terms. Eyre Methuen, London, 1975, ISBN 0-41334-250-6.
  • Soccer. It's a Funny Old Game. Robson, London 1998, ISBN 1-86105-189-1.

As an illustrator (selection)

  • Cyril Henry Ward Jackson: It's a Piece of Cake; or, R.A.F. Slang Made Easy ... The Sylvan Press, London, 1943.
  • George Mikes: About everything. Germany Explored. Wingate, London 1953 German -language edition. ... About everything. Factual journey through Germany. Translated by N. O. Scarpi. Diogenes, Zurich 1953.
  • George Mikes: Little Cabbages. On France and the French People. Allan Wingate, London 1955 German -language edition. Allons enfants ... reunion with France. Translated by N. O. Scarpi. Diogenes, Zurich 1955.
  • Dennis Rooke: Campers Beware! Robert Hale, London 1965.
  • Fred Trueman: You Nearly Had Him That Time - And Other Cricket Stories. Paul, London 1978, ISBN 0-09133-680-5.
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