Raymond Briggs (born January 18 1934) is an English illustrator, cartoonist, graphic novelist, and author who has achieved critical and popular success among adults and children. He attended Rutlish School for Boys (then a grammar school) in his childhood, and trained at Wimbledon School of Art and the Slade.[1]
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Selected bibliography
- 1966: Mother Goose Treasury — awarded the Kate Greenaway Medal
- 1969: The Elephant and the Bad Baby (text by Elfrida Vipont) ISBN 0-698-20039-X.
- 1969: 'Shackleton's Epic Voyage
- 1973: Father Christmas — awarded a second Kate Greenaway Medal
- 1975: Father Christmas Goes on Holiday ISBN 0-698-30584-1; LoC: 75-2541
- 1977: Fungus the Bogeyman
- 1978: The Snowman US ISBN 0-394-88466-3 (pbk.) 0-394-93973-5 (lib. bdg.)
- 1980: Gentleman Jim
- 1982: When the Wind Blows
- 1984: The Tin-Pot Foreign General and the Old Iron Woman
- 1986: All in a Day (with Mitsumasa Anno et al) ISBN 0-399-21311-2
- 1987: Unlucky Wally
- 1989: Unlucky Wally 20 Years On
- 1992: The Man
- 1994: The Bear
- 1998: Ethel and Ernest
- 2001: UG: Boy Genius of the Stone Age ISBN 0-375-81611-9 (trade)
- 2001: The Adventures of Bert (text by Allan Ahlberg) US ISBN 0-374-30092-5
- 2002: A Bit More Bert (text by Allan Ahlberg) US ISBN 0-374-32489-1
Film and television adaptations
- The Snowman (1982) VHS ISBN 0-7912-0007-8
- When the Wind Blows (1986)
- Father Christmas (1991)
- 1998 DVD NTSC fullscreen ISBN 0-7678-2670-1 UPC 4339603227 combines:
- The Snowman (1993) 29 min; and
- Father Christmas (1997) 25 min (including material from Father Christmas Goes on Holiday)
- The Bear (1999 film)
- Ivor the Invisible (2001)
- Fungus the Bogeyman (2004)
References
- Anita Silvey (editor), The Essential Guide to Children's Books and Their Creators, ISBN 0-618-19082-1
