All in a Day's Work, 1939
Rick Elmes, cartoonist, illustrator and painter
Apparently born in Australia.[1]
Had moved to London by 1926, when he illustrated London Nights: Studies and Sketches of London at Night by Stephen Graham.[2] Also illustrated Twice Round the London Clock & More London Nights by the same author in 1933.[3][4]
Illustration for Illustrated London News, 1927.[5]
Cartoons for Punch, 1933.[6]
Drew daily strip All in a Day's Work in the Daily Herald,[7] which was syndicated to Australian newspapers from the mid-30s on.[1][8][9][10] Lasted until at least 1945.
Son Thomas Oliver Elmes born in Smirna House, White Notley, Essex, 1934.[11] His mother's maiden name was Holmes.[12] Oliver was an artist in his own right and died in 2011.
Drew Bobby Bear in Mickey Mouse Weekly (1936) and Happy Families Comic (1938).[13]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Comicoz Part 1: Newspaper Strips
- ↑ London Nights on Abebooks
- ↑ Twice Around the Clock on Abebooks
- ↑ Dancing Sailors, The Greenwich Phantom, 31 July 2008
- ↑ Mary Evans Picture Library
- ↑ Vintage Punch Cartoon on Amazon.co.uk
- ↑ Denis Gifford, The History of the British Newspaper Comic Strip, Shire Publications, 1971, pp. 35
- ↑ All in a Day's Work, The Daily News, Perth, 16 December 1935
- ↑ All in a Day's Work, The Argus, Melbourne, 30 January 1939
- ↑ All in a Day's Work, The Argus, Melbourne, 18 August 1945
- ↑ Oliver Elmes, The Small Paintings Group
- ↑ Thomas O Elmes' birth record, Genes Reunited
- ↑ *Alan Clark, Dictionary of British Comic Artists, Writers and Editors, The British Library, 1998, p. 54