Ronald William Fordham Searle, CBE, RDI, (born 3 March 1920, died 30 December 2011

[dipsydoodle]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Searle

British cartoonist Ronald Searle, best known for creating the fictional girls' school St Trinian's, has died aged 91.

His daughter Kate Searle told Reuters news agency that he "passed away peacefully in his sleep" in a hospital in France.

Searle's spindly cartoons of the naughty schoolgirls first appeared in 1941, before the idea was adapted for film.

The first movie version, The Belles of St Trinian's, was released in 1954.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-16391857

[muriel_volestrangler]

1. And illustrator of the Molesworth books

A seasonal offering:



"Trap for dere Santa"

[dipsydoodle]

2. And Gerald Scarfe's mentor

Trap here :




Off topic : where did that box "View Profile" come from out of the blue ?

[muriel_volestrangler]

3. Your eyes are playing you up - that's a monkey

Honest: http://www.democraticunderground.com/124020393

On edit: Is the trap picture not showing up for you in my post?

[dipsydoodle]

4. Oh I see

as in well I never.

I'd had no occasion to click on my own or anyone else's avatar but yes the same thing happens - profile shows.

No - there was no picture which was why I found one and loaded it it. If you can edit my one into yours I'll then delete mine.

[muriel_volestrangler]

5. No need to edit - people will either see mine or yours

(assuming mine isn't saying something rude about hotlinking without permission, that is ... - I guess it's in my browser cache from when I found it, but perhaps it won't get served to other people)

[LeftishBrit]

6. RIP

I particularly loved the Nigel Molesworth books.

[fedsron2us]

7. This Nigel Molesworth cartoon always decorates my desk at work

As any fule kno this is how the brave clear eyed workers win the export battle and rejoice at the triumph of their bosses



The computer systems I support are a bit like the machine in the picture.

A very sad day that this brilliant cartoonist's pen has been stilled forever

[muriel_volestrangler]

8. It's hot pot Tuesdays, innit?

(from memory - and I suspect 'innit' is an anachronism).

I dug out How To Be Topp for some smiles.