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Michael Payne (born 13 April 1944) known by his professional name ""Mike Payne" is a British cartoonist, artist, illustrator, writer and actor best known for creating "Tatty Teddy" for the "Me to You" concept for Carte Blanche Greetings which he drew for seventeen years. He created "Teddy Bigfoot" and "The Miranda Gang" for the same company under his pen name of "Miranda". He is also the creator and writer of the Charlie's Ark children’s stories, Norm Bear (with Richard Digance) and was the cartoonist for Sky News. == Personal life == Mike Payne was born in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England on 13 April 1944, the son of John Reginald James Payne, a cartographical draughtsman, and his wife Rosina Gwendoline, (née Kippax). Greatly influenced by his father, and inspired by Walt Disney and Giles of the Daily Express, Payne was always drawing and painting as a child. He attended Horley County School in Horley, Surrey, leaving at seventeen to take up employment as a Clerical Assistant in H M Land Registry in Lincoln’s Inn Fields in London and shortly transferred to the Tithe Redemption Office (Inland Revenue) in Finsbury Square, London, prior to a move to Worthing. Payne spent 26 years in the Inland Revenue, where he rose to Senior Executive Officer. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Michael Payne (cartoonist)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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