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Michael ffolkes (6 June 1925 – 18 October 1988) was a British illustrator and cartoonist most famous for his work on the Peter Simple column in ''The Daily Telegraph''. He also worked for ''Punch'' and ''Playboy''. Born as Brian Davis in London, he studied art at Saint Martin's School of Art, and in 1942 sold his first drawing to ''Punch'', signing it "brian". He went on to study painting at the Chelsea School of Art and later adopted "Michael ffolkes" as his artistic name, becoming a professional cartoonist in 1949. In 1955, ffolkes began to illustrate the "Way of the World" column in the ''Daily Telegraph''. In 1961, he began illustrating ''Punch'' film reviews, and later its covers.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.cartoons.ac.uk/artists/briandavis/biography )〕 Ffolkes contributed to such newspapers and magazines as ''Strand'', ''Lilliput'', the ''Daily Telegraph'', ''The Spectator'', the ''Sunday Telegraph'', ''Playboy'', ''Private Eye'', the ''New Yorker'', the ''Reader's Digest'', ''Krokodil'', and ''Esquire''. He was a prolific illustrator of children's books, in particular those of Roald Dahl, and published his autobiography, ''ffundamental ffolkes'', in 1985. According to Ken Pyne, the cartoonist Martin Honeysett "achieved almost legendary status when he threw a huge wobbly cake baked for Private Eye's 21st birthday party over the head of the notoriously pompous cartoonist Michael ffolkes. His name will live forever just for that." ==Death== Ffolkes died in London on 18 October 1988 at age 63 from undisclosed causes. 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 ffolkes」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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