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		According to Briggs, his reasons for opting for what he describes as "the labour-intensive botheration of strip cartoons" were mainly due to space considerations.
		Briggs was prompted to experiment in format after he saw a miniature version of his FATHER CHRISTMAS produced by a Swiss publisher.
		A Raymond Briggs fansite FUNGUS THE BOGEYMAN (1979): Briggs' most amusing work, this takes the familiar tropes of children's illustrated books and adds as much foul excrescence as it possibly can without losing any of the social commentary, much to the ghoulish delight of children everywhere.
	www.ninthart.com /display.php?article=846 (1763 words)

	Profile: Raymond Briggs \| Review \| Guardian Unlimited Books
		Briggs acknowledges that his work is often initially prompted by fantasy, "like a snowman or a bogeyman", but is then pursued entirely logically and realistically.
		Briggs was born in 1934 in his parents' three-bedroom house in Wimbledon Park, and shares his birthday - January 18 - with AA Milne and Arthur Ransome.
		Briggs is wryly amused at some of the oddities that have emerged over the years and his house is crowded with Snowman products, but perhaps the most remarkable spin-off has seen the famously wordless story being given a text and used as part of a teach-to-read programme in America.
	books.guardian.co.uk /review/story/0,12084,1375227,00.html (3902 words)

	"Ethel & Ernest" by Raymond Briggs - Salon
		Images can be as carefully chosen and as delicately nuanced as fiction -- and they certainly are in Raymond Briggs' "Ethel & Ernest," a graphic memoir of the author/artist's parents from their marriage in 1930 to their deaths within a few months of each other in 1971.
		And he knows he can rely on Ethel to be strong when he needs her to be -- as when, serving as a volunteer fireman during the war, Ernest comes home from a harsh night spent pulling dead children out of bombed buildings and breaks down.
		In one scene, Raymond tells his mother that his wife's schizophrenia will prevent her from ever having children, and we don't know enough about Ethel and Ernest's daughter-in-law to really take the information in.
	dir.salon.com /story/books/review/1999/10/13/briggs/index.html (998 words)

	0224046624 - Ethel & Ernest by Raymond Briggs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Acclaimed illustrator and writer Briggs tells the story of his parents' courtship, marriage, and lives together from 1928 through their deaths in 1971 in his distinctive graphical style while, along the way, providing a social history of middle-class England.
		Briggs the author of 'The Snowman' tells the deeply moving and funny story of his parents from their first encounter to their deaths.
		Narrated in strip-cartoon format, the prize-winning author-illustrator, Raymond Briggs, presents a loving tribute to the lifelong union of his mother and father, and traces their life from 1928 to 1971.
	www.biblio.com /isbn/0224046624.html (1187 words)

	Raymond Briggs - Penguin UK Authors - Penguin UK
		Raymond Briggs is one of the foremost creators of illustrated books for adults and children, including the unforgettable THE SNOWMAN and FATHER CHRISTMAS.
		Raymond Briggs' parents have proved an important source of inspiration to the author/artist.
		Raymond's unique characterisation of Father Christmas is based on his father - "Father Christmas and the milkman both have wretched jobs: working in the cold, wet and dark." His parents also influenced the character of Jim and Hilda, the victims of nuclear fall-out, in When The Wind Blows.
	www.penguin.co.uk /nf/Author/AuthorPage/0,,0_1000005183,00.html (874 words)

	Raymond Briggs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Raymond Redvers Briggs, British author and illustrator was born in London as the son of a milkman.
		Again, it was written and illustrated by Briggs himself (as for his illustrations, Briggs used a comic-strip format which is something you can see in Garfield).
		Briggs uses his well-known style to show the effect of nuclear was on ordinary people.
	www.sweb.cz /smeagol/raymond_briggs.htm (371 words)

	BBC - Radio 4 - Radio and the Artist - Raymond Briggs
		Raymond Briggs (born January 18, 1934) is a British illustrator, cartoonist, and author who has achieved critical and popular success among adults and children.
		The Snowman (1978) was almost entirely wordless, and became Briggs' best-known work when it was made into an Oscar-nominated animated cartoon that has been shown every year since on British television.
		Briggs continued to work in a similar format, but with more adult content, in Gentleman Jim, a somber look at the working-class trials of Jim and Hilda Bloggs, closely based on his parents.
	www.bbc.co.uk /radio4/inspiration/profile_raymond_briggs.shtml (471 words)

	Amazon.ca: Ethel et ernest: Books: Raymond Briggs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		This wonderful book by noted children's author/illustrator Briggs (The Snowman) is something quite new: the story of his parents' quiet lives, played out against the stirring events of the century, done as a comic strip.
		Then come the wonders of their first car, the advent of television, Raymond's eventual marriage in the swinging '60s and the aging couple's gradual decline into senility, floowed by their deaths within weeks of each other.
		Briggs (The Snowman, When the Wind Blows) is possibly the premier cartoonist publishing exclusively with a major publishing house, and any new work of his deserves a very careful look.
	www.amazon.ca /Ethel-ernest-Raymond-Briggs/dp/2246569516 (566 words)

	Amazon.de: Ethel & Ernest: English Books: Raymond Briggs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		No one can resist this book, which is an affectionate yet honest look by the author/illustrator Raymond Briggs, who tells the story of the courtship and life of his mother Ethel and father Ernest, set squarely in a historical period of Britian.
		Briggs' depiction of his parents' lives from their meeting in the 1920s to their deaths in the 1970s takes the form of a graphic novel with color cartoon panel sets on each page.
		Brigg's presents a sort of melancholy portrait of his parent's life in England from the 20'3/30's through the early 70's.
	www.amazon.de /Ethel-Ernest-Raymond-Briggs/dp/0224046624 (1280 words)

	Graphic novel review - When the Wind Blows - Raymond Briggs
		Raymond Briggs is best known for his children's stories.
		The couple is stereotypically English and of their generation, brought up during the air raids of World War II, incapable of comprehending any enemy other than the 'Jerries' (Germans), and with a naive confidence that the leaflets issued by the local government can protect them from the inevitable holocaust.
		A master of the emotions, Briggs is as adept with the artwork as with the story.
	www.grovel.org.uk /reviews/whenth01/whenth01.htm (334 words)

	Raymond Briggs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Raymond Briggs was born in London in 1934, and studied at Wimbledon School of Art and the Slade School of Art, London.
		Raymond Briggs also writes books for adults: When the Wind Blows (1982), a grim satire on nuclear war, which has also been made into a play and a film, and The Tin Pot Foreign General and The Old Iron Woman (1984), an attack on the Falklands war.
		Briggs’ true originality as an author-illustrator began with gently debunking works such as Jim and the Beanstalk (1970), in which the giant is an avuncular figure helped by false teeth, spectacles and a wig, and his far from jolly Father Christmas (1973).
	www.contemporarywriters.com /authors/?p=authC2D9C28A1da9f1EA3FRqW3424C56 (1838 words)

	Amazon.ca: Father Christmas: Books: Raymond Briggs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Raymond Briggs, creator of The Snowman, tells a magical Christmas story that will appeal to everyone who wants to believe in Santa Claus.
		Raymond Briggs brings this endearing character to life in over 100 wonderfully illustrated vignettes that follow the adventures of Father Christmas on his big night of the year.
		Raymond Briggs is a wonderful story teller, with distinct and truly magical animation.
	www.amazon.ca /Father-Christmas-Raymond-Briggs/dp/0140501258 (903 words)

	read yourself RAW - Profile: Raymond Briggs
		Utterly original, deeply moving and very funny, Raymond Briggs tells the story of his parents' marriage from their first, chance encounter to their deaths.
		An exploration of Raymond Brigg's work from the time he left art school and began illustrating other people's texts, right up to his most recent publications.
		Illustrations and extracts from his work are accompanied by a text reviewing Raymond's intentions and indicating the underlying philosophy of his themes.
	www.readyourselfraw.com /profiles/briggs/profile_briggs.htm (674 words)

	Amazon.com: Ethel & Ernest: A True Story: Books: Raymond Briggs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Briggs' story is little more than a series of snippets of conversation and events of a long relationship.
		Briggs' artwork is really moving, and displays the changing of the times on his parents very well.
		Those who love Briggs for the Father Christams stories will be reminded that this is also the creator of the Tin Pot Foreign General and a domestivated couple facing oblivion in a nuclear war.
	www.amazon.com /Ethel-Ernest-Story-Raymond-Briggs/dp/0375714472 (1527 words)

	TomFolio.com: by Raymond Briggs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Briggs, Raymond, Illustrated by: Briggs, Raymond The Snowman Storybook Publisher: Random House New York, NY 1990.
		Briggs, Raymond The Snowman RH, NY c.1978, 1st.paperbk.prtg.
		Briggs, Raymond The Snowman RH, NY c.1989, 2nd.prtg.thus.
	www.tomfolio.com /SearchAuthorTitle.asp?Aut=Raymond_Briggs (1118 words)

	Speciale Raymond Briggs
		Born in 1934 in Wimbledon, South London, Raymond Briggs studied at the Wimbledon School of Art and the Slade School of Fine Art.
		Some of Raymond's other work includes the satire of nuclear war for adults, When the Wind Blows, as well as Fungus the Bogeyman, Jim and the Beanstalk, The Man and The Bear.
		Every new book from Raymond is greatly welcomed and received by the world, confirming his ability to appeal to a cross-cultural and wide age-ranging audience.
	www.imperialbulldog.com /Natale/SpecialeBriggs.htm (311 words)

	Author Information: Raymond Briggs :: Internet Book List :: A database of book information and reviews
		Raymond Briggs's, born in London in 1934, writes books that appeal to adults and children alike.
		His hugely successful strip illustration books include the children's classics, Father Christmas, winner of a second Kate Greenaway Medal and The Snowman which was made into an animated film in 1982.
		Briggs' work has achieved critical and popular acclaim.
	www.iblist.com /author1268.htm (127 words)

	Ethel & Ernest by Raymond Briggs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Raymond Briggs is one of the most widely acclaimed children's book authors in Britain.
		While there are dozens if not hundreds of interesting and worthwhile autobiographical comics currently on the market, the vast majority are produced by people in their twenties and thirties.
		Raymond Briggs is in his sixties, and Ethel and Ernest offers us the benefits of his maturity: artistic, intellectual, emotional and philosophical.
	home.earthlink.net /~copaceticcomicsco/EthelErnest.html (243 words)

	Briggs,Raymond Books - Signed, used, new, out-of-print
		Everyday life in Bogeydom is examined as Fungus the Bogeyman describes the skills of scaring people in the nighttime and living underground amidst slime and grime in the daytime.
		They present several alternate theories to the one proposed by the prosecution in the trial of Simpson for the murder of his estranged wife and her friend.
		With over 150 illustrations and text told entirely in dialogue, Briggs' original and provocative story tells what happens when a seven-inch man appears at the home of a young boy, and the boy is...
	www.alibris.com /search/books/author/Briggs,Raymond (848 words)

	Raymond Briggs - Magic Pencil (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Raymond Briggs was born in 1934 to a milkman father and a mother who had been a lady's maid.
		His first work was in advertising but he was soon winning acclaim as a children's book illustrator as well as teaching illustration at Brighton College of Art.
		Guardian interview with Raymond Briggs from November 2002
	magicpencil.britishcouncil.org /artists/briggs (582 words)

	Gentleman Briggs - A Raymond Briggs Fansite
		It's an indexing for The White Land, Briggs' masterful
		Raymond Briggs has donated this splendid Father Christmas
		I was 10 years old when I wrote to Raymond Briggs.
	www.toonhound.com /briggs.htm (295 words)

	Raymond Briggs. Magic Pencil Exhibition: Children's Book Illustration Today (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Raymond Briggs, Ethel and Ernest, first published in Britain by Jonathan Cape, 1998, © Raymond Briggs
		Raymond Briggs is one of the foremost creators of illustrated books for adults and children.
		Is Raymond Briggs your favourite artist in the exhibition?
	portico.bl.uk /whatson/exhibitions/magicpencil/briggs.html (221 words)

	Gentleman Briggs - Biography
		At the age of ten, Briggs passed 'The Scholarship'
		Take a step back and look at the body of Raymond Briggs' work.
		Briggs' parents, whose lives he has movingly depicted in the same-titled
	www.toonhound.com /briggsbiog.htm (492 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Raymond Briggs' The Snowman: Video: Peter Auty,David Bowie,Aled Jones,Dianne Jackson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Two Raymond Briggs' animated classics, The Snowman and Father Christmas are here sensibly paired for maximum yuletide delight.
		Based on Briggs's classic children's book and crafted in a coloured-pencils-on-paper look, like fluffy, hand-drawn illustrations, The Snowman is a gentle fable of friendship and the power of imagination.
		As with all Raymond Briggs' stories there is pathos and poignancy, but you're left wanting to watch it again and again and I'm afraid that lump in the throat will remain like a stubborn frost.
	www.amazon.co.uk /Raymond-Briggs-Snowman-Peter-Auty/dp/B00003L3IJ (1309 words)

	Comic creator: Raymond Briggs
		Raymond Briggs was born in Wimbledon Park, London, in 1934.
		This remarkable book, which was made into a movie, was the first of a series of comics for adults Raymond Briggs did, including the moving 'Ethel and Ernest' (1998), in which he tells the story of his parents' lives.
		Recent children's comic books he made are 'Ug, Boy Genius of the Stone Age' and 'Ivor the Invisible' (2001).
	lambiek.net /artists/b/briggs_raymond.htm (172 words)

	Raymond Briggs Books, Book Price Comparison at 130 bookstores
		Raymond Briggs, creator of The Snowman, tells a magical Christmasstory that will appeal to everyone who wants to believe in Santa Claus.
		Now in Pictureback® format comes Raymond Briggs' award-winning,enchanting story of a young boy and a snowman who share a magical night of...
		Raymond Briggs's wintry hero comes to life and takes a young boy on anunforgettable adventure in this enchanting retelling for the very younge...
	www.bookfinder4u.com /search_author/Raymond_Briggs.html (636 words)

	raymond briggs - Comparison, price and purchase on Shopping Lycos
		Raymond Briggs' Ivor The Invisible (Animated) (Wide Screen)
		The story of Raymond Briggs's parents' marriage, from their first, chance encounter to their deaths.
		Told in Briggs's familiar strip-cartoon format, with nothing embroidered or altered, the book is also a social history of a ...
	shopping.lycos.co.uk /search/raymond_briggs.html (348 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: When the Wind Blows: Books: Raymond Briggs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Ug: Boy Genius of the Stone Age and His Search for Soft Trousers by Raymond Briggs
		Raymond Briggs's comic cartoon book depicts the effects of a nuclear attack on an elderly couple, in his usual humorous, yet macabre way.
		Brigg's illustrations are so factual that you believe you are there.
	www.amazon.co.uk /When-Wind-Blows-Raymond-Briggs/dp/0140094199 (1173 words)

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