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Rosemary Elizabeth "Posy" Simmonds MBE, FRSL (born 9 August 1945) is a British newspaper cartoonist, and writer and illustrator of both children's books and graphic novels. She is best known for her long association with The Guardian, for which she drew the series Gemma Bovery (2000) and Tamara Drewe (2005–06), both later published as books.
Sep 26, 2023 · The British author-illustrator of Tamara Drewe, Gemma Bovery and other graphic novels is the guest of the Bpi for a tribute to her career. She talks about her work, her characters and her love for French BD in an interview.
Jan 25, 2024 · English cartoonist and writer Posy Simmonds has won the Grand Prix at France’s Angoulême International Comics festival, a first for a British artist at one of the most prestigious awards in...
Favourably compared with Austen, Elliot and, most frequently, Thomas Hardy (upon whose work her own books are closely modelled), Posy Simmonds is an astute modern satirist, using a blend of words and pictures to successfully send-up and lambast the small-minded prurience of the British middle-classes.
Jan 25, 2024 · British graphic novelist Posy Simmonds has been awarded the Grand Prix – the world's most prestigious award in the field – at the Angoulême International Comics Festival.
In May 1977 Posy Simmonds, an unknown young illustrator, started drawing a weekly comic strip for the Guardian. It began as a silly parody of girls' adventure stories, making satirical comments about contemporary life.
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Aug 29, 2019 · Posy Simmonds: from fashion week to ‘well-meaning woolly liberals’. A London exhibition of the illustrator’s editorial cartoons and political satire celebrates her as an acute...
