Giles, Carl (1916 - 1995)
After leaving school, aged 14, Giles began work as an animator; he was one of the chief contributors to The Fox Hunt, the first animated British colour cartoon with sound. In October 1937, he went to work for Reynolds News and then in 1943 joined the Express newspaper group, working alongside Strube on the Daily Express and contributing a cartoon each week to the Sunday Express. Giles became best known for his Express ‘family’, especially the vast, dominant figure of Grandma, perpetually clothed in black and exuding an aura of self-satisfied menace. Ronald Searle felt nobody was able to rival Giles in ‘his superb understanding of human behaviour’.
Cartoons for sale:
- "Another one says it fell off the back of a lorry.", 1977
- £4975
- 85cm x 58cm
- Daily Express
Giles's Grandma on skateboard cartoon.
- "Men are all the same - No fashion sense whatsoever'.
5th Sept. 1957 - £2350
- 53cm x 26cm
- Sunday Express
Fashion cartoon.
- "I've no doubt we'll find attendance increase considerably with the curtailment of American films in this country."
11th Jan. 1948 - £2350
- 44cm x 31cm
- Sunday Express
American film industry.
- "So!! Watch the Boat Race without paying entertainment tax would he? Take him away, men!"
31st March 1946 - £1950
- 45cm x 38cm
- Sunday Express
Boat Race and Tax Inspectors cartoon.
- SOLD "Oh yeah, yeah, yeah!"
18th Feb. 1964 - 54cm x 34cm
- Sunday Express
Eton and Harrow College cartoon.
- SOLD "Now which one stole your pocket money, Sonny?", 1956
- 51cm x 15cm
- Sunday Express
This cartoon was originally given to the actor James Mason. Giles has written on the mount: To James Mason with Best Wishes, Giles
