Jon, John Jones (1913 - 1992)
In 1938, Jones began working as political cartoonist for the Cardiff Western Mail. During the war, he served in the Welsh Regiment in North Africa. In September 1943 he was Assistant Military Landing Officer at Salerno in Italy, and in January 1944 had the same job at Anzio. Evacuated to North Africa with shell-shock, Jones started drawing cartoons of a pair of British officers who had 'civilianised' their army uniforms. Jones recalled that "a lot of 8th Army officers dressed like that." Under the signature ‘JON’, the officers made their first appearance as ‘The Two Types’ in the Eighth Army News in July 1944. In October 1960, Jones joined the Daily Mail as their pocket cartoonist. In 1982 Jones joined the Mail on Sunday, for which he worked until 1988.
Cartoons for sale:
- "Sorry - Mr Mathews has taken Aston Villa."
17th Dec. 1968 - £165
- 12cm x 24cm
- Daily Mail
Father Christmas Aston Villa cartoon.
- Caption Displayed
8th April 1965 - £125
- 12cm x 24cm
- Daily Mail
Bus conductor cartoon
- "No officer, not the silver candlesticks or the gold plate - just the candles."
10th Dec. 1972 - £145
- 11cm x 21cm
- Daily Mail
Three day week cartoon.
- Caption Displayed
15th May 1979 - £185
- 11cm x 24cm
- Daily Mail
Queen Elizabeth II male chauvinism cartoon.
- No Caption
30th Dec. 1975 - £195
- 11cm x 23cm
- Daily Mail
Ted Heath and Margaret Thatcher love is cartoon.
- Caption Displayed
18th June 1979 - £185
- 11cm x 24cm
- Daily Mail
VAT rate increased from 8% to 15% cartoon.
- Caption Displayed
12th July 1977 - £185
- 11cm x 24cm
- Daily Mail
Love is James Callaghan and Margaret Thatcher cartoon.
- Caption Displayed
5th May 1975 - £195
- 11cm x 24cm
- Daily Mail
Margaret Thatcher wins 1979 General Election cartoon.
- Caption Displayed
11th Oct. 1975 - £185
- 11cm x 24cm
- Daily Mail
Margaret Thatcher party conference cartoon.
- No Caption
7th March 1967 - £165
- 10cm x 23cm
- Daily Mail
Vote Labour cartoon.
- "They can't be Wilson's tax documents!"
28th Oct. 1974 - £165
- 10cm x 23cm
- Daily Mail
Tax cartoon.
- Caption Displayed
5th Sept. 1974 - £165
- 11cm x 26cm
- Daily Mail
Harold Wilson and Len Murray cartoon
- Caption Displayed
12th Oct. 1974 - £165
- 12cm x 23cm
- Daily Mail
Ted Heath cartoon.
- "If you could give me some indication of when you can start as our regular organist sir."
15th Oct. 1974 - £165
- 11cm x 22cm
- Daily Mail
- Caption Displayed
9th Feb. 1967 - £165
- 12cm x 26cm
- Daily Mail
Harold Wilson, George Brown and Andrei Gromyko cartoon.
- No Caption
2nd March 1967 - £165
- 14cm x 24cm
- Daily Mail
Harold Wilson and George Brown cartoon.
- "I'll do it again for 10m dollars."
31st Oct. 1974 - £185
- 13cm x 23cm
- Daily Mail
Harold Wilson and Ted Heath cartoon.
- Two Types Cartoon
9th Sept. 1945 - £125
- 17cm x 13cm
- Autograph
