Barbara ran March House Books for 20 years but still runs a blog on which she posted a listing of sorts for the contents of the Daily Mail Annuals which is something I’d thought about doing. It’s always interesting to see what people highlight. I’m always on the look out for artists and illustrations, which often get overlooked.
I tripped over a picture on ebay that I thought worth preserving here which, until or if I ever get a copy of the 1947 Annual, can be replaced.
Here we see various Daily Mail artists: Illingworth, “Trog”, “Spot”, “Neb”, Glenn and Phipps with examples of their work. I’ve written a bit about Leslie Illingworth before and if you want to buy an original self-portrait, The Political Cartoon Gallery have one . “Trog” is of course, Wally Fawkes who created the newspaper strip “Flook”. The next one is “Spot” and the clue here is the mouse, the once famous “Teddy Tail of the Daily Mail” drawn by Arthur Potts in one of Teddy’s later incarnations. Then we have Ronald Niebour “Neb” – who drew a strip in the London Evening News called “Mr. Midge”. Next, William St. John Glenn, signing himself as “Glenn”. Lastly “Phipps” is Julian Phipps, husband of MI5 agent Joan Miller (Mrs. Joanna Phipps).
Educated at Lancing College and Oxford, Phipps started with the Daily Mail straight from university in 1929. At one stage he drew fashion drawings and then a strip ‘Judy’ for the Evening Standard. He was Art Editor of the Daily Mirror from 1949 to 1953, and then rejoined Associated Newspapers as Art Editor. (Information from Richard Ford’s site).
Visual Rants 