By J.T.H. Connor, Memorial University, St John’s, Newfoundland, Canada Titles: Father Christmas Fungus the Bogeyman Gentleman Jim When the Wind Blows Unlucky Wally Unlucky Wally Twenty Years On Ethel & Ernest: A True Story With the death of Raymond Redvers Briggs in 2022, Britain along with the graphics community at large, lost a talented and beloved, if not a bit grumpy, storyteller, artist, and illustrator. Briggs (1934-2022) trained in London first at the Wimbledon College of Art and then at the prestigious Slade School of Fine Art. Initially, he  worked as a freelance illustrator for children’s books, which earned him… Read More