Thelwell, Norman

▪ 2005

      British cartoonist (b. May 3, 1923, Birkenhead, Cheshire, Eng.—d. Feb. 7, 2004, Romsey, Hampshire, Eng.), drew some 1,500 cartoons for the satiric magazine Punch and was best known for his drawings of a small girl and her rotund pony. Thelwell began his professional career while in the army during World War II. He contributed cartoons to many publications, including London Opinion, News Review, News Chronicle, and Sunday Dispatch, in addition to his contributions to Punch, which included 60 full-colour covers. He also produced 32 books, starting with Angels on Horseback and Elsewhere (1957) and including The Effluent Society (1971) and Some Damn Fool's Signed the Rubens Again (1982); he was also known as a talented landscape artist and a dedicated conservationist.

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