Billy Straight
Billy Straight
David Langdon, 1914-2011 (Comics Reporter)
The English cartoonist David Langdon, who enjoyed his greatest popularity
during World War II and was a Punch contributor during that publication's
period of greatest circulation, died on November 18. He was 97 years old.
Langdon was born in London and studied to become an accredited architect. He
was educated at Davenant grammar school. Langdon began to draw cartoons as a
side business in 1931 and continued on through the 1930s while working in the
Architects Department of London County Council. He was invited to contribute
to Punch by then-editor EV Knox in 1937. By 1941 he was that publication's
most prolific contributor and released his first book, Home Front Lines. His
work was written in a straight-forward fashion that appealed to readers
sometimes baffled by the obtuse quality of some cartoonists' efforts, and was
crisply drawn. The cartoonist had joined the London Rescue Service in 1939 and
then the Royal Air Force in 1941. His Billy Brown of London Town
advertisements were a well-known public campaign during the war years. They
featured a genteel city resident admonishing his fellow citizens as to
particulars of wartime civilian life adjustments. Langdon was also the editor
of the ...
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