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Strike a Posy

What can I say? I’m just wild about Posy Simmonds. I simply cannot gush enough over this talented, talented lady. If you haven’t heard of her, here is your chance to be redeemed. She illustrates children’s books. She writes and draws a very clever and witty weekly comic in The Guardian called Literary Life, all about the world of writers, booksellers and publishing. It’s so bloody brilliant and beautifully drawn it makes me want to blubber like a baby. A selection of those comics have now been reprinted in a wonderful book, also entitled Literary Life. Get it. Trust me. And she wrote and illustrated a wonderful graphic novel called Gemma Bovary, which is of course, a modern day send off on Flaubert’s notorious creation. If I could strive to be like any artist on this planet, I would choose Posy. At this point in time the only thing I have in common with her is our same initials. Sigh.

  • http://www.comingupforair.net/ Matt

    i can’t wait to read all of these!

  • http://www.comingupforair.net Matt

    i can’t wait to read all of these!

  • Jenny

    Wow–that’s a great rec. I just now ordered both her books from Amazon UK…I love the style as shown on the ‘Gemma Bovary’ cover. I’d never heard of her before…thanks for posting this!

  • Jenny

    Wow–that’s a great rec. I just now ordered both her books from Amazon UK…I love the style as shown on the ‘Gemma Bovary’ cover. I’d never heard of her before…thanks for posting this!

  • http://giambarba.com giam

    Patricia — You’ve done it again! Posy is a huge favorite of mine and I have to thank you publicly for discovering her and sharing your find here and elsewhere.

  • http://giambarba.com/ giam

    Patricia — You’ve done it again! Posy is a huge favorite of mine and I have to thank you publicly for discovering her and sharing your find here and elsewhere.

  • http://stormsillustration.com/ Patricia

    I feel like it’s my mission in life, Paul, to let everyone know about this amazing artist. She deserves every drop of recognition she gets, which sadly, is still not enough.

  • http://stormsillustration.com Patricia

    I feel like it’s my mission in life, Paul, to let everyone know about this amazing artist. She deserves every drop of recognition she gets, which sadly, is still not enough.

  • http://www.readyourselfraw.com/ Tim Webber

    I’m so happy the Posy Simmonds is finally being recognised in the US and Canada. She has been the UK’s best kept secret since the 1980′s. Now we just need to persuade somebody to reprint the six Posy collections, which contained her weekly strip in The Guardian newspaper. Come on Fantagraphics…

  • http://www.readyourselfraw.com Tim Webber

    I’m so happy the Posy Simmonds is finally being recognised in the US and Canada. She has been the UK’s best kept secret since the 1980′s. Now we just need to persuade somebody to reprint the six Posy collections, which contained her weekly strip in The Guardian newspaper. Come on Fantagraphics…

  • http://www.arichardallen.com/ A Richard Allen

    I met Post Simmonds for the first time last week and she was wonderfully modest and intelligent (as one would expect from her work). I’m afraid I turned into a bit of a frothing fan.

    London (England) based Posy Simmonds disciples can attend a talk that she’s giving at 4.30pm on Wednesday 27 April at Central Saint Martins College. Call for (free) tickets on 020 7514 7022/3

    This is my first visit to drawn.ca and I’m very impressed.

    Has anyone posted anything on the illustrator Fritz Wegner?

  • http://www.arichardallen.com A Richard Allen

    I met Post Simmonds for the first time last week and she was wonderfully modest and intelligent (as one would expect from her work). I’m afraid I turned into a bit of a frothing fan.

    London (England) based Posy Simmonds disciples can attend a talk that she’s giving at 4.30pm on Wednesday 27 April at Central Saint Martins College. Call for (free) tickets on 020 7514 7022/3

    This is my first visit to drawn.ca and I’m very impressed.

    Has anyone posted anything on the illustrator Fritz Wegner?