Carl Giles was recently voted the Greatest Cartoonist of the Twentieth Century.

Throughout his fifty years at the Daily and Sunday Express he drew thousands of cartoons documenting Britain and its people. During those years Britain changed. He first came to public notice drawing cartoons of British 'tommies' in the second World War; later reference is made to Suez, the Falklands campaign and the Gulf War.

Or you could measure the passing of time by the clothes he drew; from Spivs, through teddy boys and rockers to mini skirts and topless beaches. As you view the cartoons the foibles of British life unfold before you, their absurdities gently mocked.

 
Let me quote John Gordon, Editor of the Sunday Express, who enticed Giles from Reynolds News to join the Express.

"... he [Giles] is something more than just a cartoonist. Study his work closely and you find rather to your surprise that he is a great artist as well. A really great artist. His backgrounds are perfect in structure, in detail and in balance. His figures have the poise that makes them just right.

"You sense that far and above the trick of cartooning, here is a man who loves drawing and lavishes love as well as labour on it, seeking always artistic perfection, not merely the performance of a job of work."