Charles Peattie
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Charles Peattie is a British
cartoonist
, best known as half of the team (with Russell Taylor
) that creates the comic strip Alex. He has two daughters and two sons. He lives in London and is currently working on a number of TV projects and films.
Peattie studied at St Martin's School of Art.
comic strip which has been running in Private Eye
since 1987. Both were collaborations with Mark Warren.
Gary has a daughter named Pixie Frou-Frou, first mentioned in November 1987, when she was stated to be five years old. Her name was possibly inspired by that given by Bob Geldof
and Paula Yates
to their eldest daughter Fifi Trixibelle Geldof (born 1983); it is noteworthy that their third daughter (born 1990) was named Little Pixie Geldof.
United Kingdom
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cartoonist
Cartoonist
A cartoonist is a person who specializes in drawing cartoons. This work is usually humorous, mainly created for entertainment, political commentary or advertising...
, best known as half of the team (with Russell Taylor
Russell Taylor
Russell Taylor MBE is a British writer, journalist and composer. He is best known as half of the team that created the comic strip Alex. He studied at St Anne's College, Oxford...
) that creates the comic strip Alex. He has two daughters and two sons. He lives in London and is currently working on a number of TV projects and films.
Peattie studied at St Martin's School of Art.
Other work
He produced the cartoon 'Dick', which ran in in Melody Maker, and the CelebCeleb
Celeb is a long-running cartoon by Charles Peattie that has run in the satirical magazine Private Eye since 1987. It gently satirises the life of an ageing rock Star Gary Bloke.Other regular characters include...
comic strip which has been running in Private Eye
Private Eye
Private Eye is a fortnightly British satirical and current affairs magazine, edited by Ian Hislop.Since its first publication in 1961, Private Eye has been a prominent critic and lampooner of public figures and entities that it deemed guilty of any of the sins of incompetence, inefficiency,...
since 1987. Both were collaborations with Mark Warren.
Celeb
Celeb first appeared in Private Eye during May 1987. In that magazine, the strip is credited to "Ligger", a joint pseudonym for Peattie and Warren. Whilst several real people are named or caricatured, the eponymous "celebrity" is a fictional person, Gary Bloke. He has several character traits common with those of contemporary real-life celebrities.Gary has a daughter named Pixie Frou-Frou, first mentioned in November 1987, when she was stated to be five years old. Her name was possibly inspired by that given by Bob Geldof
Bob Geldof
Robert Frederick Zenon "Bob" Geldof, KBE is an Irish singer, songwriter, author, occasional actor and political activist. He rose to prominence as the lead singer of the Irish rock band The Boomtown Rats in the late 1970s and early 1980s alongside the punk rock movement. The band had hits with his...
and Paula Yates
Paula Yates
Paula Elizabeth Yates was a British television presenter and writer, best known for her work on two television programmes, The Tube and The Big Breakfast.-Early life:...
to their eldest daughter Fifi Trixibelle Geldof (born 1983); it is noteworthy that their third daughter (born 1990) was named Little Pixie Geldof.