Cartoonist. He was the creator of the famous cartoon character "Bonzo the Dog." During his early career Studdy managed to sell some drawings to a few publishers. He was later commissioned by several newspapers and magazines to draw action scenes for articles on the Boer War. "Comic Cuts" was the first publication to regularly buy George Studdy's work, and by 1903 he was contributing to "The Big Budget Comic," "Boys Own," and later to "The Graphic," both "Printer's" and "Winter's Pie," "The Bystander," "The Tatler," and many others, the most notable being "The Sketch" a weekly periodical published by The Illustrated London News. It was also about this time that he started his long relationship with Valentine’s Postcards of Dundee. Some of the first they published were a series of six cards called "The Evolution of the Motor Car." His most famous creation "Bonzo" was first seen in 1922. "Bonzo" became very popular and other publishers were fighting for popular character, and several including John Swains & Sons together with Partridge published little children’s books featuring his stories. He appeared in many advertisements, selling everything from tobacco, cars, soap, and polish to confectionery and pickles. He was also among the first neon signs put up in London’s famous Piccadilly Circus, when the area was developed to rival that in Times Square, New York in 1924. Still a very popular character today, with memoribilia highly desirable, his creator died on the 25th July, 1948.
Cartoonist. He was the creator of the famous cartoon character "Bonzo the Dog." During his early career Studdy managed to sell some drawings to a few publishers. He was later commissioned by several newspapers and magazines to draw action scenes for articles on the Boer War. "Comic Cuts" was the first publication to regularly buy George Studdy's work, and by 1903 he was contributing to "The Big Budget Comic," "Boys Own," and later to "The Graphic," both "Printer's" and "Winter's Pie," "The Bystander," "The Tatler," and many others, the most notable being "The Sketch" a weekly periodical published by The Illustrated London News. It was also about this time that he started his long relationship with Valentine’s Postcards of Dundee. Some of the first they published were a series of six cards called "The Evolution of the Motor Car." His most famous creation "Bonzo" was first seen in 1922. "Bonzo" became very popular and other publishers were fighting for popular character, and several including John Swains & Sons together with Partridge published little children’s books featuring his stories. He appeared in many advertisements, selling everything from tobacco, cars, soap, and polish to confectionery and pickles. He was also among the first neon signs put up in London’s famous Piccadilly Circus, when the area was developed to rival that in Times Square, New York in 1924. Still a very popular character today, with memoribilia highly desirable, his creator died on the 25th July, 1948.
Bio by: Kieran Smith
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