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Posy Simmonds

January 2024

  • Posy Simmonds in her studio.

    Brief letters
    Posy Simmonds’ poster of Guardian reader types deserves a reprint

  • Posy Simmonds, 78, is only the fourth woman to win the Grand Prix at the International Comics festival in Angoulême.

    Graphic novelist Posy Simmonds wins prestigious French comics award

December 2023

  • Posy Simmonds.

    On my radar
    On my radar: Posy Simmonds’s cultural highlights

    The cartoonist on inspiring female thinkers, watching giraffes on TV, and the best shop for pencils

August 2022

  • Raymond Briggs.

    Raymond Briggs was famous for his grumpiness – but behind the facade he was shy, thoughtful and kind

    The writer and illustrator – who has died aged 88 – was a stalwart of children’s literature, but readers of all ages delighted in his characters. The cartoonist Posy Simmonds remembers the man behind the drawings

December 2018

  • Raymond Briggs, English illustrator

    At last, a partner for the Snowman who has melted hearts for 40 years

    Illustrators including Quentin Blake and Shirley Hughes celebrate the Raymond Briggs Christmas classic – and one adds a touch of romance

November 2018

  • Cassandra Darke

    Book of the day
    Cassandra Darke by Posy Simmonds review – a Christmas Carol for our time

    An elderly art dealer confronts dark thoughts and danger in this beautifully drawn graphic novel

October 2018

  • X-ray of a human knee

    Brief letters
    Prof Kneebone is the right man for the job

    Brief letters: Posy Simmonds | Universal credit | Village for sale | Surgical education | Free Telegraph | Amazing words
  • Posy Simmons

    Books interview
    Posy Simmonds: ‘Women in books aren’t allowed to be total rotters’

    The graphic novelist talks about drawing a modern world of art fraud, non-doms and sexting for her latest graphic novel: Cassandra Darke
  • Cassandra Darke by Posy Simmonds

    Cassandra Darke by Posy Simmonds - an exclusive extract

    After Tamara Drewe and Gemma Bovery, Posy Simmonds is back with a new anti-heroine Cassandra Darke

August 2018

  • Illustration from Black Dog – the Dreams of Paul Nash by Dave McKean. Black Dog explores the work of Paul Nash, one of the most important British artists of the twentieth century, whose First World War experiences inspired him to create paintings of disturbing, lasting power.

    Further reading
    From Maus to Tamara Drewe: the 10 graphic novels everyone should read

    With Nick Drnaso’s Sabrina becoming the first graphic novel longlisted for the Man Booker prize, it’s a good time for readers to discover more

February 2016

  • Matt Damon in The Martian

    Guy Lodge's streaming and DVDs
    The Martian; The Lobster; Pan; The Show of Shows; Le Pont du Nord – review

    Matt Damon’s everyman starman deserves an Oscar. And beneath Yorgos Lanthimos’s fantastical The Lobster lies a beating heart

December 2015

  • Posy Simmonds' Christmas card.

    The 12 cartoons of Christmas
    The 12 cartoons of Christmas – by Quentin Blake, Judith Kerr, Posy Simmonds and more

    Knackered Santas, tattooed snowmen and elephant-riding magi – it’s a cliche-free cartoon Christmas

August 2015

  • I knead you … Fabrice Luchini and Gemma Arterton in Gemma Bovery.

    Gemma Bovery review – a sugary snack of a film

    Fabrice Luchini and Gemma Arterton star in a watchable if contrived adaptation of Posy Simmonds’ graphic novel about a French baker and his British neighbour

February 2014

  • famousfoxes-duffy

    Top writers draw foxes - in pictures

    To raise money for Great Ormond Street hospital – the readers' quarterly Slightly Foxed asked writers including Carol Ann Duffy and Kazuo Ishiguro to draw a fox. Here are some of the wily creatures they came up with …

December 2013

  • great war joe sacco

    Observer books of the year 2013
    Graphic books of the year – review

    Stark images of the Somme, overheard mobile phone chat and an Art Spiegelman retrospective are among Rachel Cooke's highlights in a great year for comics and graphic novels

November 2013

  • Observer magazine cover, 23 December 1984, featuring Posy Simmonds' artwork for her retelling of The Little Match Girl

    Archive teaching resource
    Posy Simmonds at Christmas

    Posy Simmonds has produced many Christmas themed cartoons for the Guardian and the Observer. This month’s resource from the GNM Archive focuses on a few of the festive pieces in her collection

October 2013

  • lakes international comic arts festival

    Comic and graphic novel stars take over Kendal for new festival showcase

    Lakes International comic art festival eschews superhero model to give women writers and artists equal billing, writes Laura Sneddon

June 2013

  • Iain Banks will be the subject of a special event at the Edinburgh international books festival

    Edinburgh international book festival announces 2013 lineup

    Life and work of Iain Banks to be honoured at 30th festival, with Salman Rushdie, Margaret Atwood and Neil Gaiman also featuring in two-week event partnered by the Guardian

May 2013

  • Posy Simmonds

    A peek inside the sketchbooks of Posy Simmonds

    Cartoonist Posy Simmonds gives us a sneak peek inside the sketchbooks she used to create Gemma Bovery, Tamara Drewe and more

April 2013

  • Christopher Paolini

    The book doctor
    Is it possible for teen authors to get published?

    Book doctor: Christopher Paolini's Eragon is the latest of a long line of books by young writers - think of Daisy Ashford's Young Visiters and The Diary of Anne Frank

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