Alex Hughes (cartoonist)

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Alex Hughes
Born (1971-04-22) 22 April 1971 (age 53)
NationalityEnglish
Known forCartooning
Patron(s) Tribune
Website www.alexhughescartoons.co.uk OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

Alex Hughes (born Solihull, 22 April 1971) is an English freelance cartoonist, caricaturist and illustrator, whose work is published in Tribune [1] and has been used in PC Pro, Red Pepper and by the BBC's The Midlands at Westminster and Five's Live With Christian O'Connell . He lives in Smethwick, West Midlands, England.

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Hughes has an MA in Visual Communications (cartooning) from UCE Birmingham and was Treasurer of the Professional Cartoonists' Organisation. [2] He works from home, having formerly had a studio in Birmingham's Custard Factory.

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