Kipper Williams

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Kipper Williams
Born (1951-12-30) 30 December 1951 (age 71)
Wirral, Cheshire, England
Alma mater University of Leeds
Known forSatirical cartoons

Christopher "Kipper" Williams (born 30 December 1951) is a cartoonist who draws for newspapers, magazines, audio visual presentations and greetings cards. His clients include The Guardian , the Sunday Times , the Spectator , Private Eye , Country Life , John Lewis Gazette, Broadcast , Engineering and Technology, Radio Times , Coaching at Work, [1] and Fitzrovia News .

He was born on the Wirral, Cheshire, on 30 December 1951, the son of Aubrey Williams, a local government officer. His nickname "Kipper" came from a childhood pronunciation of "Christopher." He attended Ellesmere Port Grammar School, and from 1970 to 1974 studied fine art at Leeds University, where, he remembered, "cartoons were my reaction against traditional fine art and painting." At Leeds he was a friend of Steve Bell. [2]

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References

  1. "Information". Kipper Williams. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
  2. "Kipper Williams biography". British Cartoon Archive. Retrieved 21 January 2015.