COMIC ARTIST

Quentin Blake

1932 - Today

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Sir Quentin Saxby Blake, (born 16 December 1932) is an English cartoonist, caricaturist, illustrator and children's writer. He has illustrated over 300 books, including 18 written by Roald Dahl, which are among his most popular works. For his lasting contribution as a children's illustrator he won the biennial international Hans Christian Andersen Award in 2002, the highest recognition available to creators of children's books. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Quentin Blake has received more than 1,136,274 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Quentin Blake is the 83rd most popular comic artist (up from 94th in 2019), the 2,618th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,881st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular British Comic Artist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.1M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.14

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.88

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.94

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Quentin Blakes by language

Over the past year Quentin Blake has had the most page views in the with 138,335 views, followed by Spanish (8,527), and French (8,512). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Galician (521.35%), Esperanto (496.15%), and Simple English (127.07%)

Among COMIC ARTISTS

Among comic artists, Quentin Blake ranks 83 out of 226. Before him are Kazuo Koike, Hiromu Arakawa, Machiko Hasegawa, Jean Van Hamme, Al Taliaferro, and Chica Umino. After him are Hermann Huppen, Moto Hagio, Jean-Michel Charlier, Tetsuya Chiba, Héctor Germán Oesterheld, and Paolo Eleuteri Serpieri.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1932, Quentin Blake ranks 244. Before him are Katarina Taikon, Donald Byrd, Chiquito de la Calzada, Carlo Maria Abate, Anand Panyarachun, and Chavalit Yongchaiyudh. After him are Loretta Lynn, Hisashi Owada, Arif Mardin, Paul Bley, Lajos Csordás, and Miroslav Hroch.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Quentin Blake ranks 2,618 out of 8,785. Before him are George Robertson, Baron Robertson of Port Ellen (1946), Austin Osman Spare (1886), Dominic West (1969), Thomas Arnold (1795), C. P. Snow (1905), and Bill Ivy (1942). After him are Kit Harington (1986), Peggy Ashcroft (1907), Billy Meredith (1874), William Robertson Smith (1846), Steve Perryman (1951), and Patrick Manson (1844).

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Among COMIC ARTISTS In United Kingdom

Among comic artists born in United Kingdom, Quentin Blake ranks 2. Before him are Alan Moore (1953). After him are David Lloyd (1950), Raymond Briggs (1934), Jamie Hewlett (1968), Dave Gibbons (1949), John Byrne (1950), Garth Ennis (1970), Mark Millar (1969), Ronald Searle (1920), Dave McKean (1963), and Warren Ellis (1968).

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