COMIC ARTIST

Raymond Briggs

1934 - 2022

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Raymond Redvers Briggs (18 January 1934 – 9 August 2022) was an English illustrator, cartoonist, graphic novelist and author. Achieving critical and popular success among adults and children, he is best known in Britain for his 1978 story The Snowman, a book without words whose cartoon adaptation is televised and whose musical adaptation is staged every Christmas. Briggs won the 1966 and 1973 Kate Greenaway Medals from the British Library Association, recognising the year's best children's book illustration by a British subject. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Raymond Briggs has received more than 1,439,402 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Raymond Briggs is the 128th most popular comic artist (up from 138th in 2019), the 4,204th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,409th in 2019) and the 4th most popular British Comic Artist.

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  • 45.95

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.90

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.56

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMIC ARTISTS

Among comic artists, Raymond Briggs ranks 128 out of 226. Before him are Rudolph Dirks, Ken Akamatsu, François Bourgeon, Iginio Straffi, Ken Sugimori, and Ōten Shimokawa. After him are Momoko Sakura, Tsutomu Nihei, Joe Simon, Jamie Hewlett, Kouta Hirano, and Alex Raymond.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Raymond Briggs ranks 416. Before him are Alan A'Court, Britt Strandberg, Giorgio Bassi, Robert Siatka, Yvonne Rainer, and Nobuyuki Aihara. After him are John Richardson, Martín Pando, Pino Caruso, Tevfik Kış, Eladio Rojas, and Roy Kinnear. Among people deceased in 2022, Raymond Briggs ranks 439. Before him are Ernest Shonekan, Murray Halberg, Tsuneko Sasamoto, Nils Arne Eggen, Larry Storch, and Antonio Martino. After him are Yvan Colonna, Ri Yong-ho, Eeles Landström, Maxi Jazz, Carmen Herrera, and Harm Ottenbros.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Raymond Briggs ranks 4,204 out of 8,785. Before him are George Montagu (1751), Henry Nicholas Ridley (1855), Brandon Carter (1942), Ernest Mangnall (1866), William Dobson (1610), and Ray Thomas (1941). After him are Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux (1778), Chad of Mercia (634), Steven Moffat (1961), John Richardson (1934), Clive Dunn (1920), and Robbie Fowler (1975).

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Among COMIC ARTISTS In United Kingdom

Among comic artists born in United Kingdom, Raymond Briggs ranks 4. Before him are Alan Moore (1953), Quentin Blake (1932), and David Lloyd (1950). After him are 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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