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In Memoriam: “Beau Peep” cartoonist Andrew Christine

We’re sorry to report the passing of British cartoonist Andrew Christine, co-creator of the newspaper comic strips Beau Peep and A Man Called Horace with writer Roger Kettle. He had been ill for some time.

British cartoonist Andrew Christine. Photo with thanks to his family and Rob Baker, keeper of the Beau Peep “Camel Dung” tribute site

Over a long career that included work for both DC…

“Beau Peep” blows his last post at the Daily Star, nearly 40 years after first appearance

Veteran strip writer Roger Kettle has announced the sad news that the Daily Star has made dropped its longest-running comic strip, Beau Peep, which had been running in the newspaper since the first issue in 1978. Beau Peep will end sometime in early December and is yet another asinine cost saving measure at the Star unlikely to please readers. The paper is published by Express Newspapers, which…