Education
Born as Brian Davis in London, he studied art at Saint Martin"s School of Art, and in 1942 sold his first drawing to Punch, signing it "brian".
Born as Brian Davis in London, he studied art at Saint Martin"s School of Art, and in 1942 sold his first drawing to Punch, signing it "brian".
He also worked for Punch and Playboy. He went on to study painting at the Chelsea School of Art and later adopted "Michael ffolkes" as his artistic name, becoming a professional cartoonist in 1949. In 1955, ffolkes began to illustrate the "Way of the World" column in the Daily Telegraph.
In 1961, he began illustrating Punch film reviews, and later its covers.
Ffolkes contributed to such newspapers and magazines as Strand, Lilliput, the Daily Telegraph, The Spectator, the Sunday Telegraph, Playboy, Private Eye, the New Yorker, the Reader"s Digest, Krokodil, and Esquire. He was a prolific illustrator of children"s books, in particular those of Roald Dahl, and published his autobiography, ffundamental ffolkes, in 1985.
His name will live forever just for that."
Ffolkes died in London on 18 October 1988 at age 63 from undisclosed causes.