Alex Graham (cartoonist)

Alexander S. Graham (1913-1991) was a British cartoonist who created the comic strip, Fred Basset. In a 1953 cartoon for the The New Yorker he originated the phrase Take me to your leader.[1]

Biography

He was educated at the Dumfries Academy.

Graham's best known creation, Fred Basset, is a comic strip about a male basset hound. The cartoon was published first in the Daily Mail on 8 July 1963.[2] It has since been syndicated around the world.[2]

Fred was published in the UK newspaper Daily Mail and more recently The Mail On Sunday from 1963 to the present.[3]

Alex Graham died on 3 December 1991 (aged 78)

References

  1. ↑ "What Do You Say to an Alien?". New York Times. February 11, 2012. Retrieved 2012-02-12. The first words of a conversation initiated by aliens were immortalized in a 1953 New Yorker cartoon by Alex Graham: 'Take me to your leader.'
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Maria Esposito. "Fred Basset is back". C21 Media. Retrieved 2007-03-27.
  3. ↑ "Fred Basset". Toonhound. Retrieved 2007-03-11.