10 Facts About Clifford Harper

Clifford Harper is a long-term contributor to The Guardian newspaper and many other publications.

Clifford Harper's father was a postman and his mother a cook.

Clifford Harper self-published his own Class War Comix and illustrated for among others Undercurrents magazine and books on Stuart Christie's Cienfuegos Press.

Heavily influenced by George Grosz, Felix Vallotton, Fernand Leger, Eric Gill and in particular the narrative woodcuts of Frans Masereel, Clifford Harper's style evolved in the 1980s in a bolder, expressionist direction, with much of his later work resembling woodcut, although he mainly works in pen and ink, and watercolour.

Clifford Harper is a regular and longterm contributor to The Guardian newspaper.

Anarchy: A Graphic Guide, which Clifford Harper wrote and illustrated, was published by Camden Press in 1987.

Clifford Harper had a strong association with Freedom Press from 1969 up to 2005 as well as many other anarchist groups, publications and individuals.

Clifford Harper remains an engaged anarchist activist, having been involved with organising the UK's annual Anarchist Bookfair, re-designing Freedom newspaper in 2005, producing books, pamphlets, posters, book covers, postcards and drawings for, and supporting, anarchists everywhere.

Clifford Harper's drawings have been used and reproduced by anarchists and others in nearly every country of the world.

In March 2020, a plaque made by Clifford Harper was unveiled in Plymouth, making tribute to the Tolpuddle Martyrs.