Martin Honeysett was an English cartoonist and illustrator.
12 Facts About Martin Honeysett
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Martin Honeysett then worked briefly in a London animation studio, and then spent several years abroad both in New Zealand as a lumberjack and in Canada before returning to England to work as a bus-driver for London Transport.
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Martin Honeysett sold his first cartoon to the Daily Mirror in 1969 and his first illustrations began to be published in Punch and Private Eye.
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Martin Honeysett published collections of his own work, including Honeysett at Home, The Motor Show Book of Humour, The Not Another Book of Old Photographs Book, Microphobia: How to Survive Your Computer and the Technological Revolution, Fit for Nothing, The Joy of Headaches, Animal Nonsense Rhymes and The Best of Honeysett.
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Martin Honeysett's work was noted for its black humour, acerbic wit and sardonic, grotesque portrayal of characters who exemplified the cruelty, greed and stupidity of modern life.
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Martin Honeysett's caricatures ranged from "moth-eaten grannies in wrinkled stockings, slippers and curlers, to slobbish youths with multiple piercings, baseball caps askew and falling-down jeans", all drawn in his distinctive "spidery" style of illustration.
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Martin Honeysett stated that it was his intention to show "venom and anger" in his cartoons.
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Martin Honeysett was the recipient of several international awards at cartoon festivals in Europe and Japan, and in 2005 he was made visiting professor of cartooning for two years at Kyoto Seika University, Japan, the only university in the world to have a faculty of cartooning.
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Martin Honeysett's works have been displayed at various public art galleries and illustrations by Honeysett are held in the collections of The Cartoon Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.
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Martin Honeysett died at the age of 71 in January 2015.
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Whilst living and working in Canada, Martin Honeysett met his first wife, Lolly, whom he married in 1970.
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Martin Honeysett was known for occasionally anarchic behaviour and practical jokes.