17 Facts About Roy Raymonde

Roy Raymonde was a British editorial cartoonist best known for his work in Playboy, Punch and The Sunday Telegraph.

Roy Raymonde was much admired for his stylish comic drawings and flamboyant use of colour.

Roy Stuart Raymonde was born in 1929 in Grantham, Lincolnshire to Juliana Patricia Quinn and Barry Raymonde, an advertising agent and theatrical impresario.

Roy Raymonde recounted that the Kingsbury house they lived in was completely demolished one night by a German land mine.

At the age of 15 Roy Raymonde attended Harrow School of Art.

Roy Raymonde told a story of how he was nearly expelled for defacing one of Hoffnung's demonstration drawings by adding funny captions.

On leaving art school Roy Raymonde took a job in a commercial art studio, where he believed that his association with professional illustrators really taught him his drawing skills.

Roy Raymonde produced two books of cartoons in the 1960s, The Constant Minx: From the Beginning and More Constant Minx.

Roy Raymonde's cartoons were accepted, though as far as men's magazines were concerned, on the proviso that he work exclusively for Playboy.

Roy Raymonde collaborated with his friend Robert Holles during this period and illustrated two of his books: The Guide to Real Village Cricket and The Guide to Real Subversive Soldiering.

Roy Raymonde collected 18c prints and was particularly fond of Rowlandson.

Roy Raymonde was invited back for lecture tours in both Japan and Korea, and then to exhibit at the Marunie Gallery, Kyoto.

Roy Raymonde was a voracious reader and in particular a lover of poetry.

Roy Raymonde had assembled a fine collection of antiquarian books.

In 2002 whilst returning from Japan, Roy Raymonde suffered a stroke, which affected his eyesight and his ability to concentrate, making it impossible for him to continue working.

Roy Raymonde died in 2009 after a fall at his home in Essex.

Roy Raymonde was survived by his wife Patricia, son Paul and daughter Kate.