David Low
David Low
In 1891, a young boy was born in Dunedin, New Zealand. His name was David Low, one of the best political cartoonists of the 20th century. Low decided to become a cartoonist after he got his hands on pile of old Punch magazine issues. Low’s first taste of success came at the age of just 15 when he had cartoons published in a handful of magazines and newspapers;
Salvation Army newspaper
War Cry
New Zealand Truth
When still a teenager, Low was given a job as regular cartoonist for the ‘New Zealand Spectator’.
Not long after being a given a job in an Australian magazine, Low found himself in Edinburgh, drawing for ‘The Daily News’ after a British cartoonist wrote an article about him in the New Statesmen. The deal included a spot in the evening paper, The Star. Low was then given a great project by ‘The Star’. He was to draw a portrait of the 50 greatest British citizens. The list included G.K.Chesterton and John Galsworthy. However, the portraits themselves ended up in ‘The New Statesmen’.
In 1927, we see Low move to the Evening Herald, where he was allowed to express his own radical political views, despite the paper being -at the time- a conservative paper. Low’s work was eventually banned in Italy and Germany due to his constant humiliation of Adolf Hitler and Mussolini. Many of these cartoons are used in History classes throughout Scottish schools today.
Many believe him to have been the best cartoonist of the 20th century, a mentioned earlier in the article. Myself, I agree after haven reviewed the work of many others. Here is a list of possible contenders;
Bernard Partridge
Ernest Howard Shepard
Charles Schulz
Jack Kirby
Bill Watterson
Gary Larson
Milton Caniff
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