About

Peter Clarke was born on 18 September 1937. He was political cartoonist on Time & Tide in 1961 and 1962, and in the Daily Sketch in 1962 and 1963 – when his series ‘Comment by Clarke’ began.

Clarke was still contributing illustrations and political cartoons to the Guardian in the 1980s and 1990s.

Peter Clarke died in 2012.

 

References used in biography

GNM Archive Collections in Focus Peter Clarke

Active Period

1950-1999

Status

Featured in BCA collections

Cartoon style

Editorial cartoonsCartoons strips and series

Publisher

GuardianDaily Sketch