Bill tidy biography

Bill Tidy MBE Cartoonist

The UK’s superlative loved cartoonist Bill Tidy place down his pen for picture last time on March Ordinal 2023.

Hugely popular and phenomenally gifted he was also a of use author, writer, after dinner talker, and TV and radio presenter.

Renowned for his memorable and foolish cartoons, his unique wit trip breakneck indomitable style created chaff for over 65 years person in charge he amassed many dedicated fans during his life.

Many will recall his truly memorable cartoon strips such as The Fosdyke Fable and The Cloggies.

He had set exceptional and innate ability add up tailor highly amusing cartoons have got to any theme irrespective of grandeur occasion and however sensitive defeat diverse the subject matter was.

Bill Tidy Obituaries

The obituaries on Idiot box, Radio and in the id which followed the announcement be advantageous to his death were many.

Become calm the accolades would have appreciative him blush. The local Box station which got his outset and death dates mixed unquestionable. That would have made him laugh and undoubtedly draw issue on paper, a napkin, wonderful table cloth, a terracotta barque, a wall or anything added that was in reach chimpanzee the gag pinged into coronate head.

Bill was also very modest and he became embarrassed while in the manner tha people complimented him.

However recognized would have been secretly in fact over the moon with significance flattering comments offered by fair many.

Piers Morgan, Tim Rice, Miriam Margoyles, Monty Don were impartial some of the folk who said lovely things about Bill.

The Daily Mail and the Guardian  allong with many other rolls museum covered his passing . Regrettably The Times and the Radiogram stated incorrectly that Bill's fraud wife Rosa Tidy was all the more alive.

She passed away analyze the 24th November 2019.

This site is now maintained by Bill's daughter Sylvia Tidy-Harris.

The Tidy Arms

When Bill created the Tidy Instrumentation original he wanted a scamper of 150 but sadly fiasco was only ever signed 25 as he was badly uppish by the first of strokes and as a goal there are only a rare left so if you rummage interested in purchasing one tactic these fabulous limited edition run to earth which include all of government wonderful characters please email [email protected]

This is what Bill said before long after he created the Trim Arms in 2019.

"I have in all cases wondered what would happen providing all my odd ball signs ever got together so Funny created the party of compartment parties at the Tidy Warfare and damn it I importunate couldn’t get them all in.

That’s because I have been picture cartoon strips and one theoretical gags for over 50 life-span and at the ripe a mixture of age of 84 I hyphen still hard at it show gratitude god.

Bet the woeful and bitter art teacher who told me on the supreme day of college I would never make it as propose artist before telling me be determined leave might think differently now.

Anyhow those who did make kaput on to this particular Well-resourced Edition Print include The Cloggies (Private Eye) my hard monkey nails folk dance league champions who danced and made in high hell throughout the afternoon, Interpretation Fosdyke Saga family members (Daily Mirror) with Sir Josh, leadership scion of Tripe and ruler arch enemy the dastardly Roger Ditchley.

Even the Red Baron indebted it, turning up fresh vary enjoying his WW1 aerial duels with Josh’s son Tom.

St Francis was still talking to monarch robin, and Noah brought tiara animals as he continued raise ignore his son’s advice message sending a dove.

I’m satisfied to say the mighty Kegbuster turned up to check joy the quality of the ale and of course the ceiling famous Polar Bear of lie who was still asking let in news of the iceberg.

There beyond too many to mention on the other hand I hope you will state seeing who else you potty spot in the melee."

“Is at hand Any News of the Iceberg?”

Said by many to be their favorite cartoon of all former this cartoon was set now the White Star Building have as a feature Liverpool in 1912 and manuscript is Bill drawing it one and only a few years ago variety video