Gentleman Briggs - A Raymond Briggs Fansite

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      These pages are unofficial and unauthorised. If Raymond Briggs, his
     publishers or agents wish I shall remove this fansite without delay...
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      Briggs news



     October 10th - Pushing the Envelope
     Mr Briggs has contributed this fab envelope to the 2006 Pitney Bowes
     Pushing the Envelope charity auction, taking place on eBay.co.uk
     from October 10th, for ten days. A host of celebrities have put pen to
     paper - or indeed, stationery - for the event, with all funds raised
      being donated to the National Literacy Trust. You can find out more
     about the event and its array of contributors on the official site...



     June 3rd - The White Land
     Goodness, it's been a while. But here's something fresh.
     It's an indexing for The White Land, Briggs' masterful
     anthology of Olde English rhymes and verse...



     Nov 12th - A Bloomin' Christmas card!
     Raymond Briggs has donated this splendid Father Christmas
     card design exclusively to the UK childrens' charity, ChildLine,
     and it's available to purchase right now, via their
     Christmas catalgoue (£3.75 for 10 cards)...



     Nov 10th - Bloomin' beanies!
     These cute beanies are for sale at Boots stores, here in .
     the UK, along with other Briggs-inspired goodies for the
     little 'uns. But those beanies would make the perfect
     stocking-filler for fans, young or old...



     Sept 22nd - When the Wind Blows
     A DVD falls. Or to put it another way, When the Wind Blows
     is finally getting a DVD release in the UK, courtesy of Channel4
     Video. The DVD includes a "making of" addition, as well as an
     exclusive interview with Mr Briggs - conducted whilst he was
     working on the artwork for the forthcoming Ted Hughes
     anthology...

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		These pages are dedicated to the life and works of that gentleman genius author and illustrator Raymond Briggs, creator of the Snowman, Fungus the Bogeyman, bloomin' Father Christmas and many more classic characters and stories... thehound@toonhound.com
___________________________________________________________________________ Please note! These pages are unofficial and unauthorised. If Raymond Briggs, his publishers or agents wish I shall remove this fansite without delay... ___________________________________________________________________________ Briggs news October 10th - Pushing the Envelope Mr Briggs has contributed this fab envelope to the 2006 Pitney Bowes Pushing the Envelope charity auction, taking place on eBay.co.uk from October 10th, for ten days. A host of celebrities have put pen to paper - or indeed, stationery - for the event, with all funds raised being donated to the National Literacy Trust. You can find out more about the event and its array of contributors on the official site... June 3rd - The White Land Goodness, it's been a while. But here's something fresh. It's an indexing for The White Land, Briggs' masterful anthology of Olde English rhymes and verse... Nov 12th - A Bloomin' Christmas card! Raymond Briggs has donated this splendid Father Christmas card design exclusively to the UK childrens' charity, ChildLine, and it's available to purchase right now, via their Christmas catalgoue (£3.75 for 10 cards)... Nov 10th - Bloomin' beanies! These cute beanies are for sale at Boots stores, here in . the UK, along with other Briggs-inspired goodies for the little 'uns. But those beanies would make the perfect stocking-filler for fans, young or old... Sept 22nd - When the Wind Blows A DVD falls. Or to put it another way, When the Wind Blows is finally getting a DVD release in the UK, courtesy of Channel4 Video. The DVD includes a "making of" addition, as well as an exclusive interview with Mr Briggs - conducted whilst he was working on the artwork for the forthcoming Ted Hughes anthology... ___________________________________________________________________________


	Bogeys & Snow I was 10 years old when I wrote to Raymond Briggs. I'd just read 'Fungus The Bogeyman' for the first time and I simply couldn't believe how good it was. It was a comic book, sort of. But it was also a book, sort of. I'd never read anything quite like it. I was fascinated by the putrid boil-infested world of Bogeydom in all its glorious green detail and I wanted to see what the author looked like, I wanted this man's autograph - better yet, one of his bogeys! In the end what I got from his publishers, Hamish Hamilton, was a brief blue-biroed apology: 'Sorry, we don't have any signed photos of Raymond Briggs. Hope these will console you.' And in the envelope I found five fung-tastic bookmarks and a sheet of Fungus stickers - fab promotional items which I've savoured since the day I got them. The note itself was a curious thing. It was scrawled on the back of a postcard. On the front was a light crayoned picture of a smiling snowman with a hat and scarf and bright button nose. 'The Snowman by Raymond Briggs - publication September 1978', it said. The Snowman entered my world that Christmas.... - FD 2000