Raymond Briggs: Happy Christmas

“The idea was clean, nice and silent. I don’t have happy endings. I create what seems natural and inevitable. The snowman melts, my parents died, animals die, flowers die. Everything does. There’s nothing particularly gloomy about it. It’s a fact of life.
"I’m not a fan of Christmas, although I support the principle of a day of feasting and presents, but the anxiety starts in October: how many are coming? Are they bringing grandchildren? How long will they stay?"

Radio Times.

Lucid simple genius, as ever from Raymond - and a very nice pink shirt, too.

"The artist is always an anarchist" - Lorca.