Norris, Leonard Matheson "Len"


NORRIS, Leonard Matheson "Len," newspaper cartoonist (b 1 Dec 1913, London, England; d 12 Aug 1997, Langley). He joined the VANCOUVER SUN newspaper in 1950 and for 38 years his cartoons were a fixture on the editorial pages. His comic world included an exaggerated version of suburban W VANCOUVER, a.k.a. Amblesnide and Tiddlycove, where he lived for many years. He gave voice to a beleaguered middle class, mocking the pretensions of bureaucrats and the Col Blimps at the "Victoria Conservative...

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