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Gerald Scarfe (born 1936) is a British cartoonist and illustrator whose work is characterised by an apparent obsession with the grotesque and diseased, perhaps a result of an asthmatic, bed-ridden childhood.

His early caricatures of public figures were published in satirical magazine Private Eye throughout the 1960s and 1970s. In 1979, he provided the cover illustration for Pink Floyd's The Wall and in 1982 worked on animations for the film version of the album.

In 1997, Scarfe worked on the Disney film Hercules as a conceptual character artist, and his designs were widely acclaimed.

In 1971 he met Jane AsherJane Asher (b. April 5, 1946) is a British film and television actress. After some roles as a child actress, including an appearance in the 1955 science-fiction film The Quatermass Xperiment she worked as an interviewer on the BBC's Juke Box Jury''. In 19, with whom he had two children in 19741974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). Events January-February January 5 Dungeons & Dragons officially released. February 4 Patricia Hearst, the 19 year old granddaughter of publisher William Randolph Hearst, is kidnapped. They married in 1981Events January-February January Sarawak Chamber found January 1 Greece enters the EEC January 1 Palau becomes self-governing January 4 Sheffield police arrests Peter Sutcliffe, the Yorkshire Ripper January 16 Protestant gunmen shoot and wound Bernadette D, and had another child in 1984This page is about the year 1984. For other uses of 1984, see 1984 (disambiguation). 1984 is a leap year starting on Sunday (link shows calendar). Events January January 1 Brunei becomes a fully independent state January 1 AT&T is broken up into 22 indepe.

He presently draws editorial cartoonBen Franklin was originally written for the French and Indian War, but was later recycled during the Revolutionary War An editorial cartoon also known as a political cartoon is an illustration or comic strip containing a political or social message. Editos for the British newspaper, the Sunday Times.

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