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Born in London, Bell trained as an artist at the University of Leeds and was briefly an art teacher in Birmingham before becoming a freelance cartoonist in 1977. His comic strip Maggie's Farm appeared in the London listings magazines Time Out from 1979 and later in City Limits . In 1981 he started contributing a daily strip called If... to The Guardian. Since the mid- 1990s he has also been that newspaper's principal editorial cartoonist. He has won many awards for his cartooning, including both the political and strip cartoon categories at the Cartoon Arts Trust awards in 1997.

Many collections of his cartoons have been published, and he has also illustrated original books in collaboration with several authors. He has made short animated films in collaboration with Bob Godfrey , and a radio programme about the life of 18th century caricaturist James Gillray. He has also drawn the Gremlins comic strip for the British comicComics United Kingdom General British comics usually differ from the American comic book in a variety of respects. Until the 1990s the British comic was usually partly in black & white with some colour sections (especially the cover). The stories are most JackpotJackpot was a British comic book that ran from the issues dated 5 May 1979 to 30 January 1982, when it merged with Buster. Its strips included: Jack Pott (from Cor!!) Angel's Proper Charlies Adam and Eva Class Wars Cry Baby Full O' Beans Good News Bad New.

In 20032003 is a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar), and also: The International Year of Freshwater The European Disability Year Summary Perhaps the defining global event of the year 2003 was the Invasion of Iraq launched by the U, he was listed in The ObserverThe Observer is a broadsheet newspaper of the United Kingdom published on Sundays. It takes a liberal/ social democratic line on most issues. History The first issue (published on December 4, 1791), was the world's first Sunday newspaper. In 1911, William as one of the 50 funniestIn December 2003 The Observer newspaper printed its list of the 50 people it considered funniest and/or most influential in British comedy. The list was not ranked but presented alphabetically. List 3 Non-Blondes Caroline Aherne Rowan Atkinson Bill Bailey people in British comedy.

His style has often been held up as being superior to that of other cartoonists (especially in the ongoing Bell vs Garry TrudeauGarretson Beekman Trudeau (born July 21, 1948) is an American cartoonist. He attended St. Paul's School and then Yale University in the late 1960s, where he developed his most famous creation, the daily comic strip Doonesbury. Doonesbury is syndicated to (and therefore If... vs DoonesburyDoonesbury is a comic strip by Garry Trudeau, popular in the United States. The title comes from the name of one of the main characters, Michael Doonesbury, a character Trudeau originally modeled after himself. The character's name is a combination of the) debate which exists mainly because both strips are carried by the Guardian next to each other), for its juxtaposition of, at times, complete and total toilet humourPublic reference to bodily functions such as urination and defecation is taboo in many cultures and thus arouses intense anxiety in many people. For this reason, there is a whole sub-genre of humour, toilet humour (or bathroom humour based around excretio with high art: Bell is fond of lampooning famous works such as Goya's The Sleep of Reason Brings Forth Monsters (in an editorial cartoon about the UK Independence Party).