Barry Appleby
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Barry Appleby was a British cartoonist famous for creating The Gambols
for the Daily Express
. The strip premiered on March 16, 1950. The script was written by his wife Dobs, and was based on their own lives.
Appleby's father, E J. Appleby, was in the 1940s the editor of Autocar
, a leading British motor magazine, and one to which Appleby himself contributed his first illustration in 1931. Later Appleby also wrote for the magazine edited by his father, using the alias "Helix".
The Gambols
The Gambols is a British comic strip created by Barry Appleby in 1950 which was originally published in the Daily Express and is now seen in the Mail on Sunday....
for the Daily Express
Daily Express
The Daily Express switched from broadsheet to tabloid in 1977 and was bought by the construction company Trafalgar House in the same year. Its publishing company, Beaverbrook Newspapers, was renamed Express Newspapers...
. The strip premiered on March 16, 1950. The script was written by his wife Dobs, and was based on their own lives.
Appleby's father, E J. Appleby, was in the 1940s the editor of Autocar
Autocar
Autocar is a weekly British automobile magazine published by Haymarket Motoring Publications Ltd. It refers to itself as "The World's oldest car magazine".-History:...
, a leading British motor magazine, and one to which Appleby himself contributed his first illustration in 1931. Later Appleby also wrote for the magazine edited by his father, using the alias "Helix".