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New Zealand cartoonist
Sir Gordon Edward George Minhinnick
KBE
(13 June 1902 ? 19 February 1992) was a New Zealand
cartoonist
.
He was born at
Torpoint
,
Cornwall
, England, educated at
Kelly College
,
Devon
, and left for New Zealand in 1921 where he studied architecture for four years. In 1926 he joined the
New Zealand Free Lance
as cartoonist, but soon transferred to the
Christchurch Sun
and thence to the
Auckland Sun
. He joined the
New Zealand Herald
as a political cartoonist in 1930 and although he officially retired in 1976, contributed cartoons to the newspaper for more than another decade.
In the
1950 King's Birthday Honours
, Minhinnick was appointed an
Officer of the Order of the British Empire
,
[1]
and in the
1976 Queen's Birthday Honours
he was promoted to
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
), for services as a cartoonist.
[2]
Career
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Grant (1987) describes Minhinnick as "pre-eminent among New Zealand cartoonists. His work for the country's largest newspaper was widely syndicated and of a consistently high standard; witty rather than barbed, and with a feel for caricature that gave the cartoons an added dimension".
[3]
Minhinnick was strongly influenced by New Zealand cartoonist
David Low
, and was offered, but declined, Low's job at the
London Evening Standard
when Low left the London newspaper in 1949. Minhinnick also taught
Les Gibbard
(the cartoonist who went on to replace
Bill Papas
, Low's successor, then at
The Guardian
) in Auckland during the 1950s.
[
citation needed
]
Minhinnick illustrated several popular New Zealand books ("Murphy's Moa",
[4]
"From N to Z",
[5]
"Trout at Taupo",
[6]
"Four Seasons of Country Diary"
[7]
), and he regularly published collections of his work (such as "The Minhinnick annual",
[8]
"Min's Sauce"
[9]
to "Just a Min"
[10]
).
Death
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Minhinnick was buried at
Purewa Cemetery
in the Auckland suburb of
Meadowbank
.
[11]
References
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- ^
"No. 38931"
.
The London Gazette
(3rd supplement). 8 June 1950. p. 2814.
- ^
"No. 46921"
.
The London Gazette
(3rd supplement). 12 June 1976. p. 8055.
- ^
Grant, Ian: "The Unauthorized Version - A Cartoon History of New Zealand 1840-1987", 2nd ed., pages 134-135. David Bateman Ltd, 1987.
ISBN
0-908610-72-6
- ^
Pat Lawlor: "Murphy’s moa and other Xmas sketches", illustrated by Gordon Minhinnick and Fred Alexander, Simpson & Williams - Christchurch, N.Z., 1936.
- ^
C.V. Smith: "From N to Z - a humorous survey of New Zealand", illustrated by G.E. Minhinnick, Hicks Smith & Wright, 1947.
- ^
O.S. Hintz: "Trout at Taupo", illustrated by G.E. Minhinnick, Max Reinhardt - London, 1964.
- ^
E.V. Sale: "Four seasons of Country Diary", illustrated by Sir Gordon Minhinnick, Reed - Wellington, N.Z., 1982.
ISBN
0-589-01401-3
- ^
G.E. Minhinnick: "The Minhinnick annual : a selection of cartoons from the New Zealand herald and the Auckland weekly news, by Minhinnick", Wilson & Horton - Auckland, N.Z., 1933.
- ^
G.E. Minhinnick: "Min’s sauce : cartoons from the N.Z. Herald 1970-1976, by Minhinnick", Wilson & Horton - Auckland, N.Z., 1976
- ^
G.E. Minhinnick: "Just a Min : cartoons from the New Zealand herald, by Minhinnick", Wilson & Horton - Auckland, N.Z., 1983.
ISBN
0-86864-065-4
- ^
"Notable graves"
. Purewa Trust Board
. Retrieved
15 February
2021
.
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