Bristow Daily Strip: Cream Slice (Original)

Artist: Frank Dickens
Medium: Pen & Ink on Board
Size: 19" x 4" (470mm x 100mm)
Date: 1969
Code: Dickens2684

This is the unique original Pen & Ink drawing by Frank Dickens.

The original daily newspaper strip drawn for the London Evening Standard. Frank Dickens began his famous Bristow strip in the Sunday Times in 1960.

It's principal character, the eponymous Bristow, is a buying clerk (18th in line for Chief Buyer) in the Chester-Perry Organization and his adventures involve everything to do with the drudgery of commuting, bureaucracy and large office life.

On this board you can see the original which was edited slightly for publication. The printed version is glued to the reverse of the artboard.