George Butterworth (cartoonist)

George Goodwin Butterworth (1905–1988) worked as a British political, strip and sports cartoonist, and later a book illustrator. He often used the byline "GGB." During World War II his cartoon Maltese Cross in the Daily Dispatch gave groundswell to the island receiving the George Cross for heroism in April 1942. Butterworth's lampoons of Hitler garnered him enough attention to place him on the dictator's "Death List."[1][2][3][4][5]An avid football supporter, Butterworth provided illustrations for the Manchester United F.C. programmes from 1933 until 1958.[6]

  1. ^ "Philip Zec". British Cartoon Archive. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  2. ^ West Briton News, October, 2000
  3. ^ Surrey Live, "The story of the cartoonist who was on Hitler's death list", Grahame Larter, 9 Feb 2018
  4. ^ Western Morning News, "Wartime Cartoons Go on Display at Castle", Robert Jobson, 29 May 1999
  5. ^ Surrey Advertiser, "RAF 'Bombed' Germany with His Cartoons", Staff, June 1990
  6. ^ Harrington, Peter. The Gibson Guarantee. Imago Publishing, 1994. ISBN 0-9515972-4-8