2009-08-01T03:35:00.000-07:00

Forty years after the death of Curly Wee artist Roland Clibborn , a look back at some of the work of this celebrated cartoonist.

Mr Clibborn was best known for the cult cartoon series Curly Wee and Gussy Goose published in a number of newspapers including the Liverpool Echo .

Research indicates that much of his original artwork was destroyed by fire. However some examples have survived

Here's a typical frame , from a small private collection , depicting Curly.
It is an original , numbered 7521 , stamped 2011 on the reverse.

From the mid 1940s onwards a number of annuals were released. The second , from around 1946 was titled "Curly Wee and Company"

This example , with slight water damage to the outer cover , contains a personalised message from Margaret and Roland Clibborn , 1965

The last reported cartoon by Clibborn is numbered 10274.

The frame below [10232] was drawn shortly before he retired from the world of Curly Wee due to poor health.

By then he needed a little help with the artwork as can be seen by the drawing on the right .

Curly Wee forty years on