Paul Rigby
Cartoonist for the Perth Daily News, Australian, 1924 - 2006
Paul Crispin Rigby was an Australian cartoonist who worked for newspapers in Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States. He usually worked under the name Rigby.
He studied art at Brighton Technical School before leaving at 15 to work as a commercial artist, eventually taking up freelance work.
Rigby was a gunner-armourer in the Royal Australian Air Force during World War II from 1942 to 1946, serving primarily in bombers in North Africa and Europe.
He then worked as a commercial artist and teacher. His work as a political cartoonist started at the Daily News (Perth) in 1952, where he won five Walkley Awards between 1960 and 1969. From 1959 Rigby's cartoons were syndicated to various newspapers throughout Australia. Rigby worked briefly at Rupert Murdoch's Sydney Daily Mirror from 1969. Murdoch had just purchased English tabloid The Sun and in the same year Rigby relocated to London to work on Murdoch's new acquisition. He spent eight years on the New York Daily News and for 15 years was the main cartoonist on the New York Post.
He studied art at Brighton Technical School before leaving at 15 to work as a commercial artist, eventually taking up freelance work.
Rigby was a gunner-armourer in the Royal Australian Air Force during World War II from 1942 to 1946, serving primarily in bombers in North Africa and Europe.
He then worked as a commercial artist and teacher. His work as a political cartoonist started at the Daily News (Perth) in 1952, where he won five Walkley Awards between 1960 and 1969. From 1959 Rigby's cartoons were syndicated to various newspapers throughout Australia. Rigby worked briefly at Rupert Murdoch's Sydney Daily Mirror from 1969. Murdoch had just purchased English tabloid The Sun and in the same year Rigby relocated to London to work on Murdoch's new acquisition. He spent eight years on the New York Daily News and for 15 years was the main cartoonist on the New York Post.