Julius Stafford Baker
Julius Stafford Baker (1869–1961) was an English cartoonist.
Born in Whitechapel, London, Baker was the nephew of John Philip Stafford (1851–1899), a theatrical scenery painter who also worked as a cartoonist for the magazine Funny Folks. Stafford taught the young Baker to draw, and he went on to specialize in cartoons, becoming the creator of several of the most successful children's cartoon characters of the Edwardian era, including Tiger Tim.[1]
Baker should not be confused with his son Julius Stafford-Baker (1904–1988), who succeeded Baker as author of the Tiger Tim comic strip, became a Second World War artist, and went on to found the Happy Dragons' Press.[2]
Notes
- ^ 'BAKER, JULIUS STAFFORD (1869-1961), British cartoonist' in Maurice Horn, Richard Marschall, eds., The World Encyclopedia of Cartoons, vol. 1 (Gale Research Co., 1980), p. 96
- ^ Julius Stafford-Baker profile at hatfieldhines.com, accessed 21 March 2013