Long Drawn Out Trip - by Gerald Scarfe (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>In <i>Long Drawn Out Trip: My Life</i>, Gerald Scarfe tells his life story for the first time. With captivating, often thrilling stories, he takes us from his childhood and early days at <i>Punch </i>and <i>Private Eye</i>, through his long and occasionally tumultuous career as the <i>Sunday Times </i>cartoonist, to his film-making at the BBC and much-loved designs for Pink Floyd's <i>The Wall</i> and Disney's <i>Hercules</i>. Along the way he has drawn Churchill from life, gone on tour with The Beatles and thoroughly upset Mrs Mary Whitehouse. It is a very personal, wickedly funny and caustically insightful account of an artist's life at the forefront of contemporary culture and society.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>Gerald Scarfe's ghoulish-looking Mother, Pink and Schoolmaster creations defined the visual aesthetic of Pink Floyd's<br>The Wall, stage show and movie. But artist Scarfe's story is much bigger, encompassing sweeping social changes in the 60s and beyond</p>--<i><b>Planet Rock</b></i><br><br>A fascinating and surprisingly gentle read, from a man famed for his venomous nib--<b>Nick Newman</b>, <i><b>Mail on Sunday</b></i><br><br>Compelling . . . the childhood chapters are extremely moving--<b>Ysenda Maxtone Graham</b>, <i><b>Daily Mail</b></i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Gerald Scarfe began his career in the sixties working for <i>Punch </i>and <i>Private Eye</i> before taking a job as a political cartoonist for the <i>Daily Mail</i>. He then worked for <i>Time </i>magazine in New York before starting his long association with the <i>Sunday Times</i>. He now draws weekly for the <i>Evening Standard</i>. His varied career has seen him work with Pink Floyd (<i>The Wall</i>, <i>Wish You Were Here</i>), Roger Waters and Eric Clapton (<i>The Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking</i>), Disney (<i>Hercules</i>), English National Ballet (<i>The Nutcracker</i>), Los Angeles Opera (<i>Fantastic Mr Fox</i>) as well as produce such iconic images as those for the titles of <i>Yes, Minister </i>and <i>Yes, Prime Minister</i>. His work has featured in the <i>New Yorker </i>and various BBC TV films such as <i>Scarfe on Sex </i>and <i>Scarfe on Class</i>. Exhibitions of his paintings and drawings have appeared in the Tate Gallery, the National Portrait Gallery and the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery. He is viewed by many as both a national treasure and a genius.
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