Gordon Minhinnick

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Sir Gordon Edward George Minhinnick

KBE (13 June 1902 – 19 February 1992) was a New Zealand cartoonist
.

He was born at

New Zealand Herald
as a political cartoonist in 1930 and although he officially retired in 1976, contributed cartoons to the newspaper for more than another decade.

In the

Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire), for services as a cartoonist.[2]

Career

Grant (1987) describes Minhinnick as "pre-eminent among New Zealand cartoonists. His work for the country's largest newspaper was widely syndicated and of a consistently high standard; witty rather than barbed, and with a feel for caricature that gave the cartoons an added dimension".

Bill Papas, Low's successor, then at The Guardian) in Auckland during the 1950s.[citation needed
]

Minhinnick illustrated several popular New Zealand books ("Murphy's Moa",[4] "From N to Z",[5] "Trout at Taupo",[6] "Four Seasons of Country Diary" [7]), and he regularly published collections of his work (such as "The Minhinnick annual",[8] "Min's Sauce" [9] to "Just a Min"[10]).

Death

Minhinnick was buried at Purewa Cemetery in the Auckland suburb of Meadowbank.[11]

References

  1. ^ "No. 38931". The London Gazette (3rd supplement). 8 June 1950. p. 2814.
  2. ^ "No. 46921". The London Gazette (3rd supplement). 12 June 1976. p. 8055.
  3. ISBN 0-908610-72-6
  4. ^ Pat Lawlor: "Murphy’s moa and other Xmas sketches", illustrated by Gordon Minhinnick and Fred Alexander, Simpson & Williams - Christchurch, N.Z., 1936.
  5. ^ C.V. Smith: "From N to Z - a humorous survey of New Zealand", illustrated by G.E. Minhinnick, Hicks Smith & Wright, 1947.
  6. ^ O.S. Hintz: "Trout at Taupo", illustrated by G.E. Minhinnick, Max Reinhardt - London, 1964.
  7. ISBN 0-589-01401-3
  8. ^ G.E. Minhinnick: "The Minhinnick annual : a selection of cartoons from the New Zealand herald and the Auckland weekly news, by Minhinnick", Wilson & Horton - Auckland, N.Z., 1933.
  9. ^ G.E. Minhinnick: "Min’s sauce : cartoons from the N.Z. Herald 1970-1976, by Minhinnick", Wilson & Horton - Auckland, N.Z., 1976
  10. ISBN 0-86864-065-4
  11. ^ "Notable graves". Purewa Trust Board. Retrieved 15 February 2021.

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