Les Gibbard (1945-2010)

Les Gibbard, an animator and political cartoonist who worked with The Guardian for 25 years, died suddenly and unexpectedly on Sunday, 10 October 2010, following a routine operation. He was 64.

Leslie David Gibbard was born in Kaiapoi, New Zealand, on 26 October 1945, the son of teachers Ray and Dorothy Gibbard. and was educated in Auckland where he was taught in charcoal and pastels by Franz