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TIL: Raymond Briggs once wrote a children's book based on the Falklands War.

it looks like a pretty wild ride

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2022-08-10

RIP Raymond Briggs, these books were a huge part of my childhood, even his incredibly dark When The Wind Blows...!

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2022-08-10

My first Raymond Briggs book was 'Jim and the Beanstalk'. It made me laugh but also fascinated and slightly terrified me. I loved it.

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2022-08-10

Oh no RIP Raymond Briggs 😔
For me it was the Father Christmas books that I loved as a child, with all their details and coziness. I went on to read them to my kids and they were loved all over again. An inspiration to many https://t.co/Ep0MlgoibE

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2022-08-10

So sorry to hear that Raymond Briggs has died. Such a marvellous talent in creating comics. I was particularly moved by how he recorded the voices and mannerisms of the older generations, in ‘When the Wind Blows’ and ‘Ethel & Ernest’, about his parents. https://t.co/WpSIQYKMT6

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2022-08-10

Raymond Briggs, a brilliant author and illustrator. Always loved his take on Father Christmas.

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2022-08-10

Sad to read Raymond Briggs has died. Many will of course know him for Snowman but his fictionalised autobiography ‘Ethel and Ernest’ covering was very powerful too & shows the value of fiction in our understanding of WW2, especially for young minds: https://t.co/TeFSjyX2bx

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2022-08-10

Raymond Briggs is a big one. He was special. I thought of the Elephant and the Bad Baby, which we don't even own but I got it out from the library in Norwich when the kids were little, and it stuck with me

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2022-08-10

Farewell Raymond Briggs, best known for "The Snowman" and £Fungus the Bogeyman"

RIP to a great artisit

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2022-08-10

"Snow had fallen steadily all night long and in the morning I woke in a room filled with light and silence, the whole world seemed to be held in a dream-like stillness. It was a magical day... and it was on that day I made the Snowman."

✒️RIP. has passed away🕯️

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2022-08-10

Since I was a kid I loved comics, but my dry and dark sense of humour was modelled by one author and illustrator! Raymond Briggs RIP. In ode to the master is storytelling.

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2022-08-10

Raymond Briggs. Artist and storyteller extraordinaire. RIP.

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2022-08-10

Raymond Briggs. Gone. What a light extinguished from our industry. There are very grumpy shoes left open for someone to step into. I would like to do that. We followed a similar path into illustrating books. His Bear is my fav. But he out whits me by an ocean. Celebrate his life.

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Awful awful news. Briggs was really one of the best storytellers we had. When the Wind Blows, Fungus the Bogeyman, The Snowman, just masterpiece after masterpiece. https://t.co/edCPzYGszp

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2022-08-10

Sad to hear that author and illustrator, Raymond Briggs, who is best known for the 1978 classic The Snowman, has died aged 88, his publisher have announced. ⛄️

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