Mike Peyton (20 January 1921 – 25 January 2017) was a British cartoonist, described by his biographer as ‘the world’s greatest yachting cartoonist’.
Biography
Mike Peyton was born into a mining family in
County Durham
County Durham, officially simply Durham, is a ceremonial county in North East England.UK General Acts 1997 c. 23Lieutenancies Act 1997 Schedule 1(3). From legislation.gov.uk, retrieved 6 April 2022. The county borders Northumberland and Tyne an ...
, the son of a disabled First World War veteran. Having lied about his age to join the army himself, he was seconded by the intelligence corps to draw maps of the North African desert during the Second World War. Despite escaping twice he spent most of the war in a prisoner of war camp. Freed by the advancing Soviet army, he fought alongside Russian troops as they invaded Nazi Germany from the East.
After the war Peyton worked as a freelance cartoonist for the
New Scientist
''New Scientist'' is a popular science magazine covering all aspects of science and technology. Based in London, it publishes weekly English-language editions in the United Kingdom, the United States and Australia. An editorially separate organ ...
for 35 years, as well as contributing cartoons to a wide range of magazines, including the Church of England Times, Corsetry & Underwear, Practical Boat Owner and
Yachting Monthly.
His biography, ''PEYTON: The World’s Greatest Yachting Cartoonist'', was written by Dick Durham and published by
Adlard Coles Nautical in 2010. In 2012 the
Royal Cruising Club gave Peyton their award for lifetime services to yachting.
Yachting Monthly
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Personal life
Peyton was married to bestselling author K. M. Peyton and lived in Essex.
Selected bibliography
* ''Out of Our Depth'', 2009, Adlard Coles Nautical
* ''Mike Peyton’s Floating Assets'', 2008, Adlard Coles Nautical
* ''Ever Wonder Why We Do It?'', 2007, Adlard Coles Nautical
* ''Quality Time: 50 Years of Sailing'', 2005, John Wiley & Sons
* ''To Horse'', 1980, George G Harrap and Co. Ltd.
References
1921 births
2017 deaths
English cartoonists
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