Reginald Arthur Lay Carter (6 December 1886,

Southwold Southwold is a seaside town and civil parish on the North Sea, in the East Suffolk District, East Suffolk district, in the county of Suffolk, England. It lies at the mouth of the River Blyth, Suffolk, River Blyth in the Suffolk Coast and Heaths ...

, Blything, East Suffolk – 24 April 1949 in

Cuckfield Cuckfield ( ) is a village and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the Mid Sussex District, Mid Sussex District of West Sussex, England, on the southern slopes of the Weald. It lies south of London, north of Brighton, and east northea ...

, Sussex) was a British cartoonist. Carter created the cartoon ostrich ''

Big Eggo ''Big Eggo'' was a British comic strip series about an eponymous ostrich, published in the British comic magazine '' The Beano''. He first appeared in issue 1, dated 30 July 1938, and was the first cover star. His first words in the strip were ...

'' that appeared on the front cover of the first Beano. On 30 July 1938, the cover strip featuring ''

'' was drawn by Carter. Carter worked for the Beano drawing Big Eggo and other strips until his death in 1949. Also famous for two sets of humorous postcards entitled Sorrows of Southwold. These affectionately caricatured the three foot gauge Southwold Railway, which was noted for its idiosyncratic locomotives, carriages and leisurely mode of operation.

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1886 births 1949 deaths British comics artists British bird artists British humorists The Beano people {{UK-cartoonist-stub