The other idea is inspired by the anti-nuclear cartoon book When The Wind Blows by Raymond Briggs.
Before becoming an opera singer he was a member of The Swingle Singers and made recordings as a session and jazz singer, including being the polar bear in the best selling video of Raymond Briggs "The Bear" by Howard Blake
Anita Silvey (editor), The Essential Guide to Children's Books and Their Creators (Mariner Books, 2002) ISBN 978-0-618-19082-9
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On Christmas Eve 2012 the 30th anniversary of the original was marked by the airing of the sequel The Snowman and the Snowdog.
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It features illustrations by Anno and several other illustrators: Eric Carle, Raymond Briggs, Nicolai Ye. Popov, Akiko Hayashi, Gian Calvi, Leo and Diane Dillon, Zhu Chengliang and Ron Brooks.
Among his best-known works are the animated adaptations of the Raymond Briggs books When the Wind Blows and The Snowman.
(This story was very loosely based on The Snowman, by Raymond Briggs. Note the similarity of Excreman with South Park's Mr. Hankey, another cartoon turd character associated with Christmas.)
Others who illustrated her fairy-tale titles included Victor Ambrus, Scoular Anderson, Eileen Armitage, Raymond Briggs, Donald Chaffin, Brian Froud, Lynette Hemmant, C. Walter Hodges, J. Hodgson, Annette Macarthur-Onslow, Constance Marshall, Kilmeny Niland, William Papas, Trevor Ridley, Jacqueline Rizvi, Leon Shtainmets, William Stobbs, and Astrid Walford.
He was one of contributors for the Paul Gravett’s book 1001 Comics You Must Read Before You Die (2011) as well as writer of introductory essays for the comics books, such as Serbian edition of Ethel and Ernest by Raymond Briggs or Bad Boy by Mladen Oljača.