published : 10 Aug 2022 at 15:45
LONDON: British cartoonist and illustrator Raymond Briggs, whose creation “The Snowman” became a Christmas staple for generations of children, has died aged 88, his publisher Penguin Random House said Wednesday.
The 1978 picture book about a young, ginger-haired boy who builds a snowman that magically comes to life has sold more than 5.5 million copies globally and was transformed into an animated film in 1982.
First shown on British TV, with…
