Raymond Briggs, the British illustrator, cartoonist, graphic novelist and author best known for “The Snowman,” has died. He was 88. “The Snowman,” a book without words and illustrated with pencil ...

Over a six-decade career, he also created Fungus the Bogeyman and a rather grumpy version of Father Christmas. By Alex Ritman U.K. Correspondent Raymond Briggs, the British writer and illustrator who ...

Author and illustrator Raymond Briggs, best known for creating The Snowman, has died aged 88. His family said in a statement that he died on Tuesday morning. The Snowman was first released as a ...

Children’s authors Michael Rosen and Cressida Cowell have led tributes to The Snowman creator Raymond Briggs following his death. The author and illustrator, who also wrote Father Christmas, Fungus ...