Clive Collins

{{Short description|British cartoonist and illustrator (1942–2022)}}

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| name = Clive Collins

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1942|02|06|df=y}}

| birth_place = Weston-super-Mare, England

| death_date = {{death date and age|2022|04|21|1942|02|06|df=y}}

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| nationality = British

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| known_for = Satirical cartoons; regular contributor to Punch magazine

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| birth_name = Clive Hugh Austin Collins

| relatives = Phil Collins (brother), Lily Collins (niece)

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Clive Hugh Austin Collins (6 February 1942 – 21 April 2022)Who's Who in Art, 33rd edition, ed. Bernard Dolman, Art Trade Press, 2008, pp. LXV, 191{{Cite book|last=Horn|first=Maurice|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=37gzAQAAIAAJ&q=+%22Clive+Collins+,+one+of+the+top+British+newspaper+and+magazine+cartoonists+and+a+man+very+active+in+the+cause+of+cartoonists+,+was+born+at+WestonSuper+-+Mare+on+February+6+,+1942%22|title=The World Encyclopedia of Cartoons|date=1999|publisher=Chelsea House|isbn=978-0-7910-5185-6|pages=199|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=Clive Collins|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/c/collins_clive.htm|access-date=2021-03-15|website=lambiek.net|language=en}} was a British cartoonist and illustrator, who contributed drawings to many publications including The Oldie, Playboy, Punch, Reader's Digest, The Sun (where he also doubled as the racing tipster 'Lucky Jim'),{{Cite web|url=https://www.cartoons.ac.uk/cartoonist-biographies/c-d/CliveCollins.html|title = Clive Collins - British Cartoon Archive - University of Kent}} and The Daily Mail. He was the secretary of the British Cartoonists' Association and the Life Vice-President of The Cartoonists' Club of Great Britain.[http://www.clivecollinscartoons.com/publicationspastpresent/ Official site] Retrieved 21 May 2018 In 2012, he was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire. He was awarded the Cartoonist of the Year award by the Cartoonist Club of Great Britain in 1984, 1985 and 1987.{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/music/phil-collins-flies-in-for-bros-mbe-26816046.html|title=Phil Collins flies in for bro's MBE|website=independent|date=26 January 2012 |accessdate=13 February 2020}} In 1985, Collins was named The Cartoonist of the Year at The International Pavilion of Humor of Montreal, Canada, whose director was Robert LaPalme.{{cn|date=May 2022}}

Collins was the older brother of musician Phil Collins, and the uncle of actresses Lily Collins and Joely Collins and musicians Simon Collins and Nic Collins.

He died on 21 April 2022, at the age of 80.{{cite web |title=Clive Collins |url=https://www.cartoons.ac.uk/cartoonist-biographies/c-d/CliveCollins.html |website=British Cartoon Archive |access-date=29 April 2022}}