Colonel Blimp Colonel Blimp Colonel Blimp is a British cartoon character by cartoonist David Low, first drawn for Lord Beaverbrook's London "Evening Standard" in April 1934. Blimp is pompous, irascible, jingoistic, and stereotypically British, identifiable by his walrus moustache and the interjection "Gad, Sir!". Low claimed that he developed the character after overhearing two military men in a Turkish bath declare that cavalry officers should be entitled to wear their spurs inside tanks. The character was named after the barrage balloon, which was known as a blimp. Blimp issues proclamations from the Turkish bath, wrapped in his towel and brandishing some mundane
David Low (cartoonist) the future. His satirical works met much criticism in the British public eye. The British press called him a "war monger," and many citizens felt disdain for his depictions of appeasement. Low remained in the United Kingdom for the rest of his career. He left the "Evening Standard" in 1950. That same year, he moved to the "Daily Herald" and stayed there until 1953. Finally, Low moved to the "Manchester Guardian" and was there from 1953. Low received a knighthood in the 1962 Birthday Honours and died at his home in London on 19 September 1963. His obituary in "The