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David Squires Interview

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Here is an interview I did with football cartoonist David Squires who makes cartoons for The Guardian and has published a few books in his career.  A drawing of Mike Dean, as he became the first Premier League referee to give out 100 red cards.    Image Source: David Squires Twitter Page                                                                                    Tell me a little about yourself, where are you from and when did you begin to make football cartoons? I grew up in Swindon in the 1980s, but have moved around a fair bit. Since 2009, I've been living in Australia. I can't remember the exact time I began drawing football cartoons, but about a decade ago I began to share them online via a blog. By promoting it on social media, I was able to build a small readership, which eventually led to the offer to provide weekly cartoons for The Guardian in 2014. What do you believe was your biggest achievement in your career? I would say the publication of my first two books