Peter Bromhead

Peter Bromhead MNZM (born 31 May 1933) is a New Zealand commercial interior designer, cartoonist[1] and illustrator.

Bromhead was born in Portsmouth, England, on 31 May 1933.[2] His mother remarried after his father died and his stepfather's name was Bob Bromhead.[3] His first job was as a window dresser in London[3] and he trained as an industrial designer in England and Sweden.[1] He migrated to New Zealand in the 1950s with his first wife, mother and step-father.[1][3] He became a naturalised New Zealand citizen in 1979.[2]

He always harboured a desire to be a cartoonist but worked as a designer of commercial interiors and furniture importer directing his company Bromhead Design.[3][4] He was the editorial cartoonist for the Auckland Star from the early 1970s for 15 years.[4] He also drew cartoons for other publications including New Zealand Truth, Dominion, New Zealand Herald and New Zealand Listener.[3][4] He cartooned under his own name and the pseudonym Deighton.[4]

In 2016 he published his memoir Bromhead: Scratching a Living.[5]

Awards and honours

In the 1999 Queen's Birthday Honours, Bromhead was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services as a cartoonist.[6] In 2008 he was made a life member as a Fellow of the Designers Institute of New Zealand.[7] He was awarded the Danish Prince Henrik Medal of Honour for his design work.[4]

Bromhead was described by Richard Long, former editor of The Dominion Post, as probably the best pocket cartoonist operating in the British Commonwealth.[8] He has received 11 awards for cartooning at the Voyager Media Awards (previously Canon Media Awards and Qantas Media Awards).[9]

Publications

  • The best of Bromhead : cartoons, 1975-78. (1978)
  • The king and the dragon : an adult fairy-tale / written and illustrated by Bromhead. (1978)
  • 4 years’ hard labour (1988)
  • Alternative medicine : humour and cartoons (1992)
  • Bromhead’s view : ice-cream! popcorn! xenical! (1999)
  • A can of worms! (2005) - a children's story
  • Twinkle’s big adventure (2005) - a children's story
  • The box that wanted to be a ball (2005) - a children's story
  • Bromhead: Scratching a Living (2016) - memoir

References

  1. 1 2 3 "The irreverent high-priest of Minimalism". Our Homes Today. Times Newspapers. 16 March 2004. Archived from the original on 4 November 2008. Retrieved 12 February 2010.
  2. 1 2 "Peter Bromhead in New Zealand, naturalisations, 1843–1981". Ancestry.com Operations. 2010. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Watt, Lawrence (29 August 2026). "'You are always looking to see where the paradox lies': Peter Bromhead on a life in cartoons". www.thepost.co.nz. Retrieved 29 August 2026.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "Bromhead, Peter, 1933-". tiaki.natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 29 August 2026.
  5. ↑ "Peter Bromhead: Scratching a Living". NZ Herald. Retrieved 29 August 2026.
  6. ↑ "Queen's Birthday honours list 1999 (including Niue)". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 7 June 1999. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  7. ↑ "History of Life Members LDINZ". Designers Institute of New Zealand. Archived from the original on 16 April 2010. Retrieved 12 February 2010.
  8. ↑ "Art Expo 26 - 28 August 2011 hosted by Auckland Grammar School". artexhibition.ags.school.nz. 2011. Archived from the original on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 30 October 2011.
  9. ↑ "Peter Bromhead | New Zealand Cartoon Archive". www.cartoons.org.nz. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
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