Joseph Champniss Collection

The Joseph Champniss Collection forms part of the British Stand-Up Comedy Archive.

Joseph Champniss is a graphic artist and illustrator. He worked with Lee and Herring, producing artwork for their TV series. He is an avid comedy fan and co-created the website 'Some of the corpses are amusing" (SOTCAA) with Mike Scott.

The collection includes:

  • Paper files and scripts related to Lee and Herring's work,The 12 Ronnies, Red Dwarf, Cluub Zarathustra and others
  • 28 full colour artworks for The Organ Gang, a spoof animated children's series from TWRNJ drawn by Champniss and narrated by Brian Cant.
  • 6 posters for Stewart Lee stand-up shows
  • Props

Collection in brief

Contents: papers, flyers, posters, scripts, objects, artwork
Period: 1980s-2000s
Subjects: comedy, performance, alternative comedy

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