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{{short description|British cartoon character by cartoonist David Low}}
{{About|the cartoon character|the Powell-Pressburger film|The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp|other uses|Colonel Blimp (disambiguation)}}
{{use dmy dates|date=October 2016}}
[[File:Colonel Blimp cartoon.png|thumb|"Security by Col. Blimp" ({{Circa|1930s}})]]
'''Colonel Blimp''' is a British cartoon character by [[cartoonist]] [[David Low (cartoonist)|David Low]]. It was first drawn for [[Max Aitken|Lord Beaverbrook]]'s [[Evening Standard|London ''Evening Standard'']] in April 1934.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://research.kent.ac.uk/british-cartoon-archive/record/david-low/ | title=David Low }}</ref> Blimp is pompous, irascible, [[jingoistic]], and [[Stereotype|stereotypically]] British. He is identifiable by his [[walrus moustache]] and the [[interjection]] "Gad, Sir!"

Low claimed that he developed the character after overhearing two military men in a [[Victorian Turkish baths|Victorian-style Turkish bath]] declare that [[cavalry]] officers should be entitled to wear their [[spur]]s inside [[tank]]s.<ref name="news.bbc.co.uk">{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/1974819.stm | work=BBC News | title= Century's 'best cartoonist' on show | date= 8 May 2002 | author = Stone-Lee, Ollie | accessdate = 2010-03-28}}</ref> The character was named after the [[non-rigid airship]] and [[barrage balloon]], which were known as [[blimps]].