Precocious Boy: Mother, aint we ever going to get out of this damned bus? Mother: Hush, child! How many more times am I to tel you not to use that word? You should say aren't we! Alfred Bestall (1892-1986) is best-known as the artist who drew Rupert Bear for thirty years. Previous to this, Bestall produced more than forty colour illustrations for The Tatler as well as countless humorous line drawings and cartoon sketches.