in 1942 he was classified as a "friendly enemy alien" and assigned to war work on the land in buckinghamshire, gaining further education from his co-workers, mostly conscientious objectors. he also managed to obtain an appointment as poster artist for the buckinghamshire war agricultural committee. while living in buckinghamshire he met the journalist janet barber, who was living in a nearby village and they were married two years later. he also submitted cartoons to the evening star and later became a lodger in london with the editor of the paper's diary column. establishing himself in london after the war he became a freelance graphic artist.