Kimon Evan Marengo (February 4, 1904 – November 4, 1988), better known for his pen name Kem, was a British cartoonist who was born in Zifta, Egypt.
Marengo attended the University of Oxford in 1939, but when World War II erupted, he joined the Ministry of Information and drew 3.000 propaganda posters, leaflets, and political cartoons in various languages, including three dialects of Arabic and Persian.
He was also involved in activities of the Political Warfare Executive in France, North Africa and later the Middle East.
After the war Marengo went back to his studies in Oxford and graduated at the end of 1946 due to accelerated BA programme.
He also imprinted on them his cartoonist coat of arms: a shield with a drawing of his face and the word 'Kem' on a green field, supported on either side by an African man in white, wearing a red fez and bandana and cocking a snook.