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Anthony Ellison
Anthony Ellison (born 1966) is a New Zealand cartoonist and animator. Ellison is of Māori descent, from the Ngāi Tahu, Ngai Tahu iwi. Ellison has been the political cartoonist for ''The Sunday Star-Times'' since 1988 and was at one stage the youngest political cartoonist in New Zealand. His cartoons addressed Māori issues but did not stereotype Māori and women. Frustrated by the limitations of the medium, Ellison abandoned political cartooning and began a bizarre weekly cartoon 'Meantime' for the ''New Zealand Listener''. 'Meantime' survived two changes of editor before being dropped by the current editor who favoured a more conservative approach to the magazine. More recently he is the creator of the controversial animated character 'Media Dog' for the media satire show ''Eating Media Lunch'' and also created the 1920s pastiche Happy Hori for the comedy show ''The Unauthorised History of New Zealand''. According to an interview with Chris Slane, Ellison does not use story ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cartoonist
A cartoonist is a visual artist who specializes in both drawing and writing cartoons (individual images) or comics (sequential images). Cartoonists differ from comics writers or comic book illustrators in that they produce both the literary and graphic components of the work as part of their practice. Cartoonists may work in a variety of formats, including booklets, comic strips, comic books, editorial cartoons, graphic novels, User guide, manuals, gag cartoons, storyboards, posters, shirts, books, advertisements, greeting cards, magazines, newspapers, webcomics, and video game packaging. Terminology Cartoonists may also be denoted by terms such as comics artist, comic book artist, graphic novel artist or graphic novelist. Ambiguity may arise because "comic book artist" may also refer to the person who only illustrates the comic, and "graphic novelist" may also refer to the person who only writes the script. History The English satire, satirist and editorial cartoonist Willi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
