Glenn Lumsden is an Australian comic book artist and writer. Born in Sydney in 1964, he began self publishing in 1985 with

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, Gary Chaloner and Tad Pietrzykowski under the Cyclone Comics imprint, working on ''The Southern Squadron'' and ''Dark Nebula''. Lumsden and de Vries entered the American market through

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, Nicotat and

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with ''The Southern Squadron''. Together they have drawn a new look version of ''

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'' for

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, have worked on '' Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight'' and ''

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'' comics for

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''The Puppet Master'' for

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and ''

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'' and ''

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'' for

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. Lumsden moved to

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where he founded the Barossa Studios with David Heinrich, Rod Tokely and David G. Williams, doing artwork for magazines like ''Picture'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and '' The Bulletin''.

References

External links

Official website

Glenn Lumsden website

Glenn Lumsden artwork
Australian comic strip cartoonists Australian cartoonists Australian comics artists Writers from Sydney 1964 births Living people Artists from Sydney {{comics-creator-stub