Gerry Hunt
Gerry Hunt | |
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Born | 1936 |
Died |
2018 Dublin |
Nationality | Irish |
Area(s) | Cartoonist |
Notable works | Blood Upon the Rose (2009) |
Gerry Hunt (born 1936)[1] is an Irish cartoonist. He worked as an architect for 25 years, including 18 years at IDA Ireland. In 1986 he turned to cartooning, first drawing political cartoons, then creating a Spanish-language comic which he gave away to friends.[2] In 2003 he created a short series of inner-city Dublin fables told in rhyme, In Dublin City, published by Atomic Diner.[3] He then founded Dublin Comics,[4] which published his crime graphic novel, Streets of Dublin, coloured by BrenB, c. 2005, and a collected edition of In Dublin City, also coloured by BrenB, c. 2007.[1]
In 2009 he created Blood Upon the Rose, a graphic novel retelling the events of the Easter Rising of 1916, again coloured by BrenB, published by O'Brien Press.[5] He is working on the forthcoming Draugr in Dublin City, about a dead Viking reawakened in modern Dublin.[6]
References
- 1 2 National Library of Ireland catalogue
- ↑ O'Brien Press author bio
- ↑ Danielle Lavigne, Rob Curley: The Interview, Octocon, 8 July 2009
- ↑ New Writing from Ireland, Ireland Literature Exchange, 2009/2010, p. 35
- ↑ Blood upon the Rose at O'Brien Press
- ↑ Ken Sweeney, "Cartoonist tears strips of Spire", Irish Independent, 5 August 2010