List of Australian comics creators
Appearance
This is a list of Australian comics creators. Although comics have different formats, this list covers creators of editorial cartoons, comic books, graphic novels, and comic strips, along with early innovators. The list presents authors with Australia as their country of origin, although they may have published or now be resident in other countries. For other countries, see List of comic creators.
Editorial cartoonists
Australian professional cartoonists work for commercially published newspapers and journals, and many also work in Australian comics (also children's illustration and animation), with many of these artists having work collected as published books.
- Dean Alston
- Peter Broelman
- Jason Chatfield
- Patrick Cook
- Stan Cross
- David Ditchburn
- Andrew Dyson
- William Ellis Green
- George Haddon
- William Hogarth
- Geoff "Jeff" Hook
- Judy Horacek
- Arthur Horner
- Mark Knight
- Jon Kudelka
- Allan Langoulant
- Sean Leahy
- Bill Leak
- Michael Leunig
- Benjamin Matheson
- Neil Matterson
- Stewart McCrae
- George Molnar
- Alan Moir
- Peter Nicholson
- Pat Oliphant
- Ward O'Neill
- Bruce Petty
- Geoff Pryor
- Paul Rigby
- Stuart Roth
- D.H. Souter
- John Spooner
- Ron Tandberg
- Andrew Weldon
- Cathy Wilcox
Comic book and comic strip creators
Australian comic book and strip artists and writers:
A
- Patrick Alexander - Pink Chickens, Raymondo Person
- Shane Andrewartha - Time seals all tombs
- Liz Argall
- Gerard Ashworth
B
- Jason Badower - The Innocents
- Marcelo Baez - Diabla
- Benjamin Baker
- Jimmy Bancks - creator of Ginger Meggs
- Fil Barlow - Inkspots, Zooniverse
- Matt Bayliss - Cosmic Corsairs
- Doug Bayne - co-creator of Platinum Grit (plays Mephisto in Double the Fist)
- Scott Beattie - The Seven Swords
- Philip Bentley - Fox Comics, Inkspots, Passionate Nomads, Word Balloons
- Avi Bernshaw - co-founder of OzTAKU
- Thomas Bonin - Dicks
- Dan Best - The Escapist, Dee Vee
- David Bird - Fox Comics editor, Strange Tableaux publisher
- Neale Blanden
- David Blumenstein - Nakedfella Comics and Herman, The Legal Labrador
- Brendan Boyd - The False Impressionists, Tango
- Maurice Bramley
- Jen Breach - Sawbones
- Donald Brooker - Cesspool
- Anna Brown - GForce, Northbourne and Glory Bound, 26 Lies, Nowhere Near Savannah
- Shannon Browning - Welcome to Woodville, Robotoon, Coalition of the Willing
- Christopher Brunton - Dee Vee
- Nick Bugeja - Bloodsport
- Aaron Burgess - The Ink
- Christopher Burns - Eldritch Kid, Waldo's Hawaiian Holiday
- Susan Butcher - Pox
- BMB (Ben M Byrne) - Stark Reality Sci/Fi Tales
C
- Bernard Caleo - Tango, The False Impressionists
- Eddie Campbell - Bacchus, From Hell
- Stephen Campbell - Inkspots
- Jacen Carpenter - Monstar
- Gerald Carr - Vampire!, Vixen (superheroine with fox-inspired superpowers), The Dirty Digger
- Thomas Carter
- Amber Carvan - Brick Dog
- Adrian Ceroni
- Gary Chaloner - Jackaroo, Red Kelso, Will Eisner's John Law
- Queenie Chan - The Dreaming
- Peter Chapman
- Jason Chatfield - writer/artist of Ginger Meggs, 2007-
- Keith Chatto
- Darren Close - Killeroo
- Lachlan Conn
- Ben Constantine -Plump Oyster, Phatsville
- Noel Cook - Kokey Koala
- Trudy Cooper - artist, co-creator and co-writer of Platinum Grit
- Stan Cross
- Jeff Cruz
- Dave Cunning - Penciller on Ma. B, Down Under and Billy Joe Tequila, Director of Local Act Comics
- Clint Cure (AKA Q-Ray)
- John L. Curtis - The Silver Jacket
D
- Daniel Davey - Everybody loves Rooflight
- Mike Delight
- Solomon Dent
- Guy Dernee - Nothing Serious
- David de Vries - Cyclone!, Dark Horse Down Under, The Phantom
- Graeme Dickenson - Closet Tales
- Frank Dirscherl - The Wraith
- Julie Ditrich - ElfQuest WaveDancers (Original Series), Dart. Director of Black Mermaid Productions creative team which is Australian based. ASA (Australian Society of Authors) Comics and Graphic Novel Portfolio Holder, Founder of the Comics and Graphic Novel Portfolio for the ASA.
- John Dixon - The Crimson Comet, Air Hawk and the Flying Doctors, Air Hawk
- Donovan - E for Earthman
- Arlen Drechsler-Savage - Everybody loves Rooflight
- Michal Dutkiewicz - Batman Forever, Lost in Space
E
- Ian Eddy
- Jeff Edis - The Ridiculous Bugman
- Sarah Ellerton - Inverloch
- Daniel Elliott - Nimbin, Gerkinman
- Anton Emdin - Cruel World
- Michael Evans
F
- Jules Faber - Sporadic, Golgotha
- Miles Ferguson
- Kate Fielding - Their hooks find hold deep in our flesh (with Clint Cure, Ben Fox, Elizabeth McDowell and Mandy Ord). Serialised in Meanjin
- Andy Finlayson
- Roger Fletcher
- Adam Ford - Jutchy ya ya, Man bites dog, The book of Job, The amazing atavistic adventures of the fish, Neuronn: the creature from a human brain,
- Peter Foster
- Jason Franks - Kagemono, McBlack, The Sixsmiths, Tango, etc.
- Scott Fraser - Dollboy
- Hayden Fryer - Billy: Demon Slayer, Full Moon, FORCES, Nothing Serious, Billy VS Red
G
- Andrew Gallacher - Modern Gentlemen
- Greg Gates - Inkspots, Strange Worlds
- Dan Gibbs
- May Gibbs
- Simon J. Green - Modern Gentlemen
- Nicki Greenberg
- Edward J Grug III - The Bizarre Life of Charlie Red Eye, Crushes Forever, Henry & Gil vs the Infinity Engine
H
- Stewart Hale - Issue One Comics-Zero Assassin, Cyber-Swine
- George Hall - Reverie
- Scott Hampson (aka: Agent-X) - Agent-X Comics
- Jase Harper - Sporadic, Big Fun Mega Happy Pet Land (Mania magazine) Guh! books 1-4
- Paul Harris - Fox Comics, Reverie
- Flint Fatih Hasbudak
- Michael Hawkins - Lymphoma, Permanent bling forever, Discreet passions
- David Heinrich - Champions, Mad Magazine, Earth, Zero Assassin, The Phantom, Decay
- Owen Heitmann - Basic Wage Kids
- Peta Hewitt - Terinu
- Doug Holgate - currently artist on Amazing Joy Buzzards and a Flight contributor, Tales from Under the Bed
- Yaroslav Horak - The Mask, Jet Fury
- Walt Howarth
- Ben Hutchings - Dragon Hurtor, Northbourne & Glory Bound
- Matt Huynh (aka STiKMAN) - Happy Birthday, Anyway
J
- David Jackson - Modern Gentlemen
- Simon James - Shucka shucka, Girl mountain, Horse Mania / Poofter Basher (split cassingle)
- Peter Jetnikoff
- Scott Johnson - Hip Pocket
- Chris Johnston - Inkspots
- Garth Jones - Killeroo: Road Rage
- Tristan Jones - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Modern Gentlemen
K
- Troy Kealley - Something Wicked, Owen, Badlands Taxi
- Matt Kelly - Writer/Artist of The Matt Kelly Show
- James Kemsley - writer/artist of Ginger Meggs, 1948–2007
- David Kerr - Worlds Away, Days of Asha in OzTAKU
- Giles Kilham - Phatsville
- Darren Koziol - Decay[1]
L
- Jared Lane
- Gary Lau - Knight-Edge
- Daniel Lawson - Azerath
- Len Lawson - The Lone Avenger
- Peter Ledger - Carlos McLlyr, Sisterhood of Steel
- David Li - Magi in OzTAKU
- Michael Li
- Sal Lima - Zxenith
- Dave Lovegrove - Erik Saga (1 - 9), Steak & Kidney Boy
- Cassandra Lovell - The Toxic Avenger and Other Tromatic Tales
- C.A. Luke
- Mark Lulham - Brandi
- Glenn Lumsden - Cyclone!, The Phantom
M
- Gregory Mackay
- Jeremy MacPherson
- Angelo Madrid
- Zeldz Magnoonis - Pepe's Quest
- Alex Major - Naomi & Poggie, Goats on Ice
- Glenn Manders - Phatsville, Bad Teeth
- Josè Manfredini - The Yahl (Down Under Comics (DUC))
- Kieran Mangan
- Arthur Mather Captain Atom, Flynn of the FBI
- Tim McBurnie - 7Pirates
- David McDermott (AKA Maccad)
- Tim McEwen - Greener Pastures, Sherlock Holmes
- Maggie McFee - Katie Galaxy (also runs Pulp faction )
- Stewart McKenny - The Watch
- Daniel McKeown
- Rachel McLachlan - PZK, Billy VS Red
- Jessica McLeod - Activities For Rainy Days
- Jacob McNish
- Darrel Merritt - Dark Horse Down Under, Fox Comics, Passionate Nomads
- Troy Mingramm Troy's Tales, Romanticide
- Nicholas William Moll - The Masked Coyote
- Marcus Moore - Bacchus, Spirit New Adventures, Heavy Metal, Dee Vee, Life Is Cheap
- Alice Mrongovius
- Danny Murphy - co-creator and co-writer of Platinum Grit
- Bruce Mutard - The Bunker
N
- Jan Napiorkowski
- Michael Nason
- Dillon Naylor - Da 'n Dill, Batrisha
- Bobby Nenadovic - Withheld
- Tony Newton - The SuburbanKnights, Foolproof comics, fictionym.comics
- Thuyen Nguyen - A Question of Promise
- Owen Nicholls - Jaeger, Mission
- Tanya Nicholls - Jaeger, Mission
- Wayne Nichols
- Syd Nicholls - Fatty Finn, Middy Malone
- Linzee R. Nold - Fox Comics
- Talitha Nonveiller - The Deerflame Legacy, Tale Trader
O
- Gavin L. O'Keefe - Phantastique, Jonny Flathead
- Mandy Ord - Brick Dog, Sensitive Creatures, Dirty Little Creep, Ordinary Eyeball
P
- Jason Paulos - Hairbutt the Hippo, Eeek!
- Maria Pena - Fox Comics, Passionate Nomads
- John Petropoulos - Bug & Stump
- Craig Phillips - Finch!
- Tad Pietrzykowski - Dark Nebula
- Anthony Pike - ZAAPA, Blombo Tales
- Stanley Pitt - Silver Starr
- Henry Pop (aka HPoP) - Generation
- Poshua (AKA Katie Huang) - Generation manga anthology
- Andrew M. Potts - The Burnt Psycho, Shoddy Magazine
- Steven Preston
- Tom Priestley
R
- Pamela Ramali - Generation
- Jason Rand
- Dean Rankine - Holy Cow! Christian Comics, Grossgirl and Boogerboy
- Christian Read - The Watch, Eldritch Kid, Witch King
- Daniel Reed - The Crumpeton Experiments
- Mark Richards - Scott Willasee is the VOID!
- Leigh Rigozzi - Flippin' Out, Tales of Hobartian Life, Vacant Lot, Zombievideo and other tales, Nature morte, The time you were in Paris, Trevally of the shadow of death
- Jim Russell
- Leigh Rust - Zxenith
- Jackie Ryan - Burger Force
S
- Dante Sapienza - Violin Girl
- Kirrily Schell
- Gerard Scifo - Street Knowledge, Smooth
- J. Marc Schmidt - Egg Story, Eating Steve
- Nicola Scott - Birds of Prey (DC Comics), Star Wars titles (Dark Horse), Angel titles (IDW Publishing), Dead Year High (Penguin Books), Season of the Witch (Image Comics), Halloween Man
- Mark Selan - Founder of the 24 Hours in Oz Comics Challenge/OzComics 24 Hr Challenge
- Christopher Sequeira - Iron Man (in Marvel Comics' 'Astonishing Tales') Justice League Adventures (DC Comics), 9/11: Artists Respond Vol. II (DC Comics), Cthulhu Tales (Boom! Studios), Dark Detective: Sherlock Holmes (Black House Comics), Pulse of Darkness, Rattlebone: The Pulp-Faced Detective, Mister Blood, Deadlock & Doc Morton, Bold Action, The Borderlander, Jonny Flathead: Agent of MONSTA.
- Mark Sexton - Bug & Stump
- Colin Sharpe - Xuan Xuan manga anthology
- Glen Shearer - editor of Operation Funnybone
- Simon Sherry
- Holly Shorland - Operation Funnybone
- Komala Singh - Moshi Moshi
- Lee Slattery - Bacchus, Dee Vee, Everybody Loves The Lizardman
- Nathan Soehardi - The SuburbanKnights
- Jon Sommariva - Go Boy 7
- Sorayan - The Yahl (Down Under Comics (DUC))
- Ive Sorocuk
- Madonna Spelta - OzTAKU
- Richard Stevens - PEB Casey
- Emma-Jean Stewart
- John Stewart - Phatsville
- Jean-Luc Syndakis - Modern Gentlemen
- Jozef Szekeres - Elfquest WaveDancers (original series), Safety-Belt Man, Dart, Dawn, Oblagon, Underwater Love. Director of [Black Mermaid Productions creative team, which is Australia-based. Heavy Metal Magazine March 2009. ASA (Australian Society of Authors) Comics and Graphic Novel Portfolio Holder. Co-Founder of the Comics and Graphic Novel Portfolio for the ASA. Elf-Fin
T
- Shaun Tan - The Lost Thing, The Arrival
- David Tang - Knee Pockets
- Tom Taylor - Star Wars: Invasion (Dark Horse Comics), The Authority (DC Comics), The Deep: Here Be Dragons (Gestalt Publishing), The Example, Rombies, Flinch
- Ben Templesmith - 30 Days of Night, Star Wars
- Ian C. Thomas - Moth & Tanuki (in OzTAKU and Mania), Ratty Things (Mania), The Ink, Xuan Xuan, Maelstrom (also in Reverie), Busker Jim (City Extra)
- Gavin Thomson - Bob
- Vivienne To
- Brendan Tolley - The False Impressionists, Tango
- Andie Tong
- Jonathon Tonkin - Everybody loves Rooflight
- Melanie Tregonning
- Marty Trengove - Fox Comics, Roscoe the Dawg
- Stephen Turner
- Cassandra Tytler
V
- Gaston Vanzet - Reverie
- Ryan Vella - He Died with a Felafel in His Hand graphic novel
- Sheldon Vella
- David Vodicka - Fox Comics
W
- Chris Wahl - Mad Magazine, Platinum
- Gavin Wainwright - Whitehawk (webcomic)
- Jo Waite - Tango, Going Down Swinging
- Tonia Walden - prolific mini-comic creator and publisher, Eat Comics, Pirates
- Rich Warwick
- Grant Watson - Aggressive Retail Therapy, The Angriest Video Store Clerk in the World, Henry & Gil vs the Infinity Engine
- L.Frank Weber - Crab Allen
- Monty Wedd
- Colin Wells - Vigil
- Frank Wessing
- Paul Wheelahan - The Raven, The Panther [2]
- Daren White - Dee Vee, Batman: Order of the Beasts, Legends of the Dark Knight
- Joe Whyte
- Bunny Wilson - The Adventures of Monty Zoomer
- Colin Wilson - Strips, 2000AD, La Jeunesse de Blueberry, Dans L'Ombre du Soleil, Point Blank
- Ryan Wilton - Azerath
- Mark Withington - OzTAKU
- Gary Wong
- Ashley Wood - Cyclone Comics Quarterly, Dark Horse Down Under, Popbot
- Carol Wood - Pox
- Trevor Wood - Sawbones
- Damien Woods - Monkeyboy and His Magical Underpants (DMAG)
- Anthony Woodward - Scrambled, 7 Pages, Lines, This town
Y
- David Yardin - District X, Black Panther, Realm of the Claw, Storm
- Sam Young - Issue One Comics-Zero Assassin, Cyber-Swine
References
- ^ Nelligan, Katelin (November 2, 2010). "Salisbury man's comic no joke". Leader Messenger. Retrieved November 2, 2010.
- ^ Lambiek comic shop and studio in Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2007-04-27). "Comic creator: Paul Wheelahan". Lambiek.net. Retrieved 2010-08-24.