Jason Chatfield
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Jason Chatfield is an Australian editorial and comic strip
cartoonist
and stand-up comedian, based in Melbourne
, Victoria
. He has been a professional cartoonist since 2003. His work covers the areas of comic strips, political cartoons, book illustrations, commissioned caricatures and live (On-The-Spot) caricatures as entertainment at corporate events. He is the current president of the Australian Cartoonists' Association.
in 2007, becoming the strip's fifth artist, succeeding James Kemsley
, OAM. Kemsley wrote to the Bancks
family to secure approval for Chatfield to succeed him. Ginger Meggs appears today in over 120 papers in 34 countries worldwide. Chatfield is the youngest cartoonist to take on the iconic comic strip in its 89 year history.
On 1st July 2011, The Perth Mint released a commemorative 1oz Silver Australian $1 coin to celebrate the 90th anniversary year of Ginger Meggs. The coin features an homage to Bancks’ 1945 Sunbeams Annual (Series 22) cover, which featured Ginger Meggs on the back of a kangaroo with his dog, Mike and his pet monkey, Tony. The obverse portrays the Ian Rank-Broadley effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, the 2011 year-date and is issued as legal tender under the Australian Currency Act 1965. There were 3000 coins produced in total.
The coin was designed by Chatfield with the assistance of fellow Australian artists Peter Broelman and Rolf Harris. Stock at the mint sold out completely within an hour of the coin being announced.
-based musical comedy duo, ManFace with Ben Russell.
• April 2009, Chatfield performed again with Ben Russell in the critically acclaimed musical/stand-up comedy Manface at the 2009 Melbourne International Comedy Festival throughout April.
• April 2011, Chatfield performed a 22-show encore run of ManFace with Chicago
-based Ben Russell at the Forum Theatre for the 2011 Melbourne International Comedy Festival.
• April 2011, Chatfield performed a ten-show run at the Tuxedo Cat in Flinders Lane of When Melbourne Met Sydney with Sophie Miller.
• 2008, Chatfield was elected Deputy President of the Australian Cartoonists' Association
• 2010, Chatfield was elected President of the Australian Cartoonists' Association
and ex-NCS President Steve McGarry
to be member of the National Cartoonists Society. (USA)
• 2008, Chatfield was nominated for the Gold Stanley for Cartoonist of the Year at the Australian Cartoonists' Association Stanley Awards in Coffs Harbour.
• 2008, Chatfield was nominated for Comic Strip Artist of the Year at the Australian Cartoonists' Association Stanley Awards in Coffs Harbour.
• 2008, Chatfield won The "Peoples' Choice Prize" at the "Behind the Lines" political cartooning exhibition at the National Gallery in Canberra
.
• 2009, Chatfield was nominated for Comic Strip Artist of the Year at the Australian Cartoonists' Association Stanley Awards in Sydney
.
• 2010, Chatfield was nominated for Comic Strip Artist of the Year at the Australian Cartoonists' Association Stanley Awards in Melbourne
.
Comic strip
A comic strip is a sequence of drawings arranged in interrelated panels to display brief humor or form a narrative, often serialized, with text in balloons and captions....
cartoonist
Cartoonist
A cartoonist is a person who specializes in drawing cartoons. This work is usually humorous, mainly created for entertainment, political commentary or advertising...
and stand-up comedian, based in Melbourne
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
, Victoria
Victoria (Australia)
Victoria is the second most populous state in Australia. Geographically the smallest mainland state, Victoria is bordered by New South Wales, South Australia, and Tasmania on Boundary Islet to the north, west and south respectively....
. He has been a professional cartoonist since 2003. His work covers the areas of comic strips, political cartoons, book illustrations, commissioned caricatures and live (On-The-Spot) caricatures as entertainment at corporate events. He is the current president of the Australian Cartoonists' Association.
Ginger Meggs
Chatfield took over writing and drawing the iconic internationally syndicated comic strip Ginger MeggsGinger Meggs
Ginger Meggs, a popular long-run Australian comic strip, was created in the early 1920s by Jimmy Bancks. The strip follows the escapades of a red-haired prepubescent mischief-maker who lives in an inner suburban working-class household....
in 2007, becoming the strip's fifth artist, succeeding James Kemsley
James Kemsley
James Lawrence Kemsley OAM was an Australian cartoonist who drew Jimmy Bancks' original creation, Ginger Meggs.-Childhood:...
, OAM. Kemsley wrote to the Bancks
Jimmy Bancks
James Charles Bancks or Jimmy Bancks was an Australian cartoonist best known for his comic strip Ginger Meggs....
family to secure approval for Chatfield to succeed him. Ginger Meggs appears today in over 120 papers in 34 countries worldwide. Chatfield is the youngest cartoonist to take on the iconic comic strip in its 89 year history.
On 1st July 2011, The Perth Mint released a commemorative 1oz Silver Australian $1 coin to celebrate the 90th anniversary year of Ginger Meggs. The coin features an homage to Bancks’ 1945 Sunbeams Annual (Series 22) cover, which featured Ginger Meggs on the back of a kangaroo with his dog, Mike and his pet monkey, Tony. The obverse portrays the Ian Rank-Broadley effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, the 2011 year-date and is issued as legal tender under the Australian Currency Act 1965. There were 3000 coins produced in total.
The coin was designed by Chatfield with the assistance of fellow Australian artists Peter Broelman and Rolf Harris. Stock at the mint sold out completely within an hour of the coin being announced.
Stand Up Comedy
• April 2008, Chatfield opened for the Zack Adams show, Awkward, in the 2008 Melbourne International Comedy Festival. He side-lined in PerthPerth, Western Australia
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....
-based musical comedy duo, ManFace with Ben Russell.
• April 2009, Chatfield performed again with Ben Russell in the critically acclaimed musical/stand-up comedy Manface at the 2009 Melbourne International Comedy Festival throughout April.
• April 2011, Chatfield performed a 22-show encore run of ManFace with Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
-based Ben Russell at the Forum Theatre for the 2011 Melbourne International Comedy Festival.
• April 2011, Chatfield performed a ten-show run at the Tuxedo Cat in Flinders Lane of When Melbourne Met Sydney with Sophie Miller.
Australian Cartoonists' Association
• 2006, Chatfield was elected WA Vice President of the Australian Cartoonists' Association• 2008, Chatfield was elected Deputy President of the Australian Cartoonists' Association
• 2010, Chatfield was elected President of the Australian Cartoonists' Association
National Cartoonists Society
• 2009, Chatfield was nominated by Zits cartoonist Jim BorgmanJim Borgman
James Mark Borgman is an American cartoonist. He is known for his political cartoons and his nationally syndicated comic strip Zits.-Personal:...
and ex-NCS President Steve McGarry
Steve McGarry
Steve McGarry is a British cartoonist whose work includes the comic strips Badlands, Pop Culture, Biographic, Kid City and Mullets....
to be member of the National Cartoonists Society. (USA)
National Cartoonists Society
The National Cartoonists Society is an organization of professional cartoonists in the United States. It presents the National Cartoonists Society Awards. The Society was born in 1946 when groups of cartoonists got together to entertain the troops...
Awards
• 2005, Chatfield won the Australian Bill Mitchell Award for up-and-coming cartoonist of the year.• 2008, Chatfield was nominated for the Gold Stanley for Cartoonist of the Year at the Australian Cartoonists' Association Stanley Awards in Coffs Harbour.
• 2008, Chatfield was nominated for Comic Strip Artist of the Year at the Australian Cartoonists' Association Stanley Awards in Coffs Harbour.
• 2008, Chatfield won The "Peoples' Choice Prize" at the "Behind the Lines" political cartooning exhibition at the National Gallery in Canberra
Canberra
Canberra is the capital city of Australia. With a population of over 345,000, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth-largest city overall. The city is located at the northern end of the Australian Capital Territory , south-west of Sydney, and north-east of Melbourne...
.
• 2009, Chatfield was nominated for Comic Strip Artist of the Year at the Australian Cartoonists' Association Stanley Awards in Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
.
• 2010, Chatfield was nominated for Comic Strip Artist of the Year at the Australian Cartoonists' Association Stanley Awards in Melbourne
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
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External links
- Jason Chatfield
- Australian Cartoonists' Association
- Melbourne International Comedy Festival
- MANFACE
- http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/ginger-meggs-artist-lucky-to-survive-brush-with-melbourne-taxi-driver-20110321-1c2zk.html
- http://www.comedyfestival.com.au/2011/season/shows/ben-russell-jason-chatfield-are-manface
- http://www.comedyfestival.com.au/2011/season/shows/jason-chatfield-sophie-miller-when-melbourne-met-sydney/