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Joe Berger (illustrator)
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Joe Berger is an illustrator
and cartoonist
from Bristol
.
He has been making films, illustrating and cartooning since 1991. In 1992 he drew his own British small press comics
Shooba heavily influenced by underground cartoonist Robert Crumb
. These were autobiographical strips and a surreal
strip Drift Dream with a tank rolling down the street same as Ingmar Bergman's The Silence
.
He drew The Slap of Doom in Psychopia
.
In 1993 he drew The Artist with writer Mike Von Joel a picture book about how a talentless Neo-conceptual art
student makes it big in the art world similar to Young British Artists
Damian Hirst. It has recently been republished.
He often works with writer/sound magician Pascal Wyse. Every Friday Since 2003, Berger and Wyse have produced The Pitchers comic strip in The Guardian
. It is about the madness of Hollywood seen through the eyes of a pair of scriptwriters.
He is currently working on his first children's book Bridget Fidget
He also plays shortstop for the Bangers, a coed softball team based in Mesa, Arizona.
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Illustrator
An Illustrator is a narrative artist who specializes in enhancing writing by providing a visual representation that corresponds to the content of the associated text...
and 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...
from Bristol
Bristol
Bristol is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, with an estimated population of 433,100 for the unitary authority in 2009, and a surrounding Larger Urban Zone with an estimated 1,070,000 residents in 2007...
.
He has been making films, illustrating and cartooning since 1991. In 1992 he drew his own British small press comics
British small press comics
British small press comics, once known as stripzines, are comic books self-published by amateur cartoonists and comic book creators, usually in short print runs, in the UK. A "small press comic" is essentially a zine composed predominantly of comic strips. The term emerged in the early 1980s to...
Shooba heavily influenced by underground cartoonist Robert Crumb
Robert Crumb
Robert Dennis Crumb —known as Robert Crumb and R. Crumb—is an American artist, illustrator, and musician recognized for the distinctive style of his drawings and his critical, satirical, subversive view of the American mainstream.Crumb was a founder of the underground comix movement and is regarded...
. These were autobiographical strips and a surreal
Surrealism
Surrealism is a cultural movement that began in the early 1920s, and is best known for the visual artworks and writings of the group members....
strip Drift Dream with a tank rolling down the street same as Ingmar Bergman's The Silence
The Silence (1963 film)
The Silence is a 1963 Swedish film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman and starring Ingrid Thulin and Gunnel Lindblom. The plot focuses on two sisters – the younger a sensuous woman with a young son, the elder more intellectually orientated and seriously ill — and their tense relationship as...
.
He drew The Slap of Doom in Psychopia
Psychopia
Psychopia is a small press zine featuring reviews and articles on British comic books and small press comics and interviews with cartoonists. Unusually for comix zines it focussed almost entirely on British comics such as The Beano and The Dandy ignoring American superhero comics.Issue #0 was the...
.
In 1993 he drew The Artist with writer Mike Von Joel a picture book about how a talentless Neo-conceptual art
Neo-conceptual art
Neo-conceptual art describes art practices in the 1980s and particularly 1990s to date that derive from the conceptual art movement of the 1960s and 1970s...
student makes it big in the art world similar to Young British Artists
Young British Artists
Young British Artists or YBAs is the name given to a loose group of visual artists who first began to exhibit together in London, in 1988...
Damian Hirst. It has recently been republished.
He often works with writer/sound magician Pascal Wyse. Every Friday Since 2003, Berger and Wyse have produced The Pitchers comic strip in The Guardian
The Guardian
The Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
. It is about the madness of Hollywood seen through the eyes of a pair of scriptwriters.
He is currently working on his first children's book Bridget Fidget
He also plays shortstop for the Bangers, a coed softball team based in Mesa, Arizona.
Works
Illustrations- Whip Your Life into Shape 2005 a self help book.
- How to Change Your Life the Guardian G2 cover 2005
- Bloggers Guide the Guardian travel cover 2005
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- My Latest Grievance Elinor LipmanElinor LipmanElinor Lipman is an American novelist and short story writer.-Biography:Born and raised in Lowell, Massachusetts, Lipman graduated from Simmons College where she studied journalism. She lives in western Massachusetts and Manhattan, and received the New England Book award for fiction in 2001...
Headline 2006 - The Pitch by Eileen Quinn and Judy Counihan Faber 2006
- The Apologist by Jay RaynerJay RaynerJay Rayner is a British journalist, writer, broadcaster, and food critic.Rayner is the younger son of journalist Claire Rayner and Desmond Rayner, and attended the independent Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School. He joined The Observer newspaper after graduating from Leeds University in 1988 where...
Atlantic Books 2004 - The Hamster that liked Puccini by Simon HoggartSimon HoggartSimon David Hoggart is an English journalist and broadcaster. He writes on politics for The Guardian, and on wine for The Spectator. Until 2006 he presented The News Quiz on Radio 4...
Atlantic Books/Guardian Books 2005