Fil Barlow b. 1963 Adelaide, SA

  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Contemporary Brisbane children's book illustrator, comic strip artist and puppeteer. Barlow was 12 when his first printed comic - 'Fudsey' - ran for four weeks in a Sunday paper. Before establishing his own publishing house, Zoonimedia, in 1992 Barlow worked as a puppeteer on the children's television show 'Alf' in California.
Talk | Version history | Updated Oct. 19, 2011 | Created Jan. 1, 1996
Name
Fil Barlow
Birth date
1963
Birth place
Adelaide, SA
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Residence
  • c.1987- c.1989 Los Angeles, CA, USA
  • c.1994- c.1998 Brisbane, Qld.
  • c.1992- c.1994 Gold Coast, Qld.
  • c.1990- c.1992 Melbourne, Vic.
Other Occupation
  • Puppeteer
  • Children's book illustrator
Active Period
  • c.1970- c.1995
Languages
  • English
Is Indigenous
No
Initial Record Data Source
  • Black and white artists

children’s book illustrator, comic strip artist and puppeteer, was born in Adelaide. His first comic strip, done in second grade at primary school. His first printed comic Fudsey , drawn in fifth grade aged 12, ran for four weeks in a Sunday paper. Barlow studied art in Melbourne before moving to the Gold Coast in 1992 to work as a designer for artists working in the movie industry. Moved to Brisbane in mid-1994 with Helen Maier and Matt Thompson, the two artists associated with Kinetic Comics. A prolific artist, his major works include Zooniverse Comic (1986-87), published USA. In 1987-89 worked on children’s animation television series, Alf , in LA. et al. (see Shiell). He established 'Zoonimedia’, his own publishing house, in 1992. Has also made puppets. Influenced by international comics like Shiver and Shake and Asterix .

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Writers:
Kerr, Joan
Date written:
1996
Last updated:
2007
associate of
Matt Thompson
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Helen Maier
Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
associate of
Zoonimedia
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
Citations:
  • Barlow, Fil, Zooniverse Comic
  • Shiell, Annette; & Unger, Ingrid, (1994), Ace Biographical Portraits... 1930s-1990s, (Place: Clayton, Vic. : National Centre for Australian Studies)
  • Rae, Richard (ed.), (1983), Cartoonists of Australia, (Place: Marrickville, NSW : View Productions)
  • Shiell, Annette (ed.), (1998), Bonzer: Australian Comics 1900s-1990s, (Place: Melbourne, Vic. : Elgua Media/ Binara Publishing)