Glenn Lumsden b. 1964 Sydney, New South Wales

  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Contemporary South Australian comic book artist. He is a member of the Barossa Studios comic book group.
Talk | Version history | Updated Oct. 19, 2011 | Created Jan. 1, 1996
Name
Glenn Lumsden
Birth date
1964
Birth place
Sydney, New South Wales
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Residence
  • c.1988- c.1998 Barossa Valley, South Australia
Active Period
  • 1988-
Languages
  • English
Is Indigenous
No
Initial Record Data Source
  • Black and white artists

comic book artist, was born in Sydney. Self taught as an artist, he lives and works in South Australia, where he is a member of the Barossa Studios comic book group with David de Vries (b.1961, NZ), David Heinrich (b.1967, Gawler SA), Rod Tokely (b.1964, Melbourne) and Dave Williams (b. 1974, Armidale). Lumsden and de Vries teamed up in 1988. Lumsden, who draws American, British and Japanese style action comics with a superhero theme, began drawing comics for Australian independent publications in the early 1980s and the Barossa Studios group now has contacts with almost every American comic book publisher. De Vries and Lumsden draw Phantom for Marvel Comics and also work on Batman books.

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Writers:
Kerr, Joan
Date written:
1996
Last updated:
2007
associate of
David De Vries
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
David Heinrich
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Rod Tokely
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Dave Williams
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
associate of
Barossa Studios comic book group
Non-Artist/Designer/Curator
Citations:
  • Shiell, Annette; & Unger, Ingrid, (1994), Ace Biographical Portraits... 1930s-1990s, (Place: Melbourne, Vic : National Centre for Australian Studies)
  • Shiell, Annette (ed.), (1998), Bonzer : Australian comics 1900s-1990s, (Place: Melbourne, Vic : Elgua Media)