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Fil Barlow

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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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Joan Kerr.

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Gender:

Male

Birth:

Date:

1963

Place:

Adelaide, SA

Period active:

Dates:

c. 1970 - 1995

Medium:

Black & white art

Associate:

Maier, Helen

Associate:

Thompson, Matt

Associated organisation:

Zoonimedia

Residence:

Dates:

c. 1990 - 1992

Place:

Melbourne, Vic.

Residence:

Dates:

c. 1992 - 1994

Place:

Gold Coast, Qld.

Residence:

Dates:

c. 1994 - 1998

Place:

Brisbane, Qld.

Residence:

Dates:

c. 1987 - 1989

Place:

Los Angeles, CA, USA

Other occupation:

Children's book illustrator

Other occupation:

Puppeteer

Biographer:

Kerr, Joan

Source of info:

Black and white artists

Date written:

Date:

c. 1999 - 2003

Date modified:

Date:

2007

Reference:

Title:

Bonzer: Australian Comics 1900s-1990s

Year:

1998

Author:

Shiell, Annette (ed.)

Published:

Melbourne, Vic. : Elgua Media/ Binara Publishing

Reference:

Title:

Cartoonists of Australia

Year:

1983

Author:

Rae, Richard (ed.)

Published:

Marrickville, NSW : View Productions

Reference:

Title:

Ace Biographical Portraits... 1930s-1990s

Year:

1994

Author:

Shiell, Annette; & Unger, Ingrid

Published:

Clayton, Vic. : National Centre for Australian Studies

Reference:

Title:

Zooniverse Comic

Author:

Barlow, Fil

Reference:

Author:

Barlow, Fil

Published:

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Summary:

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.

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