Dillon Naylor b. 1968

  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Cartoonist, active since mid 1990s. Naylor began self-publishing semi-underground comics with print runs of 3,000 while still at Scoresby High School in 1987.
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comic strip artist, was born in Melbourne, Vic. He began self-publishing semi-underground comics with print runs of 3,000 while still at Scoresby High School in 1987. He produced four issues of Frankie Laine’s Comics and Stories , which were distributed through comic and record shops until 1990. He also submitted art and stories to Victoria’s only anthology of Australian comics, Fox Comics (1984-90) and designed record covers, posters, greeting cards and T-shirts. In 1992 he began producing comics for the Show Bag Factory, which wanted an exclusive line in children’s comics for its show bags. Since 1989 he has also been creating educational comics for the magazines Pursuit and Challenge produced by the Ministry of Education. His company is called Cowtown Comics. His favourite comic artist is Carl Barks, who drew Donald Duck for Walt Disney.

Naylor’s strip Da’n'Dill (which made an early appearance in one of the show bag comics mentioned above) is a weekly feature in the Sun-Herald (Sydney). Naylor also contributes the cartoon Batrisha The Vampire Girl , to the monthly K-Zone Magazine .

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Writers:
Kerr, Joan
Date written:
1996
Last updated:
2007

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