Michal Dutkiewicz b. 1955

  • Designer (Graphic Designer),
  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Contemporary South Australian cartoonist and illustrator. Has worked on US comics such as 'Superman - Man of Steel' and 'Batman Forever'.
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painter, illustrator and comic strip artist, was born and works in Adelaide, son of Wladyslaw Dutkiewicz , an abstract painter who gave him art lessons as a child. Much later he decided to draw comics. In 1974 he withdrew from tertiary studies and spent a year with the SA Theatre youth workshops before becoming involved with the Royal South Australian Society of Arts, with which he regularly exhibited 1976-90. At the same time he was working as a freelance illustrator and designer. His involvement in Australian comics is both as a maker and collector. He has also worked on US comics including Superman – Man of Steel (DC Comics #42) and Batman Forever . He won the 1991 Stanley for 'Best Adventure Strip Artist’. SLNSW ML has his 1984 original title page for The Dragon’s Lair.

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

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References [<ExternalResource: Shiell, A. (ed.) (1998), 'Bonzer: Australian Comics 1900s-1990s', Victoria: Elgua Media / Binara Publishing.>, <ExternalResource: Shiell, Annette and Unger, Ingrid (1994), 'Ace Biographical Portraits... 1930s-1990s', Clayton, Victoria: National Centre for Australian Studies.>, <ExternalResource: Dutkiewicz, Michal, 'Girl Crazy: The Art Of Michal Dutkiewicz', MG Graphics.>]