Gerry Hunt

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Gerry Hunt
Born1936
Died2018
Dublin, Ireland
NationalityIrish
Area(s) Cartoonist
Notable works
Blood Upon the Rose (2009)

Gerry Hunt (born 1936) [1] was an Irish cartoonist. He worked as an architect for 25 years, including 18 years at IDA Ireland. In 1986 he turned to cartooning, first drawing political cartoons, then creating a Spanish-language comic which he gave away to friends. [2] In 2003 he created a short series of inner-city Dublin fables told in rhyme, In Dublin City, published by Atomic Diner. [3] He then founded Dublin Comics, [4] which published his crime graphic novel, Streets of Dublin, coloured by BrenB, c. 2005, and a collected edition of In Dublin City, also coloured by BrenB, c. 2007. [1]

In 2009 he created Blood Upon the Rose , a graphic novel retelling the events of the Easter Rising of 1916, again coloured by BrenB, published by O'Brien Press. [5] He is working on the forthcoming Draugr in Dublin City, about a dead Viking reawakened in modern Dublin. [6]

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References

  1. 1 2 National Library of Ireland catalogue
  2. "O'Brien Press author bio". Archived from the original on 13 March 2012. Retrieved 4 November 2010.
  3. Danielle Lavigne, Rob Curley: The Interview Archived 2012-03-14 at the Wayback Machine , Octocon, 8 July 2009
  4. New Writing from Ireland, Ireland Literature Exchange, 2009/2010, p. 35
  5. "Blood upon the Rose at O'Brien Press". Archived from the original on 13 April 2016. Retrieved 4 November 2010.
  6. Ken Sweeney, "Cartoonist tears strips of Spire", Irish Independent , 5 August 2010