Gerry Hunt | |
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Born | 1936 |
Died | 2018 Dublin, Ireland |
Nationality | Irish |
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]