Ben Hutchings
Ben Hutchings is an Australian cartoonist and animator. He was born in Moruya, New South Wales, but grew up in Canberra. He is best known for his work in the video game industry, on games such as Tribes: Vengeance and BioShock,[1] for his long-running comic strip "Tales from the Pub" in The Picture, and for illustrating the graphic novel The Invisible War.
Self-publishing[edit]
Exposed at an early age to mainstream American comics like Archie and European "albums" such as Tintin, he was inspired to make his own primarily by British humour comics such as The Beano, Whizzer and Viz.[2] He began his own comics career self-publishing his own books in a photocopied A5 zine format under the imprint "Geeen Comix";[3] early titles included Dragon Hurtor, Buckets of Bile and the ongoing series You Stink and I Don't (1994-2004).[4] Later one-shot books included Lesson Master, also serialised in The Picture, and Pumpkin Brothers, a children's comic.[5] He also contributed to anthologies of work which included artists such as Mandy Ord, Kirrily Schell, Glenn Smith and Ross Tesoriero.[citation needed]
Squishface Studio[edit]
Having moved to Melbourne in the 2000s, Hutchings was one of eight artists who undertook a residency at the National Gallery of Victoria's gallery space at Federation Square, and, enjoying the experience of working in public, partnered with several other cartoonists to start Squishface Comics Studio, an open comics studio located in Brunswick, Victoria. It opened to the public in 2012.[citation needed]
Along with Squishface artists Sarah Howell and David Blumenstein, he was part of the first Caravan of Comics, in which Australian comics artists toured America giving appearances, signing and taking part in comics jams and lectures.[6][7]
Graphic novels[edit]
Hutchings' self-published works began to be republished by Melbourne publisher Milk Shadow Books in 2011, starting with the collected You Stink and I Don't and a new work, Walking to Japan[8][9] and continuing with other new books including Iron Bard Ballisto.[10][11][12]
In 2017 he illustrated The Invisible War: A Tale on Two Scales, a graphic novel about lethal bacteria threatening the life of a nurse on the Western Front during the First World War. The book was created in collaboration with historians and scientists.[13] It won a number of awards and was nominated by the Children's Book Council of Australia as a 'Notable Book of 2017'.[14][15][16]
He is shortly to release a graphic novel for children called Mini Mel and Timid Tom.[17]
Other works[edit]
Hutchings has continued to self-publish books and produce online comics for outlets such as Going Down Swinging and The Nib.[18][19] He also periodically teaches comics making at Squishface Studio and elsewhere.[20]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Ben Hutchings Video Game Credits and Biography". MobyGames. Retrieved 2019-03-07.
- ↑ ""Nothing is ambiguous": Mandy Ord and Ben Hutchings In Conversation". The Lifted Brow. Retrieved 2019-05-29.
- ↑ personalName=Hutchings, Ben (2009-05-08). "10aGeeen comixh[electronic resource] :bthe website of Ben Hutchings". pandora.nla.gov.au. Retrieved 2019-05-29.
- ↑ Hill, M. J. (January 2007). "The Graphic Expression of the Lives, Obsessions, and Objections of Small Press Sick Puppies and Scat(ology) Cats; a short survey of some aspects of Australian alternative comics 1990-2000". ISSN 1531-6793.
- ↑ "Hutchings, Ben - People and organisations". Trove. Retrieved 2019-03-07.
- ↑ Media, Desktopmag com au Niche (2012-03-07). "Caravan of Comics tour | Desktop". DesktopMag. Retrieved 2019-05-29.
- ↑ "COMIC BOOK JONES!". www.comicbookjones.com. Retrieved 2019-05-29.
- ↑ Hutchings, Ben (2011). Walking to Japan (2nd. ed.). Melbourne: Milk Shadow Books. Search this book on
- ↑ FacieB (2011-09-26). "Comic Book Launch - Walking to Japan - Melbourne". INVURT. Retrieved 2019-03-07.
- ↑ Hutchings, Ben (2015). Iron bard ballisto. Victoria: Milk Shadow Books. ISBN 9780992508234. OCLC 980486517. Search this book on
- ↑ "Dying is easy, comedy is hard: Iron Bard Ballisto review". The Australian Comics Journal. Retrieved 2019-05-29.
- ↑ Gray, Richard (2013-12-04). "Comics: Madman releases short documentary on the artists of Milk Shadow Books". Behind The Panels. Retrieved 2019-05-29.
- ↑ Squier, Susan (2017-06-30). "Extreme Citizen Literature, Science, and the Arts: A Comic Proposal for our Fields". Journal of Literature and Science. 10 (1): 52–57. doi:10.12929/jls.10.1.10. ISSN 1754-646X.
- ↑ Moore, Mike (1999). "The Invisible War". Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. 55 (4): 2. Bibcode:1999BuAtS..55d...2M. doi:10.1080/00963402.1999.11460344. Retrieved 2019-03-07.
- ↑ Brown, Simon Leo (2016-08-19). "Invisible intestinal war depicted in graphic novel". ABC News. Retrieved 2019-05-29.
- ↑ THE INVISIBLE WAR by Ailsa Wild , Jeremy Barr , Gregory Crocetti , Briony Barr , Ben Hutchings | Kirkus Reviews. Search this book on
- ↑ "Community Creative: Ben Hutchings". www.yprl.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 2019-05-29.
- ↑ Hutchings, Ben. "Ben Hutchings Archives • Going Down Swinging". Going Down Swinging. Retrieved 2019-05-29.
- ↑ "Ben Hutchings". The Nib. Retrieved 2019-05-29.
- ↑ "Masterclass - How to Write a Comic Book". Radio National. 2005-06-09. Retrieved 2019-05-29.
- National Gallery of Victoria, http://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Inherent-vice-media-kit.pdf, 2011.
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