Joe Berger is an illustrator and cartoonist from Bristol.
| Joe Berger | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1970 Bristol, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Area(s) | Cartoonist, artist |
| joeberger | |
He has been making films, illustrating and cartooning since 1991. In 1992 he drew his own British small press comics Shooba[1] heavily influenced by underground cartoonist Robert Crumb. These were autobiographical strips and a surreal strip Drift Dream with a tank rolling down the street same as Ingmar Bergman's The Silence.
He drew The Slap of Doom in Psychopia.
In 1993 he drew The Artist with writer Mike Von Joel a picture book about how a talentless Neo-conceptual art student makes it big in the art world similar to Young British Artists Damien Hirst. It has recently been republished.
He often works with writer/sound magician Pascal Wyse.[2] Every Friday Since 2003, Berger and Wyse have produced The Pitchers[3][4] comic strip in The Guardian. It is about the madness of Hollywood seen through the eyes of a pair of scriptwriters.
He is currently working on his first children's book Bridget Fidget.[5]
He also plays shortstop for the Bangers, a coed softball team based in Mesa, Arizona.
Works
editIllustrations
- Whip Your Life into Shape 2005 a self-help book
- How to Change Your Life the Guardian G2 cover 2005
- Bloggers Guide the Guardian travel cover 2005
Book Covers
- My Latest Grievance Elinor Lipman Headline 2006
- The Pitch by Eileen Quinn and Judy Counihan Faber 2006
- The Apologist by Jay Rayner Atlantic Books 2004
- The Hamster that liked Puccini by Simon Hoggart Atlantic Books/Guardian Books 2005
References and notes
edit- ^ Review in Zum 5 http://www.zumcomics.info/Archive/ArchiveZUM!5.html
- ^ "Berger and Wyse". Archived from the original on 12 April 2006. Retrieved 30 January 2007.
- ^ "Pitchers December 2006 - Features - guardian.co.uk Film". film.guardian.co.uk.
- ^ "The Pitchers - Film". the Guardian.
- ^ "Joe Berger". the Guardian.
External links
edit- Official website
- A biog on Berger's animations
- Joe Berger at Library of Congress, with 23 library catalogue records
