Giselle Clarkson

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Giselle Clarkson
Giselle Clarkson NLNZ.jpg
BornNew Zealand
NationalityNew Zealander
Area(s)Cartoonist, Illustrator
Notable works
Biscuits and Slices of New Zealand
http://giselledraws.com

Giselle Clarkson is a New Zealand cartoonist and illustrator, best known for her non-fiction comics on conservation and environmental issues.

Life[]

Clarkson studied for Bachelor of Fine Arts at the University of Canterbury, intending to become a painter but majoring in photography.[1][2] She works as a freelance illustrator and comics artist, and lives in Wellington.[3]

After graduation she worked in an outdoor equipment shop and volunteered with conservation projects; she was torn between becoming an artist and working for the Department of Conservation.[1] Her entry into illustration was a 2013 poster depicting New Zealand fishes.[2] Later illustrations of New Zealand native birds, distributed through Twitter, led to commissions from Forest and Bird's children's magazine, the , newspapers, websites, and magazines, and a career in illustration.[1][2]

Work[]

Clarkson's first published comic, "The Flood", appeared in the 2016 collection of Aotearoa women's comics Three Words.[4] Her best known work, "Biscuits and Slices of New Zealand", is a visual catalogue of New Zealand baking, with each object given a fanciful Latin name: for example, Anzac biscuit is "Lestwee forgetum". Widely shared in social media, this was published in Annual 2 and subsequently became a poster and tea towel; Clarkson was interviewed about the success of the comic on TV3's The Project.[5][6]

Clarkson has a monthly comic in New Zealand children's literature website The Sapling, on children's books and how they influenced her as an illustrator.[7] She frequently undertakes field expeditions as part of her work to places such as the Kermadecs, Milford Sound (to draw penguins) or the Subantarctic Islands (a 19-day sea voyage which led to an 8-page comic in the School Journal).[1] She created T-shirts for the Radio New Zealand show Critter of the Week.[8] In 2018 she produced a comics summary of a scientific paper on the migration of the Fiordland penguin or tawaki (Eudyptes pachyrhynchus),[9] which was enthusiastically retweeted by Diana Gabaldon.[2] She has also illustrated a number of children's books published by Gecko Press.

Publications[]

  • "The Flood." (2016.) in: Joyce, Rae, Sarah Laing, and Indira Neville (eds.) Three Words. Beatnik. ISBN 9780994120502
  • "A Box of Birds." (2016.) in: de Goldi, Kate, and Susan Paris (eds.) Annual. Gecko Press. ISBN 9781776570775
  • "New Zealand Biscuits and Slices" (2017.) in: de Goldi, Kate, and Susan Paris (eds.) Annual 2. Gecko Press. ISBN 9780473395230
  • "The Subantarctic Islands". School Journal (3 August 2017)
  • "Tawaki, Marathon Penguins" (2018.)
  • Meredith, Courtney Sina. (2018.) Secret World of Butterflies. Allen & Unwin: Auckland. ISBN 9781760633608 (Illustrator)
  • Blanchard, Nan. (2019.) Hazel and the Snails. Annual Ink. ISBN 9780995113589 (Illustrator)
  • Cowley, Joy. (2019.) The Gobbledegook Book - A Joy Cowley Anthology. Gecko Press. ISBN 9781776572588 (Illustrator)[10]
  • Tylee, Alexandra. (2020.) Egg and Spoon - An Illustrated Cookbook. Gecko Press. ISBN 9781776572984 (Illustrator)[11]
  • Cowley, Joy. (2021.) The Tiny Woman's Coat. Gecko Press. ISBN 9781776573424 (Illustrator)

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Lopesi, Lana (2 July 2018). "5 Minutes with Giselle Clarkson". Design Assembly. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Bruce, Greg (15 December 2018). "Kiwi cartoonists on what mattered in 2018". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  3. ^ "Giselle Clarkson". Annual Annual | NZ. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  4. ^ Joyce, Rae; Laing, Sarah; Neville, Indira, eds. (2016). Three words: an anthology of Aotearoa/NZ women's comics. Auckland, New Zealand: Beatnik. ISBN 9780994120502. OCLC 948291321.
  5. ^ "Biscuit of the Year?". The Project. 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
  6. ^ "Nine to Noon: Giselle Clarkson, The Secret Life of Butterflies". RNZ. 6 June 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
  7. ^ Lynch, Rachel (5 May 2017). "5 minutes with Giselle Clarkson: Comicfest feature". Wellington City Libraries: Library News. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  8. ^ "Critter of the Week T-shirts!". Radio New Zealand. 6 July 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  9. ^ Seddon, Philip J.; Lüthi, Benno; Long, Robin; Houston, David M.; Ellenberg, Ursula; Garcia-Borboroglu, Pablo; Pütz, Klemens; Mattern, Thomas (2018). "Marathon penguins – Reasons and consequences of long-range dispersal in Fiordland penguins / Tawaki during the pre-moult period". PLOS ONE. 13 (8): e0198688. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0198688. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 6114282. PMID 30157174.
  10. ^ "The Gobbledegook Book | Joy Cowley | Gecko Press". geckopress.com. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  11. ^ "Egg and Spoon: An Illustrated Cookbook | Gecko Press". geckopress.com. Retrieved 14 March 2021.

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