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Gary Panter (born December 1, 1950) is an American cartoonist, illustrator, painter, designer and part-time musician. Panter's work is representative of the post- underground, new wave comics movement that began with the end of '' Arcade: The Comics Revue'' and the initiation of '' RAW'', one of the main instigators of American
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. '' The Comics Journal'' has called Panter the "Greatest Living Cartoonist." Panter has published his work in various magazines and newspapers, including ''
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'', and in notable comics anthologies such as ''Raw'', '' BLAB!'', '' Zero Zero'', '' Anarchy Comics'', '' Weirdo'', '' Kramers Ergot'', and '' Young Lust''. He has exhibited widely, and won two
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for his set designs for '' Pee-wee's Playhouse''. His most notable works include ''Jimbo: Adventures in Paradise'', '' Jimbo's Inferno'', and ''Facetasm'', the latter of which was created together with Charles Burns (and which won a Firecracker Alternative Book Award).


Early life and education

Panter was born in Durant, Oklahoma, and grew up in
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, and
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. He attended East Texas State University, where he studied under Jack Unruh and Lee Baxter Davis, and became part of the group of artists known as "The Lizard Cult."


Career


Early work and punk scene

As an early participant in the Los Angeles punk scene in the 1970s, Panter defined the grungy style of the era with his drawings for the punk Punk rock">punk scene in the 1970s, Panter defined the grungy style of the era with his drawings for the punk Slash'' and numerous record covers.


Jimbo and comics

Panter created Jimbo (comics)">Jimbo, his punk everyman">Slash (fanzine)">Slash'' and numerous record covers.


Jimbo and comics

Panter created Jimbo (comics)">Jimbo, his punk everyman, in 1974. Jimbo embodies elements of
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and Pablo Picasso, Picasso. The character was a regular feature in ''Slash'', '' Raw'', and has been featured in his own comic book series and several graphic novels. Panter's good friend
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said of Jimbo, "He and his friends are always up against systems of control... Jimbo is a wild combo-platter of brilliant drawing and stuff you didn't know could be done with mere pen and ink." Groening has also stated that Jimbo's spiky hair inspired the design of Bart Simpson. ''Jimbo in Purgatory'' (
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, 2004) and '' Jimbo's Inferno'' (Fantagraphics, 2006) are graphic novels combining classical literature, particularly
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's ''
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'', with pop and punk culture sensibilities. ''Jimbo's Inferno'' received an American Book Award in 2007.


Rozz Tox and graphic novels

In 1979, Panter's '' Rozz Tox Manifesto'' was published in the Ralph Records catalog, advocating for artists to engage the capitalist system. He also collaborated with Jay Cotton on ''Pee-Dog: The Shit Generation'' for the Church of the SubGenius. Panter continued to publish alternative comics and graphic novels, including ''Cola Madnes'' and contributions to the avant-garde magazine ''RAW''.


''Pee-wee's Playhouse'' and set design

In the 1980s, Panter became the set designer for the children's television show '' Pee-wee's Playhouse''. His visual approach diverged sharply from prevailing trends in children's media, eschewing simplified, pastel visuals for densely layered, chaotic sets. He won two
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for his work on the show. While designing for television, he remained active in comics and illustration.


Later projects and publications

Panter created the online series ''Pink Donkey'' for
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. In 2008, PictureBox published ''Gary Panter'', a two-volume, 700-page retrospective including sketches and previously unpublished material. In 2010, the French publisher United Dead Artists released two volumes of his work: ''The Wrong Box'' and ''The Land Unknown''.


Use by music artists

Warner Bros. Records commissioned Panter to paint the album covers for the unauthorized releases of
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's albums '' Studio Tan'' (1978), '' Sleep Dirt'' and '' Orchestral Favorites'' (1979). In 2006, one of Panter's paintings was used as the cover art for
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's album '' I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass''.


Personal life

From 1978 to 1986, Panter was married to writer Nicole Panter, who was the manager of Los Angeles punk rock band the Germs. He later married art director Helene Silverman.


Style

Panter was influenced by, among others,
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's art director Cal Schenkel. His comics are fast and hard and are drawn in an expressionistic manner. His works balance the worlds of painting, commercial art, illustration, cartoons, alternative comix, and music.


Exhibitions

With Winsor McCay, Lyonel Feininger, George Herriman, Elzie Segar, Frank King, Chester Gould, Milton Caniff, Charles Schulz, Will Eisner,
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,
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,
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,
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and
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, Panter was among the artists honored in the exhibition "Masters of American Comics" at the
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in New York City, from September 16, 2006, to January 28, 2007. An exhibition of originals of Gary Panter's drawings and paintings was shown at the
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from April 21 through August 19, 2007. An exhibition of paintings was at the Dunn and Brown Contemporary Gallery in Dallas in October 2007.


Awards and honors

Panter was the recipient of the 2012 Klein Award, which was given by the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art at their annual MoCCA Art Festival in New York.


Bibliography

* * minicomic. * * * * with Charles Burns. * * * * * * * *


Jimbo

* * mostly a collection of strips that originally appeared in Slash, the '' Los Angeles Reader'', and '' Raw''; reissued by New York Review Books in 2021. * * *


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