Gerry Hunt (born 1936)National Library of Ireland catalogue /ref> was an Irish cartoonist. He worked as an architect for 25 years, including 18 years at
IDA Ireland
Industrial Development Agency (IDA Ireland) ( ga, An Ghníomhaireacht Forbartha Tionscail) is the agency responsible for the attraction and retention of inward foreign direct investment (FDI) into Ireland. The agency was founded in 1949 as the ...
. In 1986 he turned to cartooning, first drawing political cartoons, then creating a Spanish-language comic which he gave away to friends. In 2003 he created a short series of inner-city Dublin fables told in rhyme, ''In Dublin City'', published by Atomic Diner. He then founded Dublin Comics,''New Writing from Ireland'' Ireland Literature Exchange, 2009/2010, p. 35 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.
In 2009 he created ''
Blood Upon the Rose
''Blood Upon the Rose: Easter 1916: The Rebellion that Set Ireland Free'' is a 2009 graphic novel written and illustrated by Irish author Gerry Hunt and published by O'Brien Press.
The novel was the first to depict the events of the 1916 Easte ...
'', a graphic novel retelling the events of the Easter Rising of 1916, again coloured by BrenB, published by
O'Brien Press
The O'Brien Press is an Irish publisher of mainly children's fiction and adult non-fiction.
History
The O'Brien Press was founded in 1973, evolving out of a family-run printing and type-house. Its first publication came in November 1974 and n ...