Colin Upton (born April 2, 1960) is a
Canadian cartoonist
A cartoonist is a visual artist who specializes in both drawing and writing cartoons (individual images) or comics (sequential images). Cartoonists differ from comics writers or comic book illustrators in that they produce both the literary and ...
and artist who was born in
Winnipeg,
Manitoba and grew up in
Vancouver,
British Columbia. Many of his comics are self-published in the
minicomic format, although he has also had his work issued by commercial publishers such as
Fantagraphics Books
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History
Founding
Fantagraphics was found ...
and included in anthology collections such as ''Drippytown Comics & Stories''. He is a co-host of the Inkstuds radio program, broadcast on
CITR-FM at the
University of British Columbia in Vancouver.
Since the mid-1980s, Upton has performed numerous times as a member of
GX Jupitter-Larsen's noise band/performance art troupe
The Haters. Upton's Happy Hater minicomics are based on the group's concepts and ideas.
Bibliography (selected)
* ''Colin Upton's Big Thing'' (Ed Varney, 1990)
* ''Colin Upton's Other Big Thing'' (
Fantagraphics, 1991)
* ''Colin Upton's Big Black Thing'' (
Starhead Comix, 1994)
* ''Buddha on the Road'' (
Aeon Publications
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, 1995–1997)
* ''The Totimorphous'' (Side-Show News & Co, 2006)
* ''9-11''
* ''Colin Upton Comics''
* ''Famous Bus Rides''
* ''The Granville Street Gallery''
* ''The Happy Hater''
* ''Happy Ned''
* ''Real Rubbie Comix''
* ''Self-indulgent Comics''
* ''Socialist Turtle''
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Living people
1960 births
Canadian cartoonists
Minicomics
Artists from Winnipeg
Artists from Vancouver
American Splendor artists