Edward Pinsent (born 1960) is a British cartoonist, artist, and writer.
Biography
Ed Pinsent is the son of the classical scholar
John Pinsent
John Pinsent (2 November 1922 – 3 February 1995 in Liverpool, England) was an English classical scholar, especially in the area of Greek mythology. He founded and edited an academic journal on classical antiquity, the '' Liverpool Classical Mont ...
and was brought up in the city of Liverpool.
Pinsent has written and drawn his own small press comics since 1982, including characters such as Primitif, Henrietta and Windy Wilberforce. Around 1987 he took over
Fast Fiction
''Fast Fiction'' was a market stall, magazine, mail order distributor, and news sheet that played a key role in the history of British small press comics (featuring work by rising stars such as Warren Ellis, SMS, Glenn Dakin, Phil Elliott, and R ...
, the market stall, magazine, mail order distributor and news sheet that played a key role in the history of
British small press comics
British small press comics, once known as stripzines, are comic books self-published by amateur cartoonists and comic book creators, usually in short print runs, in the UK. They're comparable to similar movements internationally, such as American ...
. It existed in its various forms from 1981 through to 1990 under the stewardship of
Paul Gravett
Paul Gravett is a London-based journalist, curator, writer, and broadcaster who has worked in comics publishing since 1981.
He is the founder of ''Escape (magazine), Escape'' magazine, and for many years wrote a monthly article on comics appear ...
,
Phil Elliott and Ed Pinsent. The name was taken from a ''
Classics Illustrated
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'' knock-off spotted in the ''
Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide
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''. Pinsent, who had been aware of the
cassette culture music trading scene, subsequently took over from Elliott and continued to run things until 1990. ''Fast Fiction'' #30 in 1991 was the last issue of the flagship magazine which Pinsent edited. Following the closure of ''Fast Fiction'' the mailing list was passed on to Luke Walsh and Mike Kidson, who used it to launch the small press comics review zine ''Zum!''.
Pinsent's comic strip work has also appeared in the pages of ''
pssst!'', ''
Escape Magazine
''Escape'' magazine was a British comic strip magazine founded and edited by Paul Gravett and Peter Stanbury. Nineteen issues were published between 1983 and 1989. Eddie Campbell, Phil Elliott and Glenn Dakin were amongst the many cartoonists ...
'', ''
Knockabout Comics'', and ''Fox Comics'' in Australia. Between 1990 and 1996 he produced a handful of comics, including ''The Staring Eye'', a collaboration with the Cumbria-based artist / painter / poet Denny Derbyshire, which ran four issues. Pinsent also maintained some contact with the small press through Zum! and
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.
In 1996, Pinsent published the first issue of ''The Sound Projector Music Magazine'', devoted to reviews of experimental music. In November 2009, the self-published small-run magazine published its 18th issue. In 2004, Pinsent began making regular weekly broadcasts of ''The Sound Projector Radio Show'' for
Resonance FM
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, the
London
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-based art radio station.
Bibliography
Published work includes:
* ''Illegal Batman'', self-published, 1989.
* ''Desperate Failure Comics'', self-published, 1992.
* ''Henrietta La Folle'', self-published, 1992.
* ''Windy Wilberforce in The Saga of the Scroll'', Slab-O-Concrete Publications, 1995. .
* ''Windy Wilberforce in Voice of The Wilberforce'',
Kingly Books, 2003.
.
* ''Primitif in Sting of the Arrow / Land of the Dead'', Kingly Books, 2006. .
See also
*
Escape Magazine
''Escape'' magazine was a British comic strip magazine founded and edited by Paul Gravett and Peter Stanbury. Nineteen issues were published between 1983 and 1989. Eddie Campbell, Phil Elliott and Glenn Dakin were amongst the many cartoonists ...
*
British small press comics
British small press comics, once known as stripzines, are comic books self-published by amateur cartoonists and comic book creators, usually in short print runs, in the UK. They're comparable to similar movements internationally, such as American ...
*
Davy Francis
References
External links
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1960 births
Living people
Artists from Liverpool
British comics artists
British comics writers