cartoonist
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and stand-up comedian, based in
New York City
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caricature
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The New Yorker
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Airmail
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'', '' WIRED'', ''The Weekly Humorist'', and '' Mad'' magazine. At 26 he was elected president of the Australian Cartoonists' Association, and he currently serves as the 36th President of the National Cartoonists Society. He is the youngest person to hold both positions since the organizations began.
''Ginger Meggs''
Chatfield took over writing and drawing the iconic internationally syndicated comic strip '' Ginger Meggs'' in 2007, becoming the strip's fifth artist, succeeding James Kemsley. Kemsley wrote to the Bancks family to secure approval for Chatfield to succeed him. ''Ginger Meggs'' is currently syndicated by Andrews McMeel Universal to 34 countries.
On 1 July 2011, the Perth Mint released a commemorative 1oz Silver Australian $1 coin to celebrate the 90th anniversary year of Ginger Meggs. The coin's design pays homage to Bancks’ 1945 Sunbeams Annual (Series 22) cover, which featured Ginger Meggs on the back of a kangaroo with his dog, Mike and his pet monkey, Tony. The obverse portrays the Ian Rank-Broadley effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, the 2011 year-date and is issued as legal tender under the Australian Currency Act 1965. There were 3000 coins produced in total.
The coin was designed by Chatfield with the assistance of fellow Australian artist Peter Broelman. Stock at the mint sold out within an hour of the coin being announced.
Swiss company
Redheads
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also released a limited edition of matchboxes featuring five custom Ginger Meggs designs, produced by Chatfield.
In January 2017, an online-only version of Ginger Meggs was launched under the name of "Instameggs". The site is designed for young fans to read the comic strip on their phone, scrolling vertically as they would on
Instagram
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. Instameggs was eventually replaced by a daily feed on Instagram.
On 4 May 2021,
Penguin Books
Penguin Books is a British publishing house. It was co-founded in 1935 by Allen Lane with his brothers Richard and John, as a line of the publishers The Bodley Head, only becoming a separate company the following year.Tristan Bancks and illustrated by Chatfield. The book contains 4 new stories based on the Ginger Meggs comic strip canon.
On 2 June 2021, to commemorate the centenary of the first appearance of Ginger Meggs, The Royal Australian Mint released a series of commemorative Australian $1 coins with Ginger Meggs designs from 1921 and 2021. The obverse portrays the Ian Rank-Broadley effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, the 2021 year-date and is issued as legal tender under the Australian Currency Act 1965.
On 7 September 2021, to commemorate the centenary of the first appearance of Ginger Meggs, a series of stamps was released by
Australia Post
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. Ginger Meggs appears not just in the stamp designs but also in a host of philatelic products, including a minisheet, stamp pack, first day cover, a maxicard set and two stamp and coin covers, housing coins produced by the Royal Australian Mint.
Comedy
Chatfield has performed stand-up comedy since 2007. He has performed and produced shows at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival (2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013).
He performs regularly in New York City and at clubs and colleges around the United States. He has been represented by CESD Talent Agency for voice acting work since 2015. He is managed by Avanti Talent Management.
He has appeared in multiple national commercials in the United States. In November and December of 2020, he appeared the TV series on the
Food Network
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New York Comic Con
The New York Comic Con is an annual New York City fan convention dedicated to Western comics, graphic novels, anime, manga, video games, cosplay, toys, movies, and television. It was first held in 2006.
History
The New York Comic Con is a ...
New York Comic Con
The New York Comic Con is an annual New York City fan convention dedicated to Western comics, graphic novels, anime, manga, video games, cosplay, toys, movies, and television. It was first held in 2006.
History
The New York Comic Con is a ...
New York Comic Con
The New York Comic Con is an annual New York City fan convention dedicated to Western comics, graphic novels, anime, manga, video games, cosplay, toys, movies, and television. It was first held in 2006.
History
The New York Comic Con is a ...
New York Comic Con
The New York Comic Con is an annual New York City fan convention dedicated to Western comics, graphic novels, anime, manga, video games, cosplay, toys, movies, and television. It was first held in 2006.
History
The New York Comic Con is a ...
New York Comic Con
The New York Comic Con is an annual New York City fan convention dedicated to Western comics, graphic novels, anime, manga, video games, cosplay, toys, movies, and television. It was first held in 2006.
History
The New York Comic Con is a ...
New York Comic Con
The New York Comic Con is an annual New York City fan convention dedicated to Western comics, graphic novels, anime, manga, video games, cosplay, toys, movies, and television. It was first held in 2006.
History
The New York Comic Con is a ...
New York Comic Con
The New York Comic Con is an annual New York City fan convention dedicated to Western comics, graphic novels, anime, manga, video games, cosplay, toys, movies, and television. It was first held in 2006.
History
The New York Comic Con is a ...
Reuben Award
The National Cartoonists Society (NCS) is an organization of professional cartoonists in the United States. It presents the National Cartoonists Society Awards. The Society was born in 1946 when groups of cartoonists got together to entertain the ...