Ron Cobb b. 1938

  • Artist (Screen Artist),
  • Artist (Painter),
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Late 20th century American-Australian cartoonist, artist, writer and film designer. Has worked on many blockbuster films including 'Star Wars', 'ET' and 'True Lies'. He is married to Australian screenwriter Robin Love.

Citations

  • Adams, Phillip (1986), 'Arrest that Cartoonist!’, Ringwood, Victoria: Penguin.

  • Cobb, Ron (1976), 'The Cobb Book’, Sydney, New South Wales: Wild & Woolley.

  • Cobb, Ron (1978), 'Cobb Again’, Sydney, New South Wales: Wild & Woolley.

  • Dixon, Christine, Adelaide, South Australia (exhibition catalogue).

  • King, J. (1979), 'The other side of the coin: a cartoon history of Australia’, Stanmore, New South Wales: Cassell Australia.

  • Senyard, J. (1991), 'Labour in Cartoons: Cartoons of the Australian Labour Party in Victoria, 1891-1990’, Hyland House Publishing.

  • Information sourced from Swain.

  • Information sourced from Riddler, Eric.

  • Williams, Robyn (21 April 2005), 'ABC Radio National interview with Ron Cobb’, ABC website.

  • Jacey Fortin, “Ron Cobb”, obituary. New York Times, 23 Sept, 2020

    https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/23/movies/ron-cobb-dies.html

Initial data sources

  • Black and white artists