Gary Clark b. 1954

Also known as G. Clark, Gary Clarke
  • Artist (Cartoonist / Illustrator)
Contemporary Brisbane newspaper cartoonist and author.
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Biography <p></p>cartoonist, lives in Brisbane where he draws the 'Swamp' comic strip for the Sydney <i>_Daily Telegraph</i>_ ; it won the 1985 Stanley Award for best comic strip. He has published several anthologies: <i>_Life goes on in the swamp</i>_ (Broadway Qld, G. Clark, 1982), <i>_Up to the neck in the swamp: selected strips from the swamp</i>_ (Broadway Qld, Swamp Productions, c.1984), and <i>_The official biography of the world's worst flying student: Ding Duck</i>_ (Paddington, Qld: Swamp Productions, 1991) - 'annuals', according to Patrick. Several 'Swamp' originals are in the SLQ (no.5107 uncat. and undated), including roughs with comments on Clark's working method, e.g. all are worked out on an A4 pad. <p></p>

Clark also wrote <i>_Yumurrkuwa garkman beyanina</i>_ (Yirrkala Community School Literature Production Centre, 1985: ML Q499.15/311) and, with David A.M. Lea, <i>_Aurukun and community planning, 1991-1995, practice and policy: a report for the Manth Thayan Association, the Peninsula Regional Council of ATSIC, and ATSIC Region Office, Cairns</i>_ (Brisbane, Qld State Office of ATSIC: Peninsula Regional Council, 1995, ML Q307.1209943/1) and <i>_Irrmarne community development planning project: preliminary report on first visit, July 1995</i>_ (Armidale NSW: David Lea, 1995). <p></p>