| Joe Berger | |
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| Born | 1970 (age 54–55) Bristol, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Area(s) | Cartoonist, artist |
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Joe Berger is anillustrator andcartoonist fromBristol.
He has been making films, illustrating and cartooning since 1991. In 1992 he drew his ownBritish small press comicsShooba[1] heavily influenced by underground cartoonistRobert Crumb. These were autobiographical strips and asurreal stripDrift Dream with a tank rolling down the street same as Ingmar Bergman'sThe Silence.
He drew "The Slap of Doom" inPsychopia.
In 1993 he drewThe Artist with writerMike Von Joel a picture book about how a talentlessNeo-conceptual art student makes it big in the art world similar toYoung British ArtistsDamien Hirst. It has recently been republished.
He often works with writer/sound magicianPascal Wyse.[2] Every Friday Since 2003, Berger and Wyse have producedThe Pitchers[3][4] comic strip inThe Guardian. It is about the madness of Hollywood seen through the eyes of a pair of scriptwriters.
He is currently working on his first children's bookBridget Fidget.[5]
He also plays shortstop for the Bangers, a coed softball team based in Mesa, Arizona.
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