Frontiers of Science was an illustratedcomic strip created by Professor Stuart Butler of the School of Physics at theUniversity of Sydney in collaboration withRobert Raymond, a documentary maker from theAustralian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) in 1961.[1] The artist wasAndrea Bresciani.[2] After 1970 the comic was illustrated by David Emerson.[3]
It explainedscientific concepts and recentresearch and in a 3 or 4 panel illustrated strip in an accessible and easily comprehensible way. The strip wassyndicated to over 200 newspapers around the world for 25 years, from 1961 to 1987.[4] It was also published as soft cover books. As of 2011, it "retains the record of being the longest-running newspaper science comic strip in the world."[5]
The strips are archived at Rare Books and Special Collections in Fisher Library at the University of Sydney. The entire series is available for viewing online.[6][7]
References
edit- ^Australian Academy of ScienceArchived 2008-07-22 at theWayback Machine Biographical Memoirs - Stuart Thomas Butler 1926-1982 . Accessed March 2008.
- ^Andrea BrescianiArchived 2007-11-03 at theWayback Machine An Artist between Two Worlds By Giuseppe Trovato. Accessed March 2008.
- ^Holtz, Allan (2015)."Stripper's Guide: Obscurity of the Day: Frontiers of Science".Stripper's Guide. Retrieved2019-04-26.
- ^Leach, Joan; Burns, Maureen (2009)."Frontiers of Science Communication | Issues Magazine".www.issuesmagazine.com.au. Retrieved2019-04-26.
- ^Burns, Maureen; Leach, Joan (2011-09-01). "Science as an extra dividend: Frontiers of Science".International Journal of Cultural Studies.14 (5):531–546.doi:10.1177/1367877910382190.ISSN 1367-8779.S2CID 145566058.
- ^"Frontiers of Science".The University of Sydney. 2019.
- ^Slezak, Michael (2009-10-28)."When science took a long, light look at itself".The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved2019-04-26.
External links
edit- Drifting Through Inner Space Ocean deep exploration explained in 5 cartoon strips c late 1960s - at NASA website - Accessed July 2006.
- University of Sydney Outreach projects, Frontiers of Science, - Accessed July 2006.
- Frontiers of Science Digital Collections, University of Sydney - Accessed April 2019.
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