Anthony Ellison | |
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| Born | 1966 (age 59–60) New Zealand |
| Occupations | Cartoonist Animator |
Anthony Ellison (born 1966) is aNew Zealand cartoonist and animator.
Ellison is of Māori descent, from theNgai Tahu iwi.[1]
Ellison has been the political cartoonist forThe Sunday Star-Times since 1988 and was at one stage the youngest political cartoonist in New Zealand. His cartoons addressed Māori issues but did not stereotype Māori and women.[1] Frustrated by the limitations of the medium, Ellison abandoned political cartooning and began a bizarre weekly cartoon 'Meantime' for theNew Zealand Listener.[2] 'Meantime' survived two changes of editor before being dropped by the current editor who favoured a more conservative approach to the magazine.
Ellison created the characterMedia Dog for the media satire showEating Media Lunch and also created the 1920s pasticheHappy Hori for the comedy showThe Unauthorised History of New Zealand. According to an interview withChris Slane, Ellison does not use story boards for his animations, "just writes a script, takes it into the recording studio and sees what happens".[3]
In 2005, Ellison made his first foray into live-action comedy with the one-off television pilot 'Barry'.[citation needed]New Zealand Listener TV criticDiana Witchel describes Ellison's television work as representing "some of the most disturbing material on television this side of Destiny TV" and goes on to say that 'Barry' "as comment on the pretensions of the intelligentsia, the gullibility of the media and the stunning incomprehensibility of late-night innovative comedy, it's a triumph."[4]In addition to editorial cartoons he has also published adult minicomics, including 'Popeye has a Fuck' (1977),'Tard' (1998), and 'Ray Gun Girls' (1999), whichPavement has described as "An unsettling mixture of Japanese school-girl eroticism, fifties ray-guns and haunting landscapes".[5]
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