User:Wiki leedetailed/Chip zdarsky
| Wiki leedetailed/Chip zdarsky | |
|---|---|
| Born | Steven Murray December 21, 1975 Barrie, Ontario, Canada |
| Area(s) | Artist |
Notable works | Prison Funnies, Monster Cops, Extremely Bad Advice |
Chip Zdarsky is a Canadian comic book artist/journalist/bon vivant. He was born Steve Murray but is known by his fan base as Chip Zdarsky, and occasionally Todd Diamond. He writes and illustrates an advice column called Extremely Bad Advice[1] for the Canadian national newspaper National Post's The Ampersand[2], their pop culture section's online edition. He is also the creator of Prison Funnies [3][4] and Monster Cops.[5]
Biography
[edit]Chip Zdarsky has been a light of the Toronto comic scene for ten years. Having started as an erstwhile illustrator, and comics creator working on his own comics, like Prison Funnies and Monster Cops which you can read on his website, and also in print format, and collaborating on a variety of projects like Fierce [6] and Rumble Royale [7], he now has a weekly advice column that he illustrates for the National Post called Extremely Bad Advice, as well as another column, the Tear Jerk, which sees him reviewing films for their ability to make him weep like a baby.[8]
Along with Kagan McLeod, Ben Shannon, and Cameron Stewart, he is a co-founder of the studio The Royal Academy of Illustration and Design.
He purports to have an uncle, named Melvin Zdarsky[9], who charms women and men, young and old. The RH Chip Zdarsky is endlessly creative, and has a affinity for baked goods, and has not been bashful in his calls for submission regarding such baked goods in his advice column.
Bibliography
[edit]Comics work includes:
Collected Prison Funnies (2001)
Rumble Royale #1 (2003)
Vampirella Comics Magazine #7 (2004)
Comic Festival! Free Comic Book Day (2005)
Chip Zdarsky's Monster Cops (2006)
Drawing the Line #2 (2006)
Comic Festival! Free Comic Book Day (2007)
Prison Funnies #3 (2009)
Comic Festival! Free Comic Book Day (2009)
Extemely Bad Advice articles:
I Can't Always Be There For You [10]
Easy Bake Lovin' [11]
Queen of Tarts, Prints of Wails [12]
Plato Can Suck It[13]
Ditching For the Other Team [14]
Todd Diamond Finansense
[edit]a series of five recession-friendly video blogs were created featuring Todd Diamond. These were followed up with a three-part series on using and understanding Twitter. They can be found on the National Post website[15], and also on youtube.[16]
Episode 1: Money [17] Episode 2: Oil [18] Episode 3: Bailouts [19] Episode 4: Retirement [20] Episode 5: Economic Stimulation [21]
Episode 6: Twitter, part one [22] Episode 7: Twitter, part two [23] Episode 8: Twitter, part three [24]
References
[edit]- Chip Zdarsky at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
- 365 Reasons to Love Comics #117: Chip Zdarsky