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'''Adrian Raeside'''
'''Adrian Raeside''' (born 1957) is an [[editorial]] [[cartoonist]] for the ''[[Victoria Times-Colonist]]''.<ref name="Otago"/> His comic strip, ''[[The Other Coast]]'', was picked up by [[Creators Syndicate]] in 2001 and has appeared in over 100 newspapers worldwide.<ref name="Raeside Bio"/><ref name="Dallas Morning News">{{cite web|url=http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/fea/texasliving/columnists/mpeters/stories/091204dnlivnewcomics.fa48eeed.html|title=Raeside's 'The Other Coast' covers a lot of territory|last=Peters|first=Mike|date=September 12, 2004|work=Dallas Morning News|accessdate=2009-08-22}}</ref>


He was born in 1957 in [[Dunedin, New Zealand]].<ref name="Otago">{{cite web|url=http://www.odt.co.nz/entertainment/arts/36838/cartoonist-traces-lifeline|title=Cartoonist traces lifeline|last=Benson|first=Nigel|date=20 Dec 2008|work=Otago Daily Times|accessdate=2009-08-22}}</ref><ref name="Raeside Bio">{{cite web|url=http://www.raesidecartoon.com/bio/index.html|title=Raeside Bio|work=Adrian Raeside official web site|accessdate=2009-08-22| archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20091006114639/http://www.raesidecartoon.com/bio/index.html| archivedate= 6 October 2009 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no}}</ref> He began drawing cartoons on [[washroom]] walls as a kid.<ref name="creators.com"/> After being expelled from his first (and last) art class at the age of 15,<ref name="creators.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.creators.com/comics/the-other-coast-about.html|title=About Adrian Raeside|work=creators.com|accessdate=2009-08-22}}</ref> he moved with his parents to [[England]], then to [[Canada]].<ref name="Otago"/> While there, he worked at various jobs, from loading grain ships in [[Thunder Bay]], [[Ontario]], to surveying on the West Coast.<ref name="creators.com"/>
Born in 1957 in [[Dunedin, New Zealand]].<ref name="Otago">{{cite web|url=http://www.odt.co.nz/entertainment/arts/36838/cartoonist-traces-lifeline|title=Cartoonist traces lifeline|last=Benson|first=Nigel|date=20 Dec 2008|work=Otago Daily Times|accessdate=2009-08-22}}</ref><ref name="Raeside Bio">{{cite web|url=http://www.raesidecartoon.com/bio/index.html|title=Raeside Bio|work=Adrian Raeside official web site|accessdate=2009-08-22| archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20091006114639/http://www.raesidecartoon.com/bio/index.html| archivedate= 6 October 2009 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no}}</ref> He began drawing cartoons on [[washroom]] walls as a kid.<ref name="creators.com"/> After being expelled from his first (and last) art class at the age of 15,<ref name="creators.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.creators.com/comics/the-other-coast-about.html|title=About Adrian Raeside|work=creators.com|accessdate=2009-08-22}}</ref> he moved with his parents to [[England]], then to [[Canada]].<ref name="Otago"/> While there, he worked at various jobs, from loading grain ships in [[Thunder Bay]], [[Ontario]], to surveying on the West Coast.<ref name="creators.com"/> Illustrating his mother Joan Raeside's children's books got him his start in the art business. Raeside began drawing editorial cartoons for the Victoria Times Colonist in Victoria, BC in 1979. He occupied the editorial cartoonist position until 2015, when he was let go by the newspaper. During that time, Raeside's editorial cartoons were reprinted in hundreds of publications worldwide.


Raeside founded and operated an animation company in 1988 to animate editorial cartoons for [[CBC Television]].<ref name="Raeside Bio"/> Over the next four years, he created, directed and produced dozens of animated shows for [[Turner Broadcasting]] and [[Children's Television Workshop]], adapting two [[Jim Henson]] [[Muppet]] characters for animation.<ref name="Raeside Bio"/> Raeside adapted the book ''[[The Way Things Work]]'' as an animated series being broadcast on [[BBC]].<ref name="Raeside Bio"/> Raeside left the animation business in 1992.<ref name="Raeside Bio"/>
Raeside founded and operated an animation company in 1988 to animate editorial cartoons for [[CBC Television]].<ref name="Raeside Bio"/> Over the next four years, he created, directed and produced dozens of animated shows for [[Turner Broadcasting]] and [[Children's Television Workshop]], adapting two [[Jim Henson]] [[Muppet]] characters for animation.<ref name="Raeside Bio"/> Raeside adapted the book ''[[The Way Things Work]]'' as an animated series being broadcast on [[BBC]].<ref name="Raeside Bio"/> Raeside left animation production in 1992<ref name="Raeside Bio"/> but has since written dozens of scripts for animation, series that includes Atomic Betty, The Amazing Adrenalinis and Pirate Express.


In 1990 he created [http://raesidecartoon.com The Other Coast] comic strip which features two dogs and looks at life from a dog's perspective. The Other Coast appears in hundreds of publications, worldwide.
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Raeside is the author of eleven books, including ''[[There Goes the Neighbourhood (comics)|There Goes the Neighbourhood]]'', an irreverent history of Canada; ''[[The Demented Decade]]''; and'' [[5 Twisted Years]]''. Raeside also wrote and illustrated the popular ''[[Dennis the Dragon]]'' series of children's books.<ref name="Raeside Bio"/><ref name="laughs">{{cite web|url=http://archives.starbulletin.com/2008/06/29/features/story05.html|title=New cartoonists go for laughs|last=Chun|first=Gary C.W.|date=July 1, 2008 |work=Honolulu Star-Bulletin|accessdate=2009-08-22}}</ref>

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Raeside is the author of sixteen books, including ''[[There Goes the Neighbourhood (comics)|There Goes the Neighbourhood]]'', an irreverent history of Canada; ''[[The Demented Decade]]''; and'' [[5 Twisted Years]]''. Raeside also wrote and illustrated the popular ''[[Dennis the Dragon]]'' series of children's books.<ref name="Raeside Bio" /><ref name="laughs">{{cite web|url=http://archives.starbulletin.com/2008/06/29/features/story05.html|title=New cartoonists go for laughs|last=Chun|first=Gary C.W.|date=July 1, 2008 |work=Honolulu Star-Bulletin|accessdate=2009-08-22}}</ref> In 2009 he published [http://raesidecartoon.com/return-to-antarctica-excerpt/ Return to Antarctica], an account of his grandfather Sir Charles (Silas) Wrights' experience on Captain Robert Scott's 1910 British Antarctic Expedition to be first to reach the South Pole, which resulted in the death of Scott and four companions. Raeside researched the book by travelling to Cape Evans, in the Ross Sea, following in his grandfather's footsteps. Interestingly, Raeside is also related to two other members of the Scott Expedition: Sir Raymond Priestley and Griffith Taylor. Beside the book Return to Antarctica, Raeside produced a [http://returntoantarctica.com/documentary/ 1-hour documentary] of the same name. Raeside's family archive of photographs from the expedition can be seen at [[www.returntoantarctica.com]]

In 2012 [http://www.harbourpublishing.com/title/NoSailingWaits No Sailing Waits and Other Ferry Tales], a collection of A collection of BC ferry-related editorial cartoons was published by Harbour Publishing, followed by a collection of dog-related strips from [http://raesidecartoon.com The Other Coast] strip called [http://www.harbourpublishing.com/title/TailsDontLie Tails don't Lie - a Decade of Dog Cartoons (70 in Dog Years)] also published by Harbour publishing in 2013, remaining on the bestseller list for over 6 months. Raeside wrote and illustrated [http://www.harbourpublishing.com/title/TheRainbowBridge The Rainbow Bridge - A Visit to Pet Paradise] (Harbour 2012) as a way to comfort those who have lost a pet. Raeside latest book:[http://www.harbourpublishing.com/title/AdrianRaesideBest The Best of Adrian Raeside - A Treasury of BC Cartoons] (Harbour 2014) is a collection of the best of his BC-related editorial cartoons.

Adrian Raeside has a homepage [[www.raesidecartoon.com]] where readers can view archives of both his editorial cartoons, Other Coast daily and Sunday strips and upcoming projects.


Adrian Raeside lives in [[Whistler, British Columbia]].<ref name="Raeside Bio"/>
Adrian Raeside lives in [[Whistler, British Columbia]].<ref name="Raeside Bio"/>

Revision as of 23:55, 21 February 2016

Adrian Raeside
Born1957
Dunedin, New Zealand
NationalityCanadian
Area(s)Editorial cartoonist, comic strip artist, author

Adrian Raeside

Born in 1957 in Dunedin, New Zealand.[1][2] He began drawing cartoons on washroom walls as a kid.[3] After being expelled from his first (and last) art class at the age of 15,[3] he moved with his parents to England, then to Canada.[1] While there, he worked at various jobs, from loading grain ships in Thunder Bay, Ontario, to surveying on the West Coast.[3] Illustrating his mother Joan Raeside's children's books got him his start in the art business. Raeside began drawing editorial cartoons for the Victoria Times Colonist in Victoria, BC in 1979. He occupied the editorial cartoonist position until 2015, when he was let go by the newspaper. During that time, Raeside's editorial cartoons were reprinted in hundreds of publications worldwide.

Raeside founded and operated an animation company in 1988 to animate editorial cartoons for CBC Television.[2] Over the next four years, he created, directed and produced dozens of animated shows for Turner Broadcasting and Children's Television Workshop, adapting two Jim Henson Muppet characters for animation.[2] Raeside adapted the book The Way Things Work as an animated series being broadcast on BBC.[2] Raeside left animation production in 1992[2] but has since written dozens of scripts for animation, series that includes Atomic Betty, The Amazing Adrenalinis and Pirate Express.

In 1990 he created The Other Coast comic strip which features two dogs and looks at life from a dog's perspective. The Other Coast appears in hundreds of publications, worldwide.

Raeside is the author of sixteen books, including There Goes the Neighbourhood, an irreverent history of Canada; The Demented Decade; and 5 Twisted Years. Raeside also wrote and illustrated the popular Dennis the Dragon series of children's books.[2][4] In 2009 he published Return to Antarctica, an account of his grandfather Sir Charles (Silas) Wrights' experience on Captain Robert Scott's 1910 British Antarctic Expedition to be first to reach the South Pole, which resulted in the death of Scott and four companions. Raeside researched the book by travelling to Cape Evans, in the Ross Sea, following in his grandfather's footsteps. Interestingly, Raeside is also related to two other members of the Scott Expedition: Sir Raymond Priestley and Griffith Taylor. Beside the book Return to Antarctica, Raeside produced a 1-hour documentary of the same name. Raeside's family archive of photographs from the expedition can be seen at www.returntoantarctica.com

In 2012 No Sailing Waits and Other Ferry Tales, a collection of A collection of BC ferry-related editorial cartoons was published by Harbour Publishing, followed by a collection of dog-related strips from The Other Coast strip called Tails don't Lie - a Decade of Dog Cartoons (70 in Dog Years) also published by Harbour publishing in 2013, remaining on the bestseller list for over 6 months. Raeside wrote and illustrated The Rainbow Bridge - A Visit to Pet Paradise (Harbour 2012) as a way to comfort those who have lost a pet. Raeside latest book:The Best of Adrian Raeside - A Treasury of BC Cartoons (Harbour 2014) is a collection of the best of his BC-related editorial cartoons.

Adrian Raeside has a homepage www.raesidecartoon.com where readers can view archives of both his editorial cartoons, Other Coast daily and Sunday strips and upcoming projects.

Adrian Raeside lives in Whistler, British Columbia.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Benson, Nigel (20 Dec 2008). "Cartoonist traces lifeline". Otago Daily Times. Retrieved 2009-08-22.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "Raeside Bio". Adrian Raeside official web site. Archived from the original on 6 October 2009. Retrieved 2009-08-22. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ a b c "About Adrian Raeside". creators.com. Retrieved 2009-08-22.
  4. ^ Chun, Gary C.W. (July 1, 2008). "New cartoonists go for laughs". Honolulu Star-Bulletin. Retrieved 2009-08-22.
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