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==Early life and Bastard Bunny era== |
==Early life and Bastard Bunny era== |
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After graduating from [[Durham University]] in 1985, Anderson lived briefly in [[Charlotte]], [[North Carolina]] where he shared a house with Danna Pentes, bass player in the then up-and-coming band [[Fetchin Bones]]. Returning to the UK he worked in advertising while making ventures into cartoon writing. In 1990 [[Bastard Bunny]] appeared in his own comic. Described as "the coolest, drug-snorting, violent, club-going, psychotic rabbit in the world",<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bastard-Bunny-Dont-Collected-Works/dp/0753502003 |title=Amazon review of the collected ''Bastard Bunny'' album |publisher=Amazon.co.uk |accessdate=13 January 2012}}</ref> Bastard Bunny became a [[cult following|cult]] icon of the early 1990s London club scene.<ref>[http://ourculturalhistory.com/taxonomy/term/163 Clubbing history at OCC]</ref> Bastard Bunny's stylishly simple initial incarnation was drawn by Jiouxliegh Jacobs<ref>{{cite web|url=http://imwan.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=43981&p=1132661 |title=Cover of an original ''Bastard Bunny'' comic (issue 2) and t-shirt designs showing old and new BB looks |publisher=Imwan.com |accessdate=13 January 2012}}</ref> but by 1992, Anderson's new collaborator Martyn Smith had given the weed-loving GBH-rabbit a more fieresome visual persona.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bugpowder.com/gallery/shirts.html |title=Compare version 1 drawn by Jiouxliegh Jacobs with version 2 (1992) drawn by Martyn Smith |publisher=Bugpowder.com |date=20 July 1997 |accessdate=13 January 2012}}</ref> It was the latter incarnation which became an ever more common sight on T-shirts and 'lop ear hats' at the Sabresonic Club.<ref>[http://ourculturalhistory.com/taxonomy/term/163 Cartoon & club history]</ref> At this time ''Bastard Bunny'' "became aligned" with [[Andrew Weatherall|Andy Weatherall's]] [[The Sabres of Paradise|Sabres of Paradise]] label.<ref>[http://ourculturalhistory.com/node/394 Sabres of Paradise 'arms' featuring a Bastard Bunny head motif]</ref> ''Bastard Bunny'' later appeared in [[Deadline (magazine)|''Deadline'' magazine]] (along with ''[[Tank Girl]]'' co-created by [[Gorillaz]] artist [[Jamie Hewlett]]<ref>[http://ourculturalhistory.com/taxonomy/term/163 Short if partial history of Bastard Bunny]</ref>) and, from 1994, in the ''[[NME|New Musical Express]]''. The collected ''Bastard Bunny'' collection was published by [[Virgin Books]] in 1998 as ''Don't You Know Who I am?! – The Collected Works''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bastard-Bunny-Dont-Collected-Works/dp/0753502003 |title=Amazon.co.uk |publisher=Amazon.co.uk |accessdate=13 January 2012}}</ref> Bastard Bunny reappeared in 2013 after some "enforced gardening leave"<ref>[http://bastardbunnyblog.com/about/ Bastard Bunny 2013]</ref> in a new, heavyweight on-line persona using the strap-line "He's Fat, He's Forty and He Ain't Happy".<ref>[http://bastardbunnyblog.com BB Site]</ref> |
After graduating from [[Durham University]] in 1985, Anderson lived briefly in [[Charlotte]], [[North Carolina]] where he shared a house with Danna Pentes, bass player in the then up-and-coming band [[Fetchin Bones]]. Returning to the UK he worked in advertising while making ventures into cartoon writing. In 1990 [[Bastard Bunny]] appeared in his own comic. Described as "the coolest, drug-snorting, violent, club-going, psychotic rabbit in the world",<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bastard-Bunny-Dont-Collected-Works/dp/0753502003 |title=Amazon review of the collected ''Bastard Bunny'' album |publisher=Amazon.co.uk |accessdate=13 January 2012}}</ref> Bastard Bunny became a [[cult following|cult]] icon of the early 1990s London club scene.<ref>[http://ourculturalhistory.com/taxonomy/term/163 Clubbing history at OCC]</ref> Bastard Bunny's stylishly simple initial incarnation was drawn by Jiouxliegh Jacobs<ref>{{cite web|url=http://imwan.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=43981&p=1132661 |title=Cover of an original ''Bastard Bunny'' comic (issue 2) and t-shirt designs showing old and new BB looks |publisher=Imwan.com |accessdate=13 January 2012}}</ref> but by 1992, Anderson's new collaborator Martyn Smith had given the weed-loving GBH-rabbit a more fieresome visual persona.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bugpowder.com/gallery/shirts.html |title=Compare version 1 drawn by Jiouxliegh Jacobs with version 2 (1992) drawn by Martyn Smith |publisher=Bugpowder.com |date=20 July 1997 |accessdate=13 January 2012}}</ref> It was the latter incarnation which became an ever more common sight on T-shirts and 'lop ear hats' at the Sabresonic Club.<ref>[http://ourculturalhistory.com/taxonomy/term/163 Cartoon & club history]</ref> At this time ''Bastard Bunny'' "became aligned" with [[Andrew Weatherall|Andy Weatherall's]] [[The Sabres of Paradise|Sabres of Paradise]] label.<ref>[http://ourculturalhistory.com/node/394 Sabres of Paradise 'arms' featuring a Bastard Bunny head motif] {{wayback|url=http://ourculturalhistory.com/node/394 |date=20100210203907 |df=y }}</ref> ''Bastard Bunny'' later appeared in [[Deadline (magazine)|''Deadline'' magazine]] (along with ''[[Tank Girl]]'' co-created by [[Gorillaz]] artist [[Jamie Hewlett]]<ref>[http://ourculturalhistory.com/taxonomy/term/163 Short if partial history of Bastard Bunny]</ref>) and, from 1994, in the ''[[NME|New Musical Express]]''. The collected ''Bastard Bunny'' collection was published by [[Virgin Books]] in 1998 as ''Don't You Know Who I am?! – The Collected Works''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bastard-Bunny-Dont-Collected-Works/dp/0753502003 |title=Amazon.co.uk |publisher=Amazon.co.uk |accessdate=13 January 2012}}</ref> Bastard Bunny reappeared in 2013 after some "enforced gardening leave"<ref>[http://bastardbunnyblog.com/about/ Bastard Bunny 2013]</ref> in a new, heavyweight on-line persona using the strap-line "He's Fat, He's Forty and He Ain't Happy".<ref>[http://bastardbunnyblog.com BB Site]</ref> |
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==12Foot6== |
==12Foot6== |
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For much of the 1990s Anderson contributed to Future Shocks.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.2000ad.org/thrillpower/2kadshock.html |title=Selection of contributions creditted to 'David' Anderson |publisher=2000ad.org |accessdate=13 January 2012}}</ref> In 2000, with Tom Mortimer, he co-founded 12Foot6 which has since been the creative crucible for many successful cartoon and animation projects.<ref>[http://folksonomy.co/?keyword=35400 Numerous 12Foot6 animation shorts viewable online]</ref> These include Andrew Kelleher's Dog Judo which originated as an advertising campaign for [[Virgin Mobile]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.drawpictures.co.uk/commercial-directors/12-foot-6.go |title=Drawn Pictures 12Foot6 page |publisher=Drawpictures.co.uk |accessdate=13 January 2012}}</ref> ''The Sensibles'' and a series of wordless animated shorts that were nominated for a [[EA British Academy Children's Awards|BAFTA]] award in 2007.<ref name="Bafta Nominations listing"/> He also been involved in creating short animated histories as part of the BBC Two programme [[Dara Ó Briain's Science Club]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://folksonomy.co/?keyword=35403 |title=Animated sequences created by 12Foot6 showing the story of science |publisher=Folksonomy.co |accessdate=30 December 2012}}</ref> which includes a sequence in Episode 1 called [http://folksonomy.co/?permalink=3013 The Story of Inheritance], one in Episode 2 called [http://folksonomy.co/?permalink=3030 The Story of Physics], one in Episode 3 called [http://folksonomy.co/?permalink=3040 A Dodo's Guide to Extinction], one in Episode 4 called [http://folksonomy.co/?permalink=3082 The Story of Exploration], one in Episode 5 called [http://folksonomy.co/?permalink=3083 The Story of the Brain] and one in Episode 6 called [http://folksonomy.co/?permalink=3107 The Story of Music]. |
For much of the 1990s Anderson contributed to Future Shocks.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.2000ad.org/thrillpower/2kadshock.html |title=Selection of contributions creditted to 'David' Anderson |publisher=2000ad.org |accessdate=13 January 2012}}</ref> In 2000, with Tom Mortimer, he co-founded 12Foot6 which has since been the creative crucible for many successful cartoon and animation projects.<ref>[http://folksonomy.co/?keyword=35400 Numerous 12Foot6 animation shorts viewable online]</ref> These include Andrew Kelleher's Dog Judo which originated as an advertising campaign for [[Virgin Mobile]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.drawpictures.co.uk/commercial-directors/12-foot-6.go |title=Drawn Pictures 12Foot6 page |publisher=Drawpictures.co.uk |accessdate=13 January 2012 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120210161244/http://www.drawpictures.co.uk/commercial-directors/12-foot-6.go |archivedate=10 February 2012 |df=dmy }}</ref> ''The Sensibles'' and a series of wordless animated shorts that were nominated for a [[EA British Academy Children's Awards|BAFTA]] award in 2007.<ref name="Bafta Nominations listing"/> He also been involved in creating short animated histories as part of the BBC Two programme [[Dara Ó Briain's Science Club]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://folksonomy.co/?keyword=35403 |title=Animated sequences created by 12Foot6 showing the story of science |publisher=Folksonomy.co |accessdate=30 December 2012}}</ref> which includes a sequence in Episode 1 called [http://folksonomy.co/?permalink=3013 The Story of Inheritance], one in Episode 2 called [http://folksonomy.co/?permalink=3030 The Story of Physics], one in Episode 3 called [http://folksonomy.co/?permalink=3040 A Dodo's Guide to Extinction], one in Episode 4 called [http://folksonomy.co/?permalink=3082 The Story of Exploration], one in Episode 5 called [http://folksonomy.co/?permalink=3083 The Story of the Brain] and one in Episode 6 called [http://folksonomy.co/?permalink=3107 The Story of Music]. |
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==References== |
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Revision as of 10:20, 7 December 2016
Dave Anderson (born 1963 in Coventry) is a British writer and creator of cartoons and animations including Bastard Bunny and the BAFTA nominated animation shorts, The Terribles.[1] He is a founder and director of London-based animation production company 12Foot6, whose credits include animating the first series of Modern Toss for UK TV's Channel 4.
Early life and Bastard Bunny era
After graduating from Durham University in 1985, Anderson lived briefly in Charlotte, North Carolina where he shared a house with Danna Pentes, bass player in the then up-and-coming band Fetchin Bones. Returning to the UK he worked in advertising while making ventures into cartoon writing. In 1990 Bastard Bunny appeared in his own comic. Described as "the coolest, drug-snorting, violent, club-going, psychotic rabbit in the world",[2] Bastard Bunny became a cult icon of the early 1990s London club scene.[3] Bastard Bunny's stylishly simple initial incarnation was drawn by Jiouxliegh Jacobs[4] but by 1992, Anderson's new collaborator Martyn Smith had given the weed-loving GBH-rabbit a more fieresome visual persona.[5] It was the latter incarnation which became an ever more common sight on T-shirts and 'lop ear hats' at the Sabresonic Club.[6] At this time Bastard Bunny "became aligned" with Andy Weatherall's Sabres of Paradise label.[7] Bastard Bunny later appeared in Deadline magazine (along with Tank Girl co-created by Gorillaz artist Jamie Hewlett[8]) and, from 1994, in the New Musical Express. The collected Bastard Bunny collection was published by Virgin Books in 1998 as Don't You Know Who I am?! – The Collected Works.[9] Bastard Bunny reappeared in 2013 after some "enforced gardening leave"[10] in a new, heavyweight on-line persona using the strap-line "He's Fat, He's Forty and He Ain't Happy".[11]
12Foot6
For much of the 1990s Anderson contributed to Future Shocks.[12] In 2000, with Tom Mortimer, he co-founded 12Foot6 which has since been the creative crucible for many successful cartoon and animation projects.[13] These include Andrew Kelleher's Dog Judo which originated as an advertising campaign for Virgin Mobile,[14] The Sensibles and a series of wordless animated shorts that were nominated for a BAFTA award in 2007.[1] He also been involved in creating short animated histories as part of the BBC Two programme Dara Ó Briain's Science Club,[15] which includes a sequence in Episode 1 called The Story of Inheritance, one in Episode 2 called The Story of Physics, one in Episode 3 called A Dodo's Guide to Extinction, one in Episode 4 called The Story of Exploration, one in Episode 5 called The Story of the Brain and one in Episode 6 called The Story of Music.
References
- ^ a b "Bafta Nominations listing". Bafta.org. 25 November 2007. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
- ^ "Amazon review of the collected ''Bastard Bunny'' album". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
- ^ Clubbing history at OCC
- ^ "Cover of an original ''Bastard Bunny'' comic (issue 2) and t-shirt designs showing old and new BB looks". Imwan.com. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
- ^ "Compare version 1 drawn by Jiouxliegh Jacobs with version 2 (1992) drawn by Martyn Smith". Bugpowder.com. 20 July 1997. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
- ^ Cartoon & club history
- ^ Sabres of Paradise 'arms' featuring a Bastard Bunny head motif Archived 2010-02-10 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Short if partial history of Bastard Bunny
- ^ "Amazon.co.uk". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
- ^ Bastard Bunny 2013
- ^ BB Site
- ^ "Selection of contributions creditted to 'David' Anderson". 2000ad.org. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
- ^ Numerous 12Foot6 animation shorts viewable online
- ^ "Drawn Pictures 12Foot6 page". Drawpictures.co.uk. Archived from the original on 10 February 2012. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ "Animated sequences created by 12Foot6 showing the story of science". Folksonomy.co. Retrieved 30 December 2012.