John Fardell
John Fardell (born 1967)[1] is an English cartoonist, and author and illustrator of children's books.
Born | John Fardell 1967 (age 52–53) |
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Occupation | author & children's book illustrator |
Language | English |
Work
Fardell has been a regular contributor to the adult comic Viz, and has created and drawn two of the most popular and long-running strips, The Modern Parents[2] and The Critics, and also Ferdinand the Foodie and Desert Island Teacher. His strip The Modern Parents portrays the way a mother and father insist on bringing up their young sons by following a doctrine they term "ethical awareness", much to the children's detriment.[2] He also contributed illustrations and comic strips to 1990s video game magazine Electric Brain.[3]
Fardell is also an author and illustrator of children's books. To date he has produced three children's adventure novels: The Seven Professors of the Far North (2004),[4] The Flight of the Silver Turtle (2006), and The Secret of the Black Moon Moth (2009) – and three children's picture books: Manfred the Baddie (2008),[2] Jeremiah Jellyfish Flies High (2010), and The Day Louis Got Eaten (2011).
References
- Books from Scotland. Retrieved 4 April 2012.
- Maxwell, Tom (3 August 2008). "The father of invention – John Fardell". The Scotsman. Retrieved 28 October 2009.
- Electric Brain - Video Game Magazine. 1993.
- Wall, Ian (4 August 2004). "Access My Library". Property Week. Retrieved 28 October 2009.