Dean Rankine
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Dean Rankine is a popular and well-known Australian comics artist
and illustrator
. Rankine's comics work has appeared in many children's magazines - KidZone
, Explore, Venue, Mania, Krash and Wacky But True (Australia), Kids Alive (United Kingdom), The War Cry (New Zealand), Priority (United States), Sorthvit (Norway) and TFL (South Africa), as well as Australian anthology comics, and he has illustrated books for Ashton Scholastic and Acorn Press, among others. His comics for Christian
magazines have proved both popular and controversial, drawn in his distinctive cartoony, somewhat Klasky-Csupo influenced style. His characters include "Grossgirl and Boogerboy" in Mania and "In the Wild With Maggie and Mitch" in Explore (Pearson Education
).
Comics artist
A comics artist is an artist working within the comics medium on comic strips, comic books or graphic novels. The term may refer to any number of artists who contribute to produce a work in the comics form, from those who oversee all aspects of the work to those who contribute only a part.-Comic...
and illustrator
Illustrator
An Illustrator is a narrative artist who specializes in enhancing writing by providing a visual representation that corresponds to the content of the associated text...
. Rankine's comics work has appeared in many children's magazines - KidZone
KidZone
KidZone is a Canadian TV show for adolescents that aired on Knowledge in British Columbia from 1989 to 2001. The show is also notable for providing a start for several young stars, including Sarah Chalke, Devon Sawa, Jai West and Kea Wong....
, Explore, Venue, Mania, Krash and Wacky But True (Australia), Kids Alive (United Kingdom), The War Cry (New Zealand), Priority (United States), Sorthvit (Norway) and TFL (South Africa), as well as Australian anthology comics, and he has illustrated books for Ashton Scholastic and Acorn Press, among others. His comics for Christian
Christian
A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, an Abrahamic, monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as recorded in the Canonical gospels and the letters of the New Testament...
magazines have proved both popular and controversial, drawn in his distinctive cartoony, somewhat Klasky-Csupo influenced style. His characters include "Grossgirl and Boogerboy" in Mania and "In the Wild With Maggie and Mitch" in Explore (Pearson Education
Pearson Education
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).