Julian Lawrence
Encyclopedia
Julian Lawrence is a Canadian cartoonist
. He was born in England
and raised in Quebec
. He is an instructor at Emily Carr University of Art and Design and part of the musical group July Fourth Toilet
. Lawrence was awarded a Xeric Grant in 2000.
and John R. Brinkley
.
newspaper featuring comics from Vancouver
artists. The series was published September 1999 through September 2000, featuring 12 issues total. Lawrence subsequently won a grant from the Xeric Foundation
to help publish Drippytown Comics, which grew out from the Gazette. The publication has featured a character shaped like a drop of water on many of its covers. The series is an anthology
and is used to showcase pieces that represent each contributing artist. Notable artists have included Colin Upton
and Jason Turner
. Drippytown was inspired by Lawrence's earlier work on another local cartoon publication, Cartoon Party. Lawrence also used Drippytown to serialize a comic based on American
author Stephen Crane
's George's Mother
. Lawrence emulated Crane's literary style by drawing very detailed artwork, and using dialogue filled with slang
.
vaudeville
performer. The book was named on the American Library Association
's Top Ten Graphic Novels for Teens.
Cartoonist
A cartoonist is a person who specializes in drawing cartoons. This work is usually humorous, mainly created for entertainment, political commentary or advertising...
. He was born in England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
and raised in Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
. He is an instructor at Emily Carr University of Art and Design and part of the musical group July Fourth Toilet
July Fourth Toilet
July Fourth Toilet is a band from Vancouver, Canada. They are an experimental act that can be loosely described as rock, although they incorporate elements of several styles of music....
. Lawrence was awarded a Xeric Grant in 2000.
Crucial Fiction
In the early 1990s, Lawrence published three issues of a series called Crucial Fiction for Fantagraphics. The comic was biographical in nature, and documented the stories of Pope JoanPope Joan
Pope Joan is a legendary female Pope who, it is purported, reigned for a few years some time in the Middle Ages. The story first appeared in the writings of 13th-century chroniclers, and subsequently spread through Europe...
and John R. Brinkley
John R. Brinkley
John Romulus Brinkley was a controversial American medical doctor who experimented with xenotransplantation of goat glands into humans as a means of curing male impotence in clinics across several states, and an advertising and radio pioneer who began the era of Mexican border blaster radio...
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Drippytown Comics
In spring of 1999, Lawrence worked with Robert Dayton to start the Drippy Gazette – a monthly, two-colorDuotone
Duotone is a halftone reproduction of an image using the superimposition of one contrasting color halftone over another color halftone. This is most often used to bring out middle tones and highlights of an image...
newspaper featuring comics from Vancouver
Vancouver
Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...
artists. The series was published September 1999 through September 2000, featuring 12 issues total. Lawrence subsequently won a grant from the Xeric Foundation
Xeric Foundation
The Xeric Foundation is a private, nonprofit corporation based in Northampton, Massachusetts, which for twenty years awarded self-publishing grants to comic book creators, as well as qualified charitable and nonprofit organizations...
to help publish Drippytown Comics, which grew out from the Gazette. The publication has featured a character shaped like a drop of water on many of its covers. The series is an anthology
Anthology
An anthology is a collection of literary works chosen by the compiler. It may be a collection of poems, short stories, plays, songs, or excerpts...
and is used to showcase pieces that represent each contributing artist. Notable artists have included Colin Upton
Colin Upton
Colin Upton is a Canadian cartoonist and artist who was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba and grew up in Vancouver, British Columbia. Many of his comics are self-published in the minicomic format, although he has also had his work issued by commercial publishers such as Fantagraphics Books and included...
and Jason Turner
Jason Turner (cartoonist)
Jason Turner is a Canadian cartoonist, born in Manitoba and currently living in Vancouver. He is most well known for the graphic novel True Loves, which he collaborated on with his wife, Manien Bothma. True Loves, originally serialized in weekly installments online at Serializer, was published in...
. Drippytown was inspired by Lawrence's earlier work on another local cartoon publication, Cartoon Party. Lawrence also used Drippytown to serialize a comic based on American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
author Stephen Crane
Stephen Crane
Stephen Crane was an American novelist, short story writer, poet and journalist. Prolific throughout his short life, he wrote notable works in the Realist tradition as well as early examples of American Naturalism and Impressionism...
's George's Mother
George's Mother
George's Mother is a novel by American novelist Stephen Crane, first published in 1896. The novel relates to Crane's earlier novel Maggie: A Girl of the Streets, as that titular character makes a brief appearance....
. Lawrence emulated Crane's literary style by drawing very detailed artwork, and using dialogue filled with slang
Slang
Slang is the use of informal words and expressions that are not considered standard in the speaker's language or dialect but are considered more acceptable when used socially. Slang is often to be found in areas of the lexicon that refer to things considered taboo...
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The Magical Life of Long Tack Sam
In 2007, Lawrence contributed artwork to The Magical Life of Long Tack Sam, a graphic novel documenting the life of a famous ChineseChinese people
The term Chinese people may refer to any of the following:*People with Han Chinese ethnicity ....
vaudeville
Vaudeville
Vaudeville was a theatrical genre of variety entertainment in the United States and Canada from the early 1880s until the early 1930s. Each performance was made up of a series of separate, unrelated acts grouped together on a common bill...
performer. The book was named on the American Library Association
American Library Association
The American Library Association is a non-profit organization based in the United States that promotes libraries and library education internationally. It is the oldest and largest library association in the world, with more than 62,000 members....
's Top Ten Graphic Novels for Teens.