Pete Loveday
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Pete Loveday is a British underground cartoonist
. He drew many comics
charting the adventures of hippie
character Russell including Big Bang Comics, Big Trip Travel Agency, Plain Rapper Comix printed by AK Press.http://www.akuk.com/mainpage.php?startwith=40&ThisSub=2
He draws like Robert Crumb
or Gilbert Shelton
with lots of cross-hatching. Big Bang Comics is Britain's most successful underground comics.http://www.obsolete.com/ak/press/current/loveday.html Recurring themes in the comics are drugs
, Rock festivals, environmentalism
etc. Plain Rapper Comix #2 is Loveday's pamphlet
in comic book form on a history of hemp
and why it would be beneficial for the environment
to replace tree paper with hemp paper and he practices what he preaches by being the first publication in modern times to be printed on such paper. The Russell comics were reprinted in book form Russell, The Saga of a peaceful manhttp://www.ukrockfestivals.com/big-bang-comics.html published by John Brown Publishing
.
Russell reappeared in the Big Trip Travel Agency series published by AK Press
(5 volumes); which were a series of short stand alone cartoons and also a serialised longer story. This story was to be continued in volume 6 which never appeared. Issue 2 featured The Levellers.
As a champion of British small press comics
he drew lots of multi-artist jam strips in B. Patston's Psychopia
. He drew a Russell comic in Danny King's Blah, Blah, Blah!http://www.zumcomics.info/Archive/ArchiveZUM!4.html
He used to have a stall at Glastonbury Festival, selling his comics and other items and now, after a gap of more than a decade, has a stall at the Secret Garden Party
and Beautiful Days
, both festivals for which he produces artwork.
Although he has had some problems with his eyesight these are finally being resolved, and have never really prevented him from producing a wide range of artwork, ranging from advertising posters (including some unlikely billboard art for Nike) through greetings cards, postcards, CD and record sleeve designs, book illustrations to flyers and t-shirt designs.
Loveday attributes his black sense of humour to having spent the 1969 Summer of Love
disembowelling chickens in a poultry processing factory, a traumatic experience which left him with a morbid fear of death.
He lives in Devon with his wife Kate.
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 drew many comics
Comics
Comics denotes a hybrid medium having verbal side of its vocabulary tightly tied to its visual side in order to convey narrative or information only, the latter in case of non-fiction comics, seeking synergy by using both visual and verbal side in...
charting the adventures of hippie
Hippie
The hippie subculture was originally a youth movement that arose in the United States during the mid-1960s and spread to other countries around the world. The etymology of the term 'hippie' is from hipster, and was initially used to describe beatniks who had moved into San Francisco's...
character Russell including Big Bang Comics, Big Trip Travel Agency, Plain Rapper Comix printed by AK Press.http://www.akuk.com/mainpage.php?startwith=40&ThisSub=2
He draws like Robert Crumb
Robert Crumb
Robert Dennis Crumb —known as Robert Crumb and R. Crumb—is an American artist, illustrator, and musician recognized for the distinctive style of his drawings and his critical, satirical, subversive view of the American mainstream.Crumb was a founder of the underground comix movement and is regarded...
or Gilbert Shelton
Gilbert Shelton
Gilbert Shelton is an American cartoonist and underground comix artist. He is the creator of The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers, Fat Freddy's Cat, Wonder Wart-Hog, Philbert Desanex, Not Quite Dead, and the cover art to The Grateful Dead's 1978 album Shakedown Street.He graduated from Lamar High...
with lots of cross-hatching. Big Bang Comics is Britain's most successful underground comics.http://www.obsolete.com/ak/press/current/loveday.html Recurring themes in the comics are drugs
DRUGS
Destroy Rebuild Until God Shows are an American post-hardcore band formed in 2010. They released their debut self-titled album on February 22, 2011.- Formation :...
, Rock festivals, environmentalism
Environmentalism
Environmentalism is a broad philosophy, ideology and social movement regarding concerns for environmental conservation and improvement of the health of the environment, particularly as the measure for this health seeks to incorporate the concerns of non-human elements...
etc. Plain Rapper Comix #2 is Loveday's pamphlet
Pamphlet
A pamphlet is an unbound booklet . It may consist of a single sheet of paper that is printed on both sides and folded in half, in thirds, or in fourths , or it may consist of a few pages that are folded in half and saddle stapled at the crease to make a simple book...
in comic book form on a history of hemp
Hemp
Hemp is mostly used as a name for low tetrahydrocannabinol strains of the plant Cannabis sativa, of fiber and/or oilseed varieties. In modern times, hemp has been used for industrial purposes including paper, textiles, biodegradable plastics, construction, health food and fuel with modest...
and why it would be beneficial for the environment
Natural environment
The natural environment encompasses all living and non-living things occurring naturally on Earth or some region thereof. It is an environment that encompasses the interaction of all living species....
to replace tree paper with hemp paper and he practices what he preaches by being the first publication in modern times to be printed on such paper. The Russell comics were reprinted in book form Russell, The Saga of a peaceful manhttp://www.ukrockfestivals.com/big-bang-comics.html published by John Brown Publishing
John Brown Publishing
John Brown, previously called John Brown Publishing, is one of the world’s largest customer communication agencies. While originally formed as a magazine company it now offers a broad range of services under a single umbrella - these include divisions for catalogues, digital, customer magazines,...
.
Russell reappeared in the Big Trip Travel Agency series published by AK Press
AK Press
AK Press is a worker-managed independent publisher and book distributor that specialises in radical left and anarchist literature. It is collectively owned and operated.-History:...
(5 volumes); which were a series of short stand alone cartoons and also a serialised longer story. This story was to be continued in volume 6 which never appeared. Issue 2 featured The Levellers.
As a champion of British small press comics
British small press comics
British small press comics, once known as stripzines, are comic books self-published by amateur cartoonists and comic book creators, usually in short print runs, in the UK. A "small press comic" is essentially a zine composed predominantly of comic strips. The term emerged in the early 1980s to...
he drew lots of multi-artist jam strips in B. Patston's Psychopia
Psychopia
Psychopia is a small press zine featuring reviews and articles on British comic books and small press comics and interviews with cartoonists. Unusually for comix zines it focussed almost entirely on British comics such as The Beano and The Dandy ignoring American superhero comics.Issue #0 was the...
. He drew a Russell comic in Danny King's Blah, Blah, Blah!http://www.zumcomics.info/Archive/ArchiveZUM!4.html
He used to have a stall at Glastonbury Festival, selling his comics and other items and now, after a gap of more than a decade, has a stall at the Secret Garden Party
Secret Garden Party
The Secret Garden Party is an annual independent arts and music festival which takes place in Abbots Ripton near Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire. Part of the grounds of a Georgian farm house, the location has its own lake, river and landscaped gardens...
and Beautiful Days
Beautiful Days
Beautiful Days is a South Korean television drama series broadcast by SBS in 2001. It stars Lee Byung-hun and Choi Ji-woo.- Synopsis :...
, both festivals for which he produces artwork.
Although he has had some problems with his eyesight these are finally being resolved, and have never really prevented him from producing a wide range of artwork, ranging from advertising posters (including some unlikely billboard art for Nike) through greetings cards, postcards, CD and record sleeve designs, book illustrations to flyers and t-shirt designs.
Loveday attributes his black sense of humour to having spent the 1969 Summer of Love
Summer of Love
The Summer of Love was a social phenomenon that occurred during the summer of 1967, when as many as 100,000 people converged on the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood of San Francisco, creating a cultural and political rebellion...
disembowelling chickens in a poultry processing factory, a traumatic experience which left him with a morbid fear of death.
He lives in Devon with his wife Kate.