John Fardell
John Fardell (born 1967) is an English cartoonist, and author and illustrator of children's books.
John Fardell
- Birth Name
- John Fardell
- Born
- 1967
- Occupation
- author & children's book illustrator
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• Birth Name — John Fardell • Born — 1967 • Occupation — author & children's book illustrator • Language — English
Documentary record
John Fardell, an illustrator, designer, caricaturist and puppeteer, was born on 10 July 1967. The birth is recorded by the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek.
Work
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 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. He also contributed illustrations and comic strips to 1990s video game magazine Electric Brain. 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), 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), Jeremiah Jellyfish Flies High (2010), and The Day Louis Got Eaten (2011). His picture book The Day Louis Got Eaten! won the younger category of the Scottish Children's Book Award in 2012.
Documentary record
According to the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek, the recorded place of activity of John Fardell is Edinburgh.
Identity
Identity
John Fardell is recorded as cartoonist, writer, illustrator, marionetteist and caricaturist.
Life and career
Dated record
Life and career
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1967
John Fardell born.
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q6232714: John Fardell
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- “John Fardell”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- 1.Books from Scotland. Retrieved 4 April 2012.
- 2.Electric Brain - Video Game Magazine. 1993.
- 3.Wall, Ian. Access My Library. Property Week. 4 August 2004.
- 4.Maxwell, Tom. The father of invention – John Fardell. The Scotsman. 3 August 2008.
- 5.Press, Andersen. John Fardell wins the Scottish Children's Book Awards!. Andersen Press. 2013-03-14.
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