Giselle Clarkson

Giselle Clarkson is a New Zealand cartoonist and illustrator, best known for her non-fiction comics on conservation and environmental issues.

Giselle Clarkson
BornNew Zealand
NationalityNew Zealander
Area(s)Cartoonist, Illustrator
Notable works
Biscuits and Slices of New Zealand
http://giselledraws.com

Life

Clarkson studied for Bachelor of Fine Arts at the University of Canterbury, intending to become a painter but majoring in photography.[1][2] She works as a freelance illustrator and comics artist, and lives in Wellington.[3]

After graduation she worked in an outdoor equipment shop and volunteered with conservation projects; she was torn between becoming an artist and working for the Department of Conservation.[1] Her entry into illustration was a 2013 poster depicting New Zealand fishes.[2] Later illustrations of New Zealand native birds, distributed through Twitter, led to commissions from Forest and Bird's children's magazine, the New Zealand School Journal, newspapers, websites, and magazines, and a career in illustration.[1][2]

Work

Clarkson's first published comic, "The Flood", appeared in the 2016 collection of Aotearoa women's comics Three Words.[4] Her best known work, "Biscuits and Slices of New Zealand", is a visual catalogue of New Zealand baking, with each object given a fanciful Latin name: for example, Anzac biscuit is "Lestwee forgetum". Widely shared in social media, this was published in Annual 2 and subsequently became a poster and tea towel; Clarkson was interviewed about the success of the comic on TV3's The Project.[5][6]

Clarkson has a monthly comic in New Zealand children's literature website The Sapling, on children's books and how they influenced her as an illustrator.[7] She frequently undertakes field expeditions as part of her work to places such as the Kermadecs, Milford Sound (to draw penguins) or the Subantarctic Islands (a 19-day sea voyage which led to an 8-page comic in the School Journal).[1] She created T-shirts for the Radio New Zealand show Critter of the Week.[8] In 2018 she produced a comics summary of a scientific paper on the migration of the Fiordland penguin or tawaki (Eudyptes pachyrhynchus),[9] which was enthusiastically retweeted by Diana Gabaldon.[2]

Publications
  • "The Flood." (2016.) in: Joyce, Rae, Sarah Laing, and Indira Neville (eds.) Three Words. Beatnik. ISBN 9780994120502
  • "A Box of Birds." (2016.) in: de Goldi, Kate, and Susan Paris (eds.) Annual. Gecko Press. ISBN 9781776570775
  • "New Zealand Biscuits and Slices" (2017.) in: de Goldi, Kate, and Susan Paris (eds.) Annual 2. Gecko Press. ISBN 9780473395230
  • "The Subantarctic Islands". School Journal (3 August 2017)
  • "Tawaki, Marathon Penguins" (2018.)
  • Meredith, Courtney Sina. (2018.) Secret World of Butterflies. Allen & Unwin: Auckland. ISBN 9781760633608 (Illustrator)
  • Blanchard, Nan. (2019.) Hazel and the Snails. Annual Ink. ISBN 9780995113589 (Illustrator)

References
  1. Lopesi, Lana (2 July 2018). "5 Minutes with Giselle Clarkson". Design Assembly. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  2. Bruce, Greg (15 December 2018). "Kiwi cartoonists on what mattered in 2018". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  3. "Giselle Clarkson". Annual Annual | NZ. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  4. Joyce, Rae; Laing, Sarah; Neville, Indira, eds. (2016). Three words: an anthology of Aotearoa/NZ women's comics. Auckland, New Zealand: Beatnik. ISBN 9780994120502. OCLC 948291321.
  5. "Biscuit of the Year?". The Project. 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
  6. "Nine to Noon: Giselle Clarkson, The Secret Life of Butterflies". RNZ. 6 June 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
  7. Lynch, Rachel (5 May 2017). "5 minutes with Giselle Clarkson: Comicfest feature". Wellington City Libraries: Library News. Retrieved 26 January 2019.
  8. "Critter of the Week T-shirts!". Radio New Zealand. 6 July 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  9. Seddon, Philip J.; Lüthi, Benno; Long, Robin; Houston, David M.; Ellenberg, Ursula; Garcia-Borboroglu, Pablo; Pütz, Klemens; Mattern, Thomas (2018). "Marathon penguins – Reasons and consequences of long-range dispersal in Fiordland penguins / Tawaki during the pre-moult period". PLOS ONE. 13 (8): e0198688. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0198688. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 6114282. PMID 30157174.
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