Justin Green
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Justin Considine Green is an American
cartoonist
who pioneered autobiographical
comics. He is best known for his 1972 comic book
Binky Brown Meets the Holy Virgin Mary
.
Green was a key figure in the 1970s generation of underground comics artists who appeared in Art Spiegelman
's and Bill Griffith's anthologies Arcade
and Young Lust. His artistic output slowed in the 1980s as he pursued a career as a professional sign painter (which he later described in his comic strip The Sign Game). Green claims that he is a first cousin to Hollywood film director William Friedkin
. In the 1990s he returned to comics and has since produced mostly one- or two-page pieces for a variety of magazines, alternating slice-of-life stories with surveys of history and popular culture.
He lives in Cincinnati, and is married to the cartoonist Carol Tyler
.
United States
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cartoonist
Cartoonist
A cartoonist is a person who specializes in drawing cartoons. This work is usually humorous, mainly created for entertainment, political commentary or advertising...
who pioneered autobiographical
Autobiography
An autobiography is a book about the life of a person, written by that person.-Origin of the term:...
comics. He is best known for his 1972 comic book
Comic book
A comic book or comicbook is a magazine made up of comics, narrative artwork in the form of separate panels that represent individual scenes, often accompanied by dialog as well as including...
Binky Brown Meets the Holy Virgin Mary
Binky Brown Meets the Holy Virgin Mary
Binky Brown Meets the Holy Virgin Mary is a 44-page autobiographical comic book from 1972 by American cartoonist Justin Green. It was the first long autobiographical work to appear in underground comics, and was extremely personal, detailing Green's childhood struggle with a disorder which in...
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Green was a key figure in the 1970s generation of underground comics artists who appeared in Art Spiegelman
Art Spiegelman
Art Spiegelman is an American comics artist, editor, and advocate for the medium of comics, best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning comic book memoir, Maus. His works are published with his name in lowercase: art spiegelman.-Biography:Spiegelman was born in Stockholm, Sweden, to Polish Jews...
's and Bill Griffith's anthologies Arcade
Arcade (magazine)
Arcade: The Comics Revue was a magazine-sized comics anthology created and edited by Art Spiegelman and Bill Griffith to showcase the work of underground artists. Published by the Print Mint, it ran for seven issues between 1975 to 1976...
and Young Lust. His artistic output slowed in the 1980s as he pursued a career as a professional sign painter (which he later described in his comic strip The Sign Game). Green claims that he is a first cousin to Hollywood film director William Friedkin
William Friedkin
William Friedkin is an American film director, producer and screenwriter best known for directing The French Connection in 1971 and The Exorcist in 1973; for the former, he won the Academy Award for Best Director...
. In the 1990s he returned to comics and has since produced mostly one- or two-page pieces for a variety of magazines, alternating slice-of-life stories with surveys of history and popular culture.
He lives in Cincinnati, and is married to the cartoonist Carol Tyler
Carol Tyler
Carol Tyler aka C. Tyler is an award-winning American painter, educator, comedian, and Eisner nominated cartoonist known for her autobiographical stories.-Background:...
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