Polyp (cartoonist)

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Polyp (formerly P. J. Polyp) is the pen name of the cartoonist Paul Fitzgerald, who is based in the UK.{{cite web|url=https://www.polyp.org.uk/contact_polyp.html|title=Hire Polyp|website=www.polyp.org.uk}} Much of his work, particularly his regular 'Big Bad World' feature for New Internationalist, is political.

Career

A collection of his cartoons, Big Bad World,{{cite web|url=https://www.goodreads.com/work/best_book/1609276-big-bad-world|title=Big Bad World|website=www.goodreads.com}} was published in 2002 by New Internationalist In 2009 he released Speechless: World History Without Words, a Graphic novel summarizing World history published by New Internationalist and Friends of the Earth.{{cite web|url=https://www.foei.org/press/archive-by-subject/economic-justice-resisting-neoliberalism-press/speechless-novel-launched|title=Speechless novel launched|date=17 August 2009|website=Friends of the Earth International}} A German edition with extensively modified artwork, Sprachlos: Eine Weltgeschichte ohne Worte, was published in 2014.{{cite web|url=https://www.tibiapress.de/shop/sprachlos-eine-weltgeschichte-ohne-worte/|title=Sprachlos. Eine Weltgeschichte ohne Worte - TibiaPress|website=www.tibiapress.de}}

In 2012 he was commissioned by The Co-operative Group to create a graphic novel history of the Rochdale Pioneers The Co-operative Revolution. The book also outlined the extent of the modern day co-operative movement, and explored the presence of co-operation within evolved natural systems.{{Cite web|url=http://www.thenews.coop/38520/news/community/co-operative-revolution-graphic-novel/|title = The Co-operative Revolution: A Graphic Novel|date = 3 October 2012}} It has since been published free online in a semi-animated format.{{cite web |url=http://www.co-operative.coop/our-ethics/resources/graphic-novel/ |title=Read online {{!}} The Co-operative Revolution: A Graphic Novel {{!}} The Co-operative |website=www.co-operative.coop |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151224052801/http://www.co-operative.coop/our-ethics/resources/graphic-novel/ |archive-date=2015-12-24}}

Working with Australian born fine artist Eva Schlunke, he co-created the ecology themed children's book Little Worm's Big Question, which was published by New Internationalist on 7 January 2016.{{cite web|url=https://newint.org/books/little-worm-big-question|title=Books|website=New Internationalist}}

As well as providing cartoons to many UK and international NGO campaign groups,{{cite web|url=http://www.nowornever.org.uk/polyp.html|title=Polyp|website=Now or Never! The 2nd Worst Anarchist Website in the UK}} he is a professional campaign prop builder, and an active member of the Skeptics in the Pub movement.{{cite web|url=https://www.gmss.uk/events/drawing-the-line/|title=Drawing the Line - Greater Manchester Skeptics Society|website=www.gmss.uk}}

Bibliography

Polyp (2002). Big Bad World: Cartoon Molotovs in the Face of Corporate Rule.[https://books.google.com/books?id=iaK1AAAACAAJ Big Bad World: Cartoon Molotovs in the Face of Corporate Rule.] New Internationalist. {{ISBN|978-0-9540499-3-5}}.
Polyp; L.I.M. Consortium (2004). . Ecra.
Polyp (4 September 2009). [https://books.google.com/books?id=ncxXAAAAYAAJ Speechless: World History Without Words.] New Internationalist.
Polyp; Seán Michael Wilson; Benjamin Dickson (2013). [https://books.google.com/books?id=Mg0dnAEACAAJ Fight the Power!: A Visual History of Protest Amongst the English Speaking Peoples.] New Internationalist Publications, Limited. {{ISBN|978-1-78026-122-5}}.
Polyp; Robert Poole; Eva Schlunke (2019). [https://books.google.com/books?id=My9NuQEACAAJ Peterloo: Witnesses to a Massacre.] New Internationalist Publications, Limited. {{ISBN|978-1-78026-475-2}}.

References

External links

{{Official website|http://www.polyp.org.uk/}}

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