Trudy Cooper is an Australian comic book artist best known for co-writing the comics Platinum Grit and Oglaf.
Biography
editTrudy Cooper grew up with her brother who became a physicist.[1] She was raised in Australia and currently lives there.[2] She has stated she went to an art college and majored in Animation.[1] She has said she discovered comics for adults in her teens and her comic work has been inspired in part by her own life and people she knows.[1]
Comics
editCooper and Gail Simone co-created the "Spoilsport" comic story in C. Spike Trotman's Smut Peddler Presents: My Monster Boyfriend.[3][4] She helped illustrate Oh Joy Sex Toy by Erika Moen.[5] Cooper, Doug Bayne and Ben Baker co-produced an illustrated cartoon for The Elegant Gentleman’s Guide to Knife Fighting, a sketch comedy show in Australia.[6][7][8]
Platinum Grit
editTrudy Cooper and co-writer Danny Murphy first published the award-winning comic Platinum Grit in 1994.[9] Doug Bayne also inked and contributed to the script between episodes 1-12. The series is noted for sexual drawings of girls and surreal offbeat humor.[10] The most recent episode was episode 20 in 2009.
Oglaf
editCooper and Doug Bayne started publishing the sexually explicit webcomic Oglaf in 2008, and a new comic is published each Sunday on Oglaf.com.[11][12] Cooper has described the comic as "porn."[13] The comic takes place in a fantasy realm and there are many recurring themes.[14] It has been praised for depictions of gender and sexuality.[15] It has also been noted for including people of color and those who identify as LGBT.[16]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Panel and Pixel > FINALLY! The Creator of the 'Month', v2 Trudy Cooper". 2008-05-24. Archived from the original on 2008-05-24. Retrieved 2018-08-12.
- ^ "Trudy Cooper (Person) - Comic Vine". Comic Vine. Retrieved 2018-07-23.
- ^ "Things Go Bump In The Night In 'My Monster Boyfriend'". ComicsAlliance. Retrieved 2018-07-26.
- ^ "Kibbles 'n' Bits 2/1/16: Cartoonist arrested for running a website without a license". The Beat. 2016-02-01. Retrieved 2018-07-26.
- ^ "Let's Get Graphic: 100 Favorite Comics And Graphic Novels". NPR.org. Retrieved 2018-07-26.
- ^ ""The Elegant Gentleman's Guide to Knife Fighting" by Doug Bayne, Ben Baker and Trudy Cooper". Cartoon Brew. 2013-11-01. Retrieved 2018-07-24.
- ^ Chan, Casey. "These animations of famous paintings are freaking hilarious". Sploid. Retrieved 2018-07-26.
- ^ "Your Favorite Paintings Come To Life In These Disturbingly Hilarious Animations (NSFW)". Huffington Post. 2013-11-07. Retrieved 2018-07-26.
- ^ "Trudy Cooper at Panel & Pixel". The Beat. 2007-11-30. Retrieved 2018-06-19.
- ^ "Worth its Weight in Platinum - The Australian Comics Journal". The Australian Comics Journal. Retrieved 2018-06-19.
- ^ Howard, Tini. "10 Sexy Comics You Won't Hide Under Your Bed". pastemagazine.com. Retrieved 2018-06-19.
- ^ "24 Hours of Webcomics: Oglaf". The Beat. 2013-05-25. Retrieved 2018-07-24.
- ^ "YUHMM – Taste it. » Trudy Cooper: Pretty Pictures Filthy Thoughts". 2010-02-04. Archived from the original on 2010-02-04. Retrieved 2018-07-24.
- ^ "Sexual Fantasy: Should You Be Reading 'Oglaf'?". ComicsAlliance.
- ^ "9 Dope Comics About Sex, From 'Sex Criminals' to 'Oglaf'". Inverse.
- ^ "Five Webcomics I'm Reading That You Should Too". The Escapist.