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Tim McEwen is a feature film storyboard and concept artist, illustrator, cartoonist, graphic designer and comic book creator, and has been professionally published since he was 17 years old.
His most notable comic book creation is Greener Pastures (with Michael Michalandos), which stars the naïve and loveable stud bull Trevor Bovis. Multi-award winning, internationally distributed and having featured in 12 exhibitions internationally, it has fans worldwide. A new 200+ page Greener Pastures graphic novel is currently in the works.
Tim has been involved in Australian comics since the 1980s as creator, publisher, distributor, event organiser, commentator, educator, reviewer, advocate and more, including co-founding Australia’s largest comic con (Supanova Comic-Con & Gaming), and reestablishing the Ledger Awards for excellence in Australian comics. He has taught comics creation, history and theory at university, primary and secondary schools, privately and in workshops.
Tim’s the proud father of two grown-up kids and has an understanding wife who hasn't thrown out his collection of 10,000 comic books. He resides in Sydney, Australia.
Comics
- Greener Pastures Read To Me Special / Good Grief flipbook and audio tape. Self-published. (September 2018)
- Greener Pastures LICAF Special. Self-published. (October 2016)
- Greener Pastures Supanova 2005 Special Mini. Self-published. (2005)
- Greener Pastures 24 Hour Comic Mini Special. Self-published. (2002)
- Greener Pastures #1 - 7, #4.5, #7.5, Extravaganza #1. Kronos Komics. (1994 - 1998)
- Inkspot #80. Australian Cartoonists Association. (2018)
- The Ledger Awards Annual #4.The Ledger Awards. (2017)
- Minotaurs & Mayhem. Self-published. (2014)
- Sherlock Holmes: Dark Detective Preview, #4 and #6. Black House Comics. (2009 - 2010)
- Uncle Doc & the Goose/Greener Pastures Flipbook. Kronos Komics. (2007)
- Uncle Doc & the Goose - Project: 100 Ashcan 1. Self-published. (2006)
- The Watch volume 2 #4. Phosphorescent Comics. (2002)
- OzCon Souvenir Program. (1998)
- Hepcats #7 and #10. Double Diamond Press. (1991 and 1992)
- The Western Weekender. (Weekly, 1991)
- Tharunka. University of New South Wales. (Bi-weekly, 1990)
- The Parrot. Nepean College (University of Western Sydney). (Bi-weekly, 1986 to 1988)
- The Edge. North Shore local government. (bi-monthly, 1984 to 1985)
Anthology contributions
- Australia!. Comicoz. (December 2015)
- The Adventures of Peter Pumpkinhead. White Cat Press. (9 November 2015)
- The Sixsmiths: Volume Two. Published by Caliber Comics. (9 October 2015)
- Split #1. Samuel McEwen. (19 September 2015)
- Decay #19. Dark Oz. (April 2015)
- Pieces Project Book 2. (February 2015)
- Clubhouse Comics. Monster Comics. (2011)
- The Tango Collection. Allen & Unwin. (2009)
- Tango #6. Cardigan Comics. (2006)
- Totally Wicked #5. Self-published. (1993)
- All That Jazz Too. Self-published. (1993)
- Issue One #5. Issue One Comics. (1992)
- Nervous Breakdowns #2 - 5. Issue One Comics. (1992 - 1993)
- 16 Hours. (1992)
- Magnum Opus. (1991)
- Liedekijn
- Tides of Hope
Exhibitions
- Unrealism: An Exhibition of Australian Comic Art
- ACE: The Australian Comic book Exhibition
- Books Kinokuniya Comics Exhibition
- Heroes and Villains: Australian Comics and Their Creators