Jack Gibson Australia

Born
1904 in Australia
Died
? May 1980? in Australia
Age
75-76 years
Credited for

writing

art

letters

Also known as

John Shirley Gibson

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Jack Gibson (1940?-1950?)

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Biography

Gibson grew up in Burwood NSW. He started work as a sign-writer and moved to illustration. He had humorous articles published in newspapers from 1927 to 1933, many with his illustrations. He was also involved with amateur theatre and model construction (for Sydney's Luna Park).

He started contributing to K.G. Murray publications in 1937. From 1938, He provided a double-page spread cartoon for K.G. Murray's Man magazine called 'Infernal Nonsense'. The extensively detailed cartoons depicted people arriving in hell. He provided a full colour 'hell' cover in September 1939 and several three-page folding versions in 1940. The series ran for over 35 years, almost until Man was cancelled in 1974 after its acquisition by Australian Consolidated Press (ACP).

Gibson's art also appeared in Murray's Adam, Man Junior and Cavalcade. In 1945, Man launch another short-lived Gibson feature 'Our Town'. His 'crazy train' cartoons about a steam 'loco' led to commissions for similar work in the rail industry magazine 'Rail Transportation' in the early 1950s.

Gibson was part of the Kings Cross bohemian set, alongside artists such as Syd Nicholls, Virgil Reilly, George Finey, Unk White and George Sprod. He wrote and drew for Pertinent, whose editor Leon Batt used Gibson’s work in his book of poems Not for Fools, alongside illustrations by 'Kings Cross witch' Rosaleen Norton.

Gibson was married three times. His son from the first marriage, John Jensen, was also a successful cartoonist in England. 

After finishing at Man, Gibson illustrated some advertisements for a furniture shop. He moved into a boarding house in Glebe.

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Man [Man Magazine] (Man, 1946 series) v31#3 (February 1952)
Untitled (Infernal Nonsense)
Magazine: Cartoon
Cavalcade (Cavalcade, 1950? series) v17#3 (February 1953)
Untitled
Magazine: Cartoon
Cavalcade (Cavalcade, 1950? series) v17#3 (February 1953)
Untitled (Invented by- Gibson)
Magazine: Cartoon
Man Junior (Man Jr, 1949 series) v26#4 (June 1953)
Untitled [The Hitch-hiker]
Magazine: Cartoon
Man Junior (Man Jr, 1949 series) v26#4 (June 1953)
Untitled [Pessimistic Teller]
Magazine: Cartoon
Man [Man Magazine] (Man, 1946 series) v35#1 (December 1953)
Untitled (Infernal Nonsense)
Magazine: Cartoon
Man [Man Magazine] (Man, 1946 series) v35#3 (February 1954)
Untitled
Magazine: Cartoon
Man [Man Magazine] (Man, 1946 series) v35#4 (March 1954)
Untitled (Infernal Nonsense)
Magazine: Cartoon
Man [Man Magazine] (Man, 1946 series) v35#6 (May 1954)
Untitled (Infernal Nonsense)
Magazine: Cartoon
Man [Man Magazine] (Man, 1946 series) v36#1 (June 1954)
Untitled (Infernal Nonsense)
Magazine: Cartoon
Pocket Man (KG Murray, 1954 series) v1#4 (July 1954)
Untitled
Magazine: Cartoon
Man [Man Magazine] (Man, 1946 series) v36#4 (September 1954)
Untitled (Infernal Nonsense)
Magazine: Cartoon
Man [Man Magazine] (Man, 1946 series) v37#3 (February 1955)
Untitled (Infernal Nonsense)
Magazine: Cartoon
Man [Man Magazine] (Man, 1946 series) v37#5 (April 1955)
Untitled (Infernal Nonsense)
Magazine: Cartoon
Pocket Man (KG Murray, 1954 series) v3#2 (May 1955)
Untitled
Magazine: Cartoon
Pocket Man (KG Murray, 1954 series) v3#2 (May 1955)
Untitled
Magazine: Cartoon
Man [Man Magazine] (Man, 1946 series) v38#1 (June 1955)
Untitled (Infernal Nonsense)
Magazine: Cartoon
Man [Man Magazine] (Man, 1946 series) v38#2 (July 1955)
Untitled (Infernal Nonsense)
Magazine: Cartoon
Man [Man Magazine] (Man, 1946 series) v38#3 (August 1955)
Untitled (Infernal Nonsense)
Magazine: Cartoon
Man [Man Magazine] (Man, 1946 series) v38#4 (September 1955)
Untitled (Infernal Nonsense)
Magazine: Cartoon
Man [Man Magazine] (Man, 1946 series) v40#6 (November 1956)
Untitled (Infernal Nonsense)
Magazine: Cartoon
Man [Man Magazine] (Man, 1946 series) v41#2 (January 1957)
Untitled (Infernal Nonsense)
Magazine: Cartoon
Man [Man Magazine] (Man, 1946 series) v42#6 (November 1957)
Untitled (Infernal Nonsense)
Magazine: Cartoon
Man [Man Magazine] (Man, 1946 series) v43#1 (December 1957)
Untitled
Magazine: Cartoon
Man [Man Magazine] (Man, 1946 series) v44#1 (June 1958)
Untitled
Magazine: Cartoon

Status

Created

  • 15 Jul 2019

Last updated

  • 15 Jul 2019