Grant Buist

Grant Buist's strip Brunswick appeared in most of New Zealand's student newspapers from 1993 to 2003, and was a daily webcomic from 2003 to 2006 with nearly a thousand comics in the archive. It will return as a series of graphic novels in 2010. He also draws the weekly comic Jitterati for Wellington's **Capital Times**. He has also drawn illustrations for **Re:Mix**, **Rip It Up**, and **Pavement**, and animated music videos for **The Shirleys** and **OdESSA**, both of which were finalists in Radio Active's **Handle The Jandal** competition. In 2007 Bats Theatre staged **Fitz Bunny: Lust for Glory**, a production based on **Brunswick** which set a **Young & Hungry** box office record, and is being restaged by the Auckland Theatre Company in 2010. He is currently working on a new cartoon for Salient based on Ronald Searle's update of William Hogarth's **The Rake's Progress**.

## COMICS

**Pistake** two issues (1994), **The Complete Ivory Tower** (1994), **Total S\*O\*B** (1994), **The Big Yellow Brunswick Book** (1995), **Brunswick: the Complete and Utter Rat** (1996, reprinted 2001 and 2006), **Brunswick: Rat In The System** (1997), **beetlebunnyratroad** (1998), **Brunswick: A Historical Romance** (1999), **Ask Aunty Fitz!** (1999), **How To Rule The Universe In 7 Easy Steps** (2000), **Brunswick: Fin de Siecle** (2000), **Brunswick: A Fantasy** (2001), **Brunswick: Year Of The Bunny** (2002), **Brunswick: Redux** (2004), **Brunswick: Kill Phil** (24 hour comic) (2004), **Curse of the Dyslexic Genie** (24 hour comic) (2005), **Pictozine** (2006), **Pictozine II** (2007) **Jitterati** (2009)

## STRIPS

**Brunswick**, **Little Black Box**, **Rude Doggie**, **Clubbing Insensible**, **Rick's Cafe**, **Bastard Baby** (for Lucid), **Ask Aunty Fitz!**, **Jitterati**, **Desert Funnies**, **The Rake's Progress**

## EXHIBITIONS

* Black Sheep Exhibition (2002)
* The Family (2002)
* Organiser of the Wellington Comics Exhibition (2005)
* About A Girl (2005)

## ANIMATED FILMS

**Brunswick: The Motionless Picture** (2000), **Get Brunswick** (2001), **Pretty Young Girls** by The Shirleys (2001), **God Creates The Platypus** (2002), **The Brunswick Soundtrack** (2002), **Oranges Will Bring Us Together** (2004), **Baby Don't Go Home** by OdESSA (2005), **The Tale of Sarah and Himintheyami** written by Jo Randerson (2006), **Super Brunswick Happy Fun Hour** (2007)

## AWARDS

MUVIMAC Awards 2001 - Best Actor, Best Soundtrack & Best Film for **Get Brunswick**

DIVA Awards 2001 - Best Kiss & Best Animation for **Get Brunswick**

MUVIMAC Awards 2002 - Best Actor, Best Animation & Best Soundtrack for **The Brunswick Soundtrack**

MUVIMAC Awards 2003 - Best Credits for **Palmerston North Vampire**

Wellington Fringe Film Festival Special Competition 2004 - 2nd place for **Oranges Will Bring Us Together**

Eric Awards 2006 - Best Webcomic in NZ Comics for Jitterati

VASFA Awards 2007 - Best Animation, Best Soundtrack & Peoples' Choice for **Super Brunswick Happy Fun Hour**

## PUBLIC ART

Jitterati signal box on Cuba St/ Dixon St, Wgtn, **Storm Warning II** mural featuring characters from Brunswick across facade of Victoria University Library, Wgtn, interior of library lift is decorated with many Brunswick cartoons for the entertainment of passengers. This lift was renovated in August 2006, and the cartoons are in storage until the university decides whose property they are.

## LINKS

* The Name Of This Comic Is Brunswick (discussion blog)
* Jitterati website
* About A Girl -a 2005 art exhibition
* Brainstorm Ltd. -a collection of international webcomics that Brunswick belongs to
* Wellington Comics Exhibition