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-'''Glen Baxter''', nicknamed "Colonel Baxter," is an [[English cartoonist]], noted for his [[surrealist]], [[literary nonsense|nonsensical]] [[absurdist]] drawings. Born in [[Leeds]] in [[1944]], Baxter was trained at the [[Leeds College of Art]]. His images, and their corresponding [[caption]]s, fuse art and language inspired by [[pulp magazine|pulp fiction]] and adventure comics with intellectual jokes and references. Baxter's art has been collected in numerous books, and his work has appeared in ''[[The New Yorker]]'', ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]'', and ''[[The Independent on Sunday]]''. His simple line-drawings often feature [[cowboy]]s, [[gangster]]s, [[explorer]]s, and [[schoolchildren]], who utter [[incongruous]] intellectual statements regarding [[art]] and [[philosophy]].+'''Glen Baxter''' (born 4 March 1944), nicknamed '''Colonel Baxter''', is an [[English draughtsman]] and artist, noted for his [[absurdism|absurdist]] and [[surrealist]] drawings and [[literary nonsense]]. Born in [[Leeds]] in [[1944]], Baxter was trained at the [[Leeds College of Art]]. His images, and their corresponding [[caption]]s, fuse art and language inspired by [[pulp magazine|pulp fiction]] and adventure comics with intellectual jokes and references. Baxter's art has been collected in numerous books, and his work has appeared in ''[[The New Yorker]]'', ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]'', and ''[[The Independent on Sunday]]''. His simple [[line-drawing]]s often feature [[cowboy]]s, [[gangster]]s, [[explorer]]s, and [[schoolchildren]], who utter [[incongruous]] intellectual statements regarding [[art]] and [[philosophy]]. One of his best known satirical works, ''The Impending Gleam'' was first published in 1981.
-==Quotes==+==Bibliography==
- +*''Atlas'' (1979)
-==Books==+*''5 x 5'' (1981) with Ian Breakwell, Ivor Cutler, Anthony Earnshaw, Jeff Nuttall
*''The Impending Gleam'' (1981) *''The Impending Gleam'' (1981)
-*''His Life: The Years of Struggle'' (1983) +*''His Life: The Years of Struggle'' (1983) (translated as ''Zijn leven, de jaren van strijd'', 1986)
-*''Atlas, Le dernier terrain vague '' (1983) +*''Atlas, Le dernier terrain vague '' (1983)
 +*''The Impending Gleam'' Thames & Hudson, (1985)
 +*''Jodpurs in the Quantocks (1986)
*''L'heure du thé'' (1990) *''L'heure du thé'' (1990)
*''Welcome to the Weird World of Glen Baxter'' (1989) *''Welcome to the Weird World of Glen Baxter'' (1989)
*''Ma vie: le jeunes années'' (1990) *''Ma vie: le jeunes années'' (1990)
-*''The Billiard Table Murders'' (1990) +*''The Billiard Table Murders'' (1990)
*''Glen Baxter Returns to Normal'' (1992) (translated as ''Retour à la normale'', 1992) *''Glen Baxter Returns to Normal'' (1992) (translated as ''Retour à la normale'', 1992)
*''The Collected Blurtings of Baxter'' (1994) *''The Collected Blurtings of Baxter'' (1994)
-*''The Further Blurtings of Baxter'' (1994) +*''The Further Blurtings of Baxter'' (1994)
*''The Wonder Book of Sex'' (1995) (translated as ''Wundersame Welt der Erotik'', 1996, and ''Le livre de l'amour'', 1997). *''The Wonder Book of Sex'' (1995) (translated as ''Wundersame Welt der Erotik'', 1996, and ''Le livre de l'amour'', 1997).
-*''Glen Baxter's Gourmet Guide'' (1997) +*''Glen Baxter's Gourmet Guide'' (1997)
-*''Blizzards of Tweed'' (1999) +*''Blizzards of Tweed'' (1999)
-*''Meurtres a la Table de Billard'' (2000)+*''Meurtres a la Table de Billiard'' (2000)
-*''Trundling Grunts'' (2002) +*''Trundling Grunts'' (2002)
-*''The Unhinged World of Glen Baxter'' (2002) +*''The Unhinged World of Glen Baxter'' (2002)
 +*''Loomings Over the Suet'' (2004)
 +*''Le safari historico-gastronomique en Poitou-Charentes''. Poitiers: Éditions Atlantique, 2010. {{ISBN|978-2-911320-41-5}}. In French and English. Preface by [[Alberto Manguel]].
 + 
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“I prefer the fantasy where everyday objects can suddenly become more interesting. I really like that aspect of it. I am in agreement with Breton’s definition of ‘marvelous’: ‘The marvelous has never been better defined than as being in complete contrast to the fantastic.’ In my work I present the impossible happening in a world where impossibility is the rule (as opposed to works of fantasy, where we see the impossible happening in a world where impossibility is outlawed).” --Interviewed by Bill Zavatsky in 1976 (Out of Sun, Vol. V. No. 1, 1983) via Rue Hazard, John Latta


"Glen Baxter is an artist in the distinguished tradition of Lewis Carroll, Sax Rohmer, Marquis de Sade, Raymond Roussel, Luther Burbank and the Comte de Lautréamont" (John Ashberry, The New York Times)

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Glen Baxter (born 4 March 1944), nicknamed Colonel Baxter, is an English draughtsman and artist, noted for his absurdist and surrealist drawings and literary nonsense. Born in Leeds in 1944, Baxter was trained at the Leeds College of Art. His images, and their corresponding captions, fuse art and language inspired by pulp fiction and adventure comics with intellectual jokes and references. Baxter's art has been collected in numerous books, and his work has appeared in The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, and The Independent on Sunday. His simple line-drawings often feature cowboys, gangsters, explorers, and schoolchildren, who utter incongruous intellectual statements regarding art and philosophy. One of his best known satirical works, The Impending Gleam was first published in 1981.

Bibliography

  • Atlas (1979)
  • 5 x 5 (1981) with Ian Breakwell, Ivor Cutler, Anthony Earnshaw, Jeff Nuttall
  • The Impending Gleam (1981)
  • His Life: The Years of Struggle (1983) (translated as Zijn leven, de jaren van strijd, 1986)
  • Atlas, Le dernier terrain vague (1983)
  • The Impending Gleam Thames & Hudson, (1985)
  • Jodpurs in the Quantocks (1986)
  • L'heure du thé (1990)
  • Welcome to the Weird World of Glen Baxter (1989)
  • Ma vie: le jeunes années (1990)
  • The Billiard Table Murders (1990)
  • Glen Baxter Returns to Normal (1992) (translated as Retour à la normale, 1992)
  • The Collected Blurtings of Baxter (1994)
  • The Further Blurtings of Baxter (1994)
  • The Wonder Book of Sex (1995) (translated as Wundersame Welt der Erotik, 1996, and Le livre de l'amour, 1997).
  • Glen Baxter's Gourmet Guide (1997)
  • Blizzards of Tweed (1999)
  • Meurtres a la Table de Billiard (2000)
  • Trundling Grunts (2002)
  • The Unhinged World of Glen Baxter (2002)
  • Loomings Over the Suet (2004)
  • Le safari historico-gastronomique en Poitou-Charentes. Poitiers: Éditions Atlantique, 2010. Template:ISBN. In French and English. Preface by Alberto Manguel.




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