Jason Chatfield

Jason Chatfield
Born	1984 Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Occupation	Cartoonist, illustrator, stand-up comedian
Nationality	Australian
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www.jasonchatfield.com

Jason Chatfield (born Perth, 1984-) is an Australian editorial and comic strip cartoonist and stand-up comedian, based in Melbourne, Victoria. He has been a professional cartoonist since 2003. His work covers the areas of comic strips, political cartoons, book illustrations, commissioned caricatures and live (On-The-Spot) caricatures as entertainment at corporate events. He is the current president of the Australian Cartoonists' Association.

Ginger Meggs

Chatfield took over writing and drawing the iconic internationally syndicated comic strip Ginger Meggs in 2007, becoming the strip's fifth artist, succeeding James Kemsley, OAM. Kemsley wrote to the Bancks family to secure approval for Chatfield to succeed him. Ginger Meggs appears today in over 120 papers in 34 countries worldwide. Chatfield is the youngest cartoonist to take on the iconic comic strip in its 90 year history.

On 1 July 2011, The Perth Mint released a commemorative 1oz Silver Australian $1 coin to celebrate the 90th anniversary year of Ginger Meggs. The coin features an homage to Bancks’ 1945 Sunbeams Annual (Series 22) cover, which featured Ginger Meggs on the back of a kangaroo with his dog, Mike and his pet monkey, Tony. The obverse portrays the Ian Rank-Broadley effigy of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, the 2011 year-date and is issued as legal tender under the Australian Currency Act 1965. There were 3000 coins produced in total. The coin was designed by Chatfield with the assistance of fellow Australian artists Peter Broelman and Rolf Harris. Stock at the mint sold out completely within an hour of the coin being announced.

Swiss company Redheads matches also released a limited edition of redheads matchboxes featuring five custom Ginger Meggs designs, produced by Chatfield.

Stand Up Comedy

• April 2008, Chatfield opened for the Zack Adams show, Awkward, in the 2008 Melbourne International Comedy Festival. He side-lined in Perth-based musical comedy duo, ManFace with Ben Russell.

• April 2009, Chatfield performed again with Ben Russell in the critically acclaimed musical/stand-up comedy Manface at the 2009 Melbourne International Comedy Festival.

• April 2011, Chatfield performed a ten-show run at the Tuxedo Cat in Flinders Lane of When Melbourne Met Sydney with Sophie Miller.

• April 2011, Chatfield performed a 22-show encore run of ManFace with Chicago-based Ben Russell at the Forum Theatre for the 2011 Melbourne International Comedy Festival.

Australian Cartoonists' Association (Est. 1924)

• 2006, Chatfield was elected WA Vice President of the Australian Cartoonists' Association

• 2008, Chatfield was elected Deputy President of the Australian Cartoonists' Association

• 2010, Chatfield was elected President of the Australian Cartoonists' Association

National Cartoonists Society (USA)

• 2009, Chatfield was nominated by Zits cartoonist Jim Borgman and ex-NCS President Steve McGarry to be member of the National Cartoonists Society. (USA)

• 2009, Chatfield attended the Reuben Awards in Hollywood, California

• 2011, Chatfield attended the Reuben Awards in Boston, Massachusetts.

Shrewsbury International Cartoon Festival (UK)

• 2010, Chatfield was invited to represent Australia as a guest at the 2010 Shrewsbury International Cartoon Festival.

13th Annual RIDEP (FRANCE)

• 2012, Chatfield was invited to represent Australia in the 13th Annual RIDEP in France, for the 'Internet et libertés' festival. His work was discussed and exhibited for the week of 17 - 22 January 2012. Other international guests for 2012 were: Dan Carino (USA), Nicola Jennings (UK), Leng MU (China), Jacques Sondron (Belgium), Miel Prudendcio Ma (Singapore), Seyran Caferli (Azerbaijan), Khalid Albaig (Qatar/Sudan), Victor Ndula (Kenya), Clayton Rabelo (Brasil) and Popa Matumula (Tanzania). For the duration, Chatfield participated in several public debates, exhibitions, appearances and interviews including: • "Liberties and the Internet" with Nadia Khiari, (Tunisian cartoonist), Stephanie Koch (Competitive intelligence & information security advisor and executive master of Economic Crime Investigation with intelligentzia.ch), Bernard Benhamou, (Ministry of Reseatch and Higher Education on the Internet), Jean-Marc Bourguignon, (Freedom of expression group, Telecomix) and Khalid Albaih (Cartoonist; Sudan + Qatar). • "Being a press cartoonist around the world" with Nadia Khiari (Tunisia)

Awards

• 2005, Chatfield won the Australian Bill Mitchell Award for up-and-coming cartoonist of the year.

• 2008, Chatfield was nominated for the Gold Stanley for Cartoonist of the Year at the Australian Cartoonists' Association Stanley Awards in Coffs Harbour.

• 2008, Chatfield was nominated for Comic Strip Artist of the Year at the Australian Cartoonists' Association Stanley Awards in Coffs Harbour.

• 2008, Chatfield won The "Peoples' Choice Prize" at the "Behind the Lines" political cartooning exhibition at the National Gallery in Canberra.

• 2009, Chatfield was nominated for Comic Strip Artist of the Year at the Australian Cartoonists' Association Stanley Awards in Sydney.

• 2010, Chatfield was nominated for Comic Strip Artist of the Year at the Australian Cartoonists' Association Stanley Awards in Melbourne.

External links

• Jason Chatfield
• Australian Cartoonists' Association
• Melbourne International Comedy Festival
• MANFACE
• http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/ginger-meggs-artist-lucky-to-survive-brush-with-melbourne-taxi-driver-20110321-1c2zk.html
• http://www.comedyfestival.com.au/2011/season/shows/ben-russell-jason-chatfield-are-manface
• http://www.comedyfestival.com.au/2011/season/shows/jason-chatfield-sophie-miller-when-melbourne-met-sydney/