Colin Upton

Colin Upton (born April 2, 1960) is a Canadian cartoonist and artist who was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba and grew up in Vancouver, British Columbia.^[1][2] Many of his comics are self-published in the minicomic format, although he has also had his work issued by commercial publishers such as Fantagraphics Books and included in anthology collections such as Drippytown Comics & Stories. He is a co-host of the Inkstuds radio program, broadcast on CITR-FM at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver.

Colin Upton
Born	(1960-04-02) April 2, 1960 (age 65) Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Area(s)	Cartoonist
colinupton.com

Since the mid-1980s, Upton has performed numerous times as a member of GX Jupitter-Larsen's noise band/performance art troupe The Haters. Upton's Happy Hater minicomics are based on the group's concepts and ideas.^[3]

Bibliography (selected)

• Colin Upton's Big Thing (Ed Varney, 1990)
• Colin Upton's Other Big Thing (Fantagraphics, 1991)
• Colin Upton's Big Black Thing (Starhead Comix, 1994)
• Buddha on the Road (Aeon Publications, 1995–1997)
• The Totimorphous (Side-Show News & Co, 2006)
• 9-11
• Colin Upton Comics
• Famous Bus Rides
• The Granville Street Gallery
• The Happy Hater
• Happy Ned
• Real Rubbie Comix
• Self-indulgent Comics
• Socialist Turtle