Jerry Collins
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Jerry Collins is an artist from Atlanta who is probably best known for his "Haku Hasin" (or Bambioids). His career extends back to the late 1970s, contributing to the pre-furry APA Vootie. His work has also appeared in Furrlough, Genus, and Furplay, and he has self-published a number of A5-format zines and portfolios, some of which have been sold through Ed Zolna's Mailbox Books.
In author's notes in early-1980s portfolios and samplers, Jerry describes the main influences on his art as a mixture of 1920's horror writer H.P. Lovecraft, anime pioneer Osamu Tezuka, and classic underground cartoonist Vaughn Bode.
Jerry is still active, doing art on commission, and he has contributed some satirical caricatures poking fun at fandom figures to the site Crush! Yiff! Destroy!, along with a couple of short pieces in which he reminisces about his experiences in the fandom.
Along with the above mentioned Bambioids, he is best known for his other two popular furry alien species, the Ganarfs and the Teijeinese/Cat-Bears. These are merely the three most common of a huge menagerie of Collins Critters -- Ghouls, Gorts, Chipurra/"Chippies", Anuboids, Courtesanoids/"Panzerkitties", Gorilla Girls -- many of which were used only once or twice.
[edit] External links
- Caricatures
- Personal essays: "I remember Brian" and "Critterology" vs. "Phurries" The first essay tells Jerry's side of a feud with furry artist Brian O'Connell; the second illustrates Jerry's view of a common attitude gap between early-period "funny animal" artists and later Furry Fandom.
Categories: People | Artists | Georgia
