Rand Holmes
Rand Holmes (actually: Randolph Holton Holmes : * February 22, 1942 in Truro (Nova Scotia) , † March 15, 2002 in Nanaimo ) was a Canadian comix artist.
Holmes grew up in Edmonton . In 1969 he came to Vancouver , where he worked as an illustrator for the alternative weekly newspaper The Georgia Straight . In addition to the title pages, he drew the 1-page Harold Hedd comix about a long-haired, weeded jester of the hippie era. The German publisher Raymond Martin persuaded him to create an album-length story about the protagonist, and so in 1982 the album Hitler's Kokain was created . That year, Holmes and his wife moved to Lasqueti Island .
Holmes contracted Hodgkin lymphoma and died in 2002.
Works in German
The People's Publishing released the scrapbooks U-Comix -Extra (no. 2), U-Comix special issue (no. 22) and the album Hitler's Cocaine (1982). The Harold Hedd comix appeared in U-Comix. From 1995 to 1996 five albums with his collected works were published by Raymond Martin Verlag .
Web links
- Rand Holmes at lambiek.net
- Rand Holmes at comicguide.de
Individual evidence
- ^ Foreword to the world's first edition of Hitler's cocaine , Volksverlag, Linden 1982, ISBN 3-88631-119-8 , p. 5.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Holmes, Rand |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Holmes, Randolph Holton (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian comix artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 22, 1942 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Truro (Nova Scotia) |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 15, 2002 |
| Place of death | Nanaimo |