Celia Allison
| Celia Allison | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1958 (age 65–66) Canterbury, New Zealand |
| Nationality | New Zealander |
| Area(s) | cartoonist |
Notable works | Cecily |
| www | |
Celia Allison (born 1958) is a New Zealand illustrator, best known for creating the character Cecily.
Early life[edit]
Born in North Canterbury in 1958, Allison attended boarding school from the age of 10.[1]
Education[edit]
Allison has a Bachelor of Science from Otago University and a diploma in Visual Communication Design from Wellington Polytechnic.[2][3]
Following her graduation Allison worked in illustration and graphic design in Wellington and in London. In 1988 Allison returned from Europe and started Moa Revival, a stationery company producing products with a notable emphasis on Kiwiana. In the late 1990s a cartoon about a single woman living alone began to take shape; by 2000 this hobby had gained enough attention to demand an audience of its own. The cartoon character was Cecily.
Career[edit]
After graduating from Wellington Polytechnic, she worked "in illustration and graphic design in Wellington and in London".[2] Since the late 1990s, Allison has been drawing the cartoon character of Cecily. She was inspired to create Cecily as a "representation of womanhood in New Zealand cartooning, which we didn’t have".[1] Cecily first appeared in Next magazine, and has since appeared on a range of merchandise.[1] From 2017, Cecily was syndicated in the American satirical magazine Funny Times.[1]
She also creates the stationery range Moa Revival, and was a contributor to Three Words: An Anthology of Aotearoa/NZ Women's Comics.[4][3]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d Noted. "'Like Cecily, I was an unclaimed treasure'". Noted. Archived from the original on 16 April 2019. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
- ^ a b "About Us". Cecily. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
- ^ a b Three words : an anthology of Aotearoa/NZ women's comics. Joyce, Rae, Laing, Sarah, 1973-, Neville, Indira, 1973-. Auckland, New Zealand. 2016. p. 64. ISBN 9780994120502. OCLC 948291321.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ "Woman of substance". Next: 58. May 1999.
