Darren Schroeder

Darren Schroeder
Schroeder at the Funtime Comics Midwinter Comics Retreat, 2006
Darren Schroeder's mini comic Mopy #14 published in 2006

Darren Phillip Schroeder (born on 27 August 1967 in Christchurch, New Zealand) is a Small Press editor, critic, stand up comedian, and comics creator.[1] He is best known for founding the Register of New Zealand Comics, editing the Small press section of the Comics Bulletin website and as long-standing editor of the Funtime Comics anthology Funtime Comics Presents. He also creates his own popular semi-autobiographical mini comic Mopy

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Biography

Darren Schroeder is a pākehā from Christchurch, New Zealand who now living in Devon, England.[2] He learnt to read through exposure to Donald Duck comics, and later on the work of Keith Giffen on Justice League International inspired him to return to his comic reading habit.[3]

His interest turned to locally produced comics, and even though they were done on a small scale he thought they were just as good, if not better, than most of the imported stuff he encountered.

Editorship at Funtime Comics

He became involved in the New Zealand comic collective Funtime Comics at its inception in 1991, but did not take up editorship of the Funtime Comics Presents anthology until 1993 with the publication of Issue #5.[4] He was known for a very inclusive editorial policy, "Everyone's got a story to tell, and everyone can draw comics."[5] His long-standing editorship finished with his move to England in February 2007, and Issue #22 and #23 have been published under new editor Isaac Freeman.

Small Press reviewing

Darren Schroeder took up editorship of the Small Press section of the international Comics Bulletin website when the site launched in 2000. He is also a critic/writer for the international publications Comic Edge, Comic Quarterly, and various websites such as Comics Australia (the former seminal site for Australian comics ).[6]

His own Comic Mopy

Comics reviewer Tim Bollinger wrote that Darren's mini-comic, Mopy: "...veers wildly from heartfelt autobiographical narratives to bad throwaway puns, with naïve, scratchy but immediate drawings that shout sincerity into the gaping abyss of popular cultural indifference".[7]

Acknowledgements

He was interviewed about his contribution to the New Zealand comics scene by Shirley Horrocks in her documentary The Comics Show.[8] He was also interviewed on New Zealand's National Radio.[5]

In 2006 the Kiwi Comics site (featuring the Register of New Zealand Comics) that Darren Schroeder created and maintains was acknowledged in two independent New Zealand comics awards.

  • 2006 Gibson Award winner Favourite Web Related Material[9]
  • 2006 Black River Digital Eric Award winner Best Comics Related Website[10]

He was also acknowledged by the tongue-in-cheek First Annual Funtime Comics Award 2002 as the joint winner of The Funtimes Extreme Award for best contribution to community singing.[11]

Other activities

In addition to his comics interests, until recently Darren Schroeder was an active committee member of the Canterbury Film Society. His involvement in visual culture extends to television, and he also maintains a web site about New Zealand television history.[12]

Sources

References

  1. ^ "Biography". Kiwi Comics. Archived from the original on 2007-10-07. http://web.archive.org/web/20071007075125/http://www.comics.org.nz/wiki/index.php/Darren_Schroeder. Retrieved 2008-02-02. 
  2. ^ "Moved to the UK". Daza Land. http://www.lonely.geek.nz. Retrieved 2008-02-02. 
  3. ^ "Developing the comic reading habit". Daza Land. http://www.lonely.geek.nz/comics.html. Retrieved 2008-02-02. 
  4. ^ "Funtimes Comics Presents". Funtime Comics. http://funtime.comics.org.nz/ftcpresents.html. Retrieved 2008-02-02. [dead link]
  5. ^ a b "Darren Schroeder interviewed on National Radio". National Radio. http://www.comics.org.nz/wiki/images/d/dc/Funtime_Interview.mp3. Retrieved 2008-02-02. 
  6. ^ "Contributions to Comics Australia". Daza Land. http://www.lonely.geek.nz/comics.html. Retrieved 2008-02-02. 
  7. ^ "Review of Schroeder's semi-autobiographical comic Mopy". Pavement magazine, Winter 2005. http://mopy.comics.org.nz/reviews.html. Retrieved 2008-02-02. 
  8. ^ "Funtimes comics editor interviewed on The Comics Show". The Comics Show. Archived from the original on 2007-12-14. http://web.archive.org/web/20071214062452/http://www.comics.org.nz/wiki/index.php/The_Comics_Show. Retrieved 2008-01-25. 
  9. ^ "Comics.org.nz recognised by the 2006 Gibson Awards". Gibson Awards. http://gca.comics.co.nz/2006winners.php. Retrieved 2008-02-02. 
  10. ^ "Comics.org.nz recognised by the 2006 Eric Awards". Eric Awards. http://www.comics.org.nz/wiki/index.php?title=Eric_Awards. Retrieved 2008-02-02. 
  11. ^ "Darren Schroeder recognised in the First Annual Funtime Comics Awards". Funtime Awards. http://www.comics.org.nz/wiki/index.php?title=First_Annual_Funtime_Comics_Awards. Retrieved 2008-02-02. 
  12. ^ "Darren Schroeder's Kiwi TV site". Kiwi TV. http://www.lonely.geek.nz/kiwitv/. Retrieved 2008-02-02. 

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