Press Kit

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Stuart McMillen is a cartoonist based in Canberra, Australia. Stuart draws long-form comics inspired by social issues involving science, ecology, sustainability, psychology and economics.

What can the introduction of reindeer to an isolated Alaskan island teach us about sustainability? How much of our behaviour is shaped by a ‘reptile brain’ within us? These questions and more are touched upon via Stuart’s comics.

A growing portfolio of Stuart’s comics from 2011-present can be found at:

  • http://old.stuartmcmillen.com/comics/

As of 2015, Stuart McMillen’s most popular comics are Rat Park (2013), War on Drugs (2012), Supernormal Stimuli (2011), St Matthew Island (2011), and Peak Oil (2015 – newly released).

Stuart’s comics are currently translated into 9 languages, with the help of an enthusiastic international team of volunteers. [More info here]. These languages are selectable by the ‘language flag’ menu in the top-right of stuartmcmillen.com ( English ).

Stuart is currently drawing a 400 page comic book, entitled Thermoeconomics. It will feature four of Stuart’s heroes of post-growth, post-fossil fuel economics. The four scientists that will be profiled are M. King Hubbert [in the comic Peak Oil], Buckminster Fuller, Simon Kuznets and Herman Daly. The book will be published in 2016.

Journalists are welcome to contact Stuart for interview requests via his contact form. Preference is for interviews conducted via phone/video-chat, rather than written interviews. The reason: spoken interviews are less time-consuming than written questions.

To help your research: use the CV section to see the various ways that Stuart has ‘popped up’ over the years, including media appearances and republishing credits. Also, a fair amount of self-reflective commentary already exists in the FAQs, on the Top 10 page, and in the Making-of blog posts.

Images:

You have express permission to republish these images in publications / websites describing or reviewing Stuart’s comics. (Stuart McMillen retains copyright, and disallows use for all other purposes).

Note: each of the below RGB JPEG images range between 2 and 12MB in file size, averaging 4MB.

Email Stuart if you are chasing images other than what is supplied here.

Photos of Stuart

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Peak Oil artwork

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Rat Park artwork

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War on Drugs artwork

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Supernormal Stimuli artwork

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St Matthew Island artwork

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