Jeremy Nell Cartoonist Illustrator

I am the self-proclaimed King Of Kak. I was born on
16 March 1979, and grew up - and still reside - in
Cape Town. Like every other cartoonist, I started
drawing from as far back as I can remember.
For years thereafter, my mother would take my father's
money to buy me things relating to comics - from videos
and books, to puzzles and video games.

Suffering from Attention Deficit Disorder meant that
finding a stable career path was always going to be about
as easy as convincing Manto that salads don't cure AIDS.
Realising that a Bachelor Of Arts and a Bachelor of Fine
Arts at university (Stellenbosch and UCT, respectively)
wasn't for me (since I was failing), I migrated to AAA
School Of Advertising where I studied Art Direction
and Design. On semi-finishing my tertiary studies
(since I failed again), I did what any ADD creative type
would do: I landed a job in a completely unrelated industry.

For almost three years, I worked in a boring cubicle-
environment for a mobile entertainment multinational,
iTouch SA, where I - for a very short period of time,
towards the end of my employment - unofficially became
the Creative Director of their 35050 brand. I worked
on a number of TV commercials; but as a result of my
increasing opposition to working with pornographic
cellphone content (corporately watered down and known
as "adult content"), I sought legal advice, and soon found
myself amid a near-litigation battle with management.
After accepting their threats to retrench me, I left
the company in November 2005 (with my backbone
still intact).

And that was when I decided to draw funny pictures for
a living, and kind of get paid for it. I currently draw two
daily comics for various publications. Ditwits, as seen
exclusively in The Times, is my editorial one;
Urban Trash, as seen in various newspapers and
magazines around South Africa, Namibia, and the UK,
is my sequential one.

Keep up to date with my comics and blogging,
at www.trashmedia.co.za.



	JEREMY NELL
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	I am the self-proclaimed King Of Kak. I was born on 16 March 1979, and grew up - and still reside - in Cape Town. Like every other cartoonist, I started drawing from as far back as I can remember. For years thereafter, my mother would take my father's money to buy me things relating to comics - from videos and books, to puzzles and video games. Suffering from Attention Deficit Disorder meant that finding a stable career path was always going to be about as easy as convincing Manto that salads don't cure AIDS. Realising that a Bachelor Of Arts and a Bachelor of Fine Arts at university (Stellenbosch and UCT, respectively) wasn't for me (since I was failing), I migrated to AAA School Of Advertising where I studied Art Direction and Design. On semi-finishing my tertiary studies (since I failed again), I did what any ADD creative type would do: I landed a job in a completely unrelated industry. For almost three years, I worked in a boring cubicle- environment for a mobile entertainment multinational, iTouch SA, where I - for a very short period of time, towards the end of my employment - unofficially became the Creative Director of their 35050 brand. I worked on a number of TV commercials; but as a result of my increasing opposition to working with pornographic cellphone content (corporately watered down and known as "adult content"), I sought legal advice, and soon found myself amid a near-litigation battle with management. After accepting their threats to retrench me, I left the company in November 2005 (with my backbone still intact). And that was when I decided to draw funny pictures for a living, and kind of get paid for it. I currently draw two daily comics for various publications. Ditwits, as seen exclusively in The Times, is my editorial one; Urban Trash, as seen in various newspapers and magazines around South Africa, Namibia, and the UK, is my sequential one. Keep up to date with my comics and blogging, at www.trashmedia.co.za.

JEREMY NELL