Bobby Sands: Freedom Fighter

About Gerry Hunt

Gerry Hunt worked for twenty-five years as an architect eighteen of them with the IDA. In 1986 he left architecture and began drawing political cartoons. From this he moved on to drawing entire comics ... his first self-produced comic was a rhyming Spanish-language work that he gave away to friends. His book The Streets of Dublin was included in an exhibition entitled Artists Books in the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago. He published ground-breaking historical graphic novels for The O'Brien Press about the 1913 Lockout Easter Rising (1916) War of Independence (1919) and Bobby Sands. Gerry died in June 2018. Matthew Griffin was born in Dublin and now lives in Ennis. He has garnered a reputation as one of the most eclectic graphic artists in contemporary illustration collecting awards and accolades for his work in publishing advertising and in particular the field of poster art. His passion for visual design was always married to one for writing. His first childrens novel A Cage of Roots was published in 2015. Storm Weaver followed the same characters further into a fantasy odyssey (2016) and The Spiral Path brings the enemy through a time portal to modern-day Ireland.