Adrian Raeside Biography
Born 1957 in Dunedin, New Zealand. At the age of 15 he moved with his parents to England then on to Canada, where he worked at various jobs from loading grain ships in Thunder Bay, to surveying on the West Coast. Editorial cartoonist for the Victoria Times Colonist for 32 years, Raeside's editorial cartoons appear in over 200 newspapers and magazines worldwide, from the Los Angeles Times, to Newsweek Japan.

In 1988, Raeside began producing animated editorial cartoons for the CBC Journal, going on to create, direct and produce dozens of animated shows for Turner Broadcasting and Children's Television Workshop - adapting Jim Henson Muppet characters for animation. Raeside left the animation production business in 1992 but is still actively involved in projects, writing scripts for various animated series, including ATOMIC BETTY, THE AMAZING ADRENALINI BROTHERS and KID vs. KAT.

Raeside is the author of thirteen books. Among them: THERE GOES THE NEIGHBORHOOD; an irreverent history of Canada, THE DEMENTED DECADE and 5 TWISTED YEARS. He also wrote and illustrated the popular DENNIS THE DRAGON series of children's books.

Raeside's comic strip; THE OTHER COAST was syndicated by Creators Syndicate in 2000 and now appears in over 350 newspapers worldwide. The second Other Coast collection, THIS IS YOUR FIRST ROCK GARDEN, ISN'T IT? was published in 2006.

Raeside's latest book: RETURN TO ANTARCTICA, an account of his grandfather's role in the famous 1910 race to the South Pole, was published by JW Wiley & Sons, fall 2009. Raeside has just completed producing a documentary on the race to the South Pole, based on his book.

Adrian Raeside lives in Whistler, BC.