Patrick Alexander

Patrick Alexander may refer to:

Patrick Alexander (poet)

Patrick Macgillicuddy Alexander (20 March 1940 – 21 September 2005) was an Irish-born poet who settled in Australia. Alexander was the son of Hugh Alexander, the Anglo-Irish mathematician famed for his work on the German Enigma machine at Bletchley Park during World War II. Born in Dublin, Dublin (County), Ireland he studied to be an actor at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts (RADA) in London and moved to Melbourne, Australia in 1960.

He remained there, except for nine years in Sydney in the late sixties and early seventies. During his time in Sydney he began submitting to magazines. His publications include Thrown Shadows (1976); five short poems, re-edited as one appeared in Poetry London (London, 1979); Effects of Remembrance (1994); Images Reflections Gathering Tributes(1995), amongst others. He gave several readings of Blake, of the pre-Raphaelites, and of Japanese Poetry in Translation at the National Gallery of Victoria.

Alexander was renowned as a performance poet. He was from 1983 to 2004 the only artist to produce an event for every Melbourne Fringe Festival. The relationship of the voice and the written word in poetry was an abiding interest for him. In honour of his contribution, the Festival has named the spoken performance prize the Patrick Alexander Memorial Award.

Patrick Alexander (cartoonist)

Patrick Alexander (Reid) is an Australian cartoonist.

Alexander is known for his creations, Raymondo Person,The Wraith, Pink Chickens, which ran for thirteen issues of the Australian kids magazine, Mania from 2001 until 2002 before being replaced by Tobias & Jube which continued in the kids magazine, Krash between 2005 and 2006. Alexander then moved to Sydney and was employed as a deputy editor for Total Gamer.

Alexander then was employed by Eegra, a video gaming website, to produce a weekly web comic.

In 2011 a copy of Alexander's AAAAAAAH received a degree of popularity at the Dark Horse Comics offices, which led the publisher Mike Richardson to engage him to work for them. Alexander's creations have appeared in Dark Horse Presents #1 (April 2011 -AAAAAAAH and Personally Quiz), #2 (June 2011 - The Wraith); #3 (August 2011 - Indecisive Man) and #4 (September 2011 - Teenagers). Alexander has described The Wraith as a character "partly based on Othello, although with some changes and additions". More recently his works were included in Dark Horse Presents #22 (March 2012 - Villianman); #26 (July 2013 - Steggy Wilmot and Spimps); #28 (September 2013 - Mrs Plopsworth's Kitchen) which is described as "somehow manages to be adorable and disturbing at the same time, although words like 'surreal', 'endearing', 'hilarious', and 'grotesque' could apply as well."; and #36 (May 2013 - Bunbun and Sadhead and Job Interview).