Self-portrait cartoon, from UNICEF for Beginners
Christian Clark (b. 1961)[1] is a writer and cartoonist who wrote for Sesame Street from 1987 to 1989. Clark won two Daytime Emmy Awards for his writing on the show.
Born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Clark is an alumnus of McGill University, from which he attained a B.A. in Political Science. Previously a cartoonist for the New Internationalist and an Information Officer for UNICEF Somalia, Clark wrote and illustrated the 1996 book UNICEF for Beginners. Among his other projects include involvement in developing the animated character Meena, a South Asian girl who educates her region on issues of gender, discrimination, and health, and he was the head of UNICEF's Meena Communication Initiative in Kathmandu, Nepal.
Clark has also illustrated the 2017 graphic history UNtold: The Real Story of the United Nations in Peace and War (credited under the pseudonym "Krishna"), and founded the Graphix Project, a cartoon-based initiative that promotes change on social issues through the use of comics, animation, and other graphics-based media.
Sesame Street credits[]
- Episodes
- Episode 2331
- Episode 2388
- Episode 2433
- Episode 2457
- Episode 2469
- Episode 2475
- Episode 2480
- Episode 2529
- Episode 2532
- Episode 2570
- Episode 2581
- Segments
External links[]
- The Graphix Project
- Yale Law School (archived)
- 1999 interview with The Communication Initiative Network
- "Meena and Sara: Two Characters in Search of a Brighter Future for Girls." Animation World Magazine, May 1996.
- "Meena Comes To A Store Near You ... If You Live in South Asia." Animation World Magazine, October 1997.
Sources[]
- ↑ Portfoolio 7: The Year in Canadian Caricature, 1991. Page 168.