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'''Glen Baxter''' (born 4 March 1944), nicknamed '''Colonel Baxter''', is an English draughtsman and artist, noted for his [[absurdism|absurdist]] drawings and an overall effect often resembling [[literary nonsense]].<ref>Conceição Pereira (University of Lisbon), "Glen Baxter: simulacro e literalização", 2005, Olhares e Escritas, Ensaios sobre Palavra e Imagem, Rui Carvalho Homem e Maria de Fátima Lambert, eds., Porto: Faculdade de Letras, Universidade do Porto, pp. 189-195.</ref>

Born in [[Leeds]], Baxter was trained at [[Leeds Arts University|Leeds College of Art]] (1960-5). He was a teacher at the [[Victoria and Albert Museum|V&A]] (1967–74). His first solo exhibition was held at [[New York City|New York]]'s Gotham Book Mart Gallery. Baxter's artwork has appeared in ''[[The New Yorker]]'', ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]'' and ''[[The Independent on Sunday]]''. His images and their corresponding captions employ art and language inspired by [[pulp magazine|pulp fiction]] and adventure comics with intellectual jokes and references. His simple line-drawings often feature [[cowboy]]s, [[gangster]]s, [[explorer]]s and [[schoolchildren]], who utter incongruous intellectual statements regarding art and philosophy. One of his best known satirical works, ''The Impending Gleam'', was first published in 1981.

[[File:GlenBaxtercartoon.jpg|thumb|Glen Baxter cartoon]]

Today the artist lives and works in [[London]]. With [[Flowers Gallery]], Baxter has had a number of solo shows including ''Furtive Loomings'' (2017), ''Tofu Walk With Me'' (2015), and ''Glen Baxter: The Soul in Torment, Parts I & II'' (2012).{{citation needed|date=March 2019}}

In August 2014, Baxter was one of 200 public figures who were signatories to a letter to ''[[The Guardian]]'' expressing their hope that Scotland would vote to remain part of the United Kingdom in September's [[2014 Scottish independence referendum|referendum on that issue]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/aug/07/celebrities-open-letter-scotland-independence-full-text |title=Celebrities' open letter to Scotland – full text and list of signatories &#124; Politics |publisher=theguardian.com |date=2014-08-07 |accessdate=2014-08-26}}</ref>

In May 2016, New York Review Books published a collection of Baxter's work titled, ''Almost Completely Baxter: New and Selected Blurtings''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nyrb.com/products/almost-completely-baxter?variant=6575268609|title=Almost Completely Baxter|website=New York Review Books|access-date=2016-03-29}}</ref>

*''His Life: The Years of Struggle'' (1983) (translated as ''Zijn leven, de jaren van strijd'', 1986){{ISBN|0-500-01307-1}}

*''Jodpurs in the Quantocks'' (1986)

*''The Festive Ordeal'' De Harmonie Amsterdam 1986

*''Le safari historico-gastronomique en Poitou-Charentes''. Poitiers: Éditions Atlantique, 2010. {{ISBN|978-2-911320-41-5}}. In French and English. Preface by [[Alberto Manguel]].

* [https://www.flowersgallery.com/artists/view/glen-baxter Glen Baxter Gallery Website]

* [https://comichouse.nl/author/baxter/ Comic House portfolio of Glen Baxter]

* [http://observer.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,6903,1371749,00.html "King of the Surreal," The Observer, 12 December 2004]

[[Category:Alumni of Leeds Arts University]]

[[Category:Artists from Leeds]]

[[Category:English surrealist artists]]

[[Category:Surreal comedy]]