159. Jim FitzPatrick: Artist - Part 1

Episode 159 - Fender Jackson chats with legendary artist Jim Fitzpatrick at his studio in Howth, County Dublin, recorded at 12 noon on Saturday, 3rd May 2025.

Conversation includes: introductions; early life in Glasnevin and Drumcondra; pensions; Patrick Whelan; Thomas Fitzpatrick and The Lepracaun magazine; family life; Irish genetics; Ian Adamson; the genetic vs. mythological history of Ireland; the Celts originating from Scythia; Aoife McLysaght and Lara Cassidy; Ireland’s connection to Egypt; Meritaten, Scota and Akhenaten (Tutankhamun's father); Clonycavan Man; Anatolia; red headed people including Jesus and Judas Iscariot; the Irish lineage of red heads starting with Joseph of the Technicolor Dreamboat fame; the Irish Annals; the Fomorians (the first race of people in Ireland); Aillwee bear living alongside first Irish settlers; the first Irish and British settlers people were black skinned and blue eyed; the Semitic link to the Irish; Milesians, Hebrews and the Gaels; Red Sea; Irish Frankenstein, John Tenniel’s anti Irish cartoons and Thomas Nast; f**king advertising visuals; storyboard; being an honorary guest at comic and hanging out with Jack Kirby; making more money in advertising than the president; being rescued by Thin Lizzy; Capella and Tara Telephone; The Writers’ & Artists’ Yearbook; Alan Aldridge; Hibernia Magazine; Bernadette Devlin; Philip Lynott; Frank Murray; Dublin Arts Council; Peter Fallon & Eamon Carr; BP Fallon; Tim Booth; Brian Robertson; Scott Gorham; designing ‘Vagabonds For The Western World’; ‘Jailbreak’ and Marvel Comics; the working process for Thin Lizzy; artwork appearing in exhibitions; Mucha; copyright; soccer, and other topics.

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Relevant Links

www.jimfitzpatrick.com

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www.instagram.com/jimfitzpatrick

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