Bio

Bernie McGovern is a puppet designer, illustrator, and comics artist living in Chicago. He teaches for Snow City Arts in Rush Hospital’s pediatrics ward, where children can continue to learn while missing school. Student projects have included a shadow puppet animation, 3d cgi rendering with Blender, and countless watercolor paintings. His personal projects include the autobiographic “DemonGun Zine,” the graphic novel “An Army of Lovers will be Beaten,” and the multimedia experience of “The Cosmouse.” His puppets have appeared in plays by The House Theatre, Actors Theatre of Louisville, The Neo-Futurists of Chicago, The Hypocrites, Dog & Pony, Sanculottes, and Drinking & Writing Theater. He has a great love for collaborators, juniper, hazelnut infused chocolate, and his parents. Send an email to request CV or student work portfolio to bernie@rockwellfarmer.com

Rockwellfarmer is his underground dwelling, where life is gloomy yet radiant:

Photo by Becca Fischer