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Scott Shaw
For over fifty years, Scott Shaw! has written and drawn underground comix
(Fear and Laughter, Gory Stories Quarterly), mainstream comic books
(Captain Carrot and his Amazing Zoo Crew!, Sonic the Hedgehog, Simpsons Comics),
children’s books (Marooned Lagoon, Marooned Lagoon, Too!, and the upcoming
Marooned Lagoon: Where Is My Pretty Thing?), syndicated comic strips
(Bugs Bunny, Woodsy Owl), graphic novels (Shrek, Annoying Orange),
TV cartoons (Jim Henson’s Muppet Babies, The Completely Mental Misadventures
of Ed Grimley, Camp Candy), toys (McFarlane Toys’ line of Hanna-Barbera and
Simpsons action figures), trading cards (Garbage Pail Kids, Oddball Comics),
video games (also GPK), advertising (Pebbles Cereal commercials, print ads
and premiums featuring the Flintstones), T-shirts (MeTV's Svengoolie, San Diego Comic Fest)
and music package art (The Monkees’ A Barrel Full of Monkees and Just Us,
Staring at the Sun, Spice Train). Scott recently produced. wrote, designed and
storyboarded a Marooned Lagoon promotional animated short. He's finishing
the first story in his Aces Weekly online series, Kilgore Home Nursing,
as well wrapping up his long-awaited Oddball Comics book from TwoMorrows and
launching a new line of original T-shirts.
Scott also continues to write an ongoing bimonthly column for Retrofan magazine,
including an in-depth interview with his friend Sergio Aragonés. Scott's work
has garnered him four Emmy Awards, an Eisner Award, and a Humanitas Award.
He's known for his presentations of “the craziest comic books ever published”,
Oddball Comics Live! and his regular participation in Quick Draw! with
Mark Evanier and Sergio Aragonés.
Scott was also one of co-originators who created what is currently known
as Comic-Con International.
Scott's Wiki page
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