Changes: Gar Shanley

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Gar Shanley is a cartoonist, writer and filmmaker from Dublin, and the creator of the satirical comics All Rise (1994) and Fugger (2008). He is the writer and co-creator, with artist Cathal Duggan of Superhero Showcase (2009), a superhero satire published by the spoof publisher Windell Comics. A followup, Supernatural Showcase, was published in December 2010. The pair also created "The Living Proton" in the 2008 anthology Sorry I can't take your call right now but I'm off saving the world, and make Windell animated shorts with Richard O'Shea. In 2010 he launched the webcomic Crap Man, and wrote the short colour comic Some Blue Bloke, illustrated by Deirdre de Barra.

Trained as a screenwriter, he writes films for the Irish Film Board, often in collaboration with Lorcan Finnegan, and directed the short film The Dog Has Worms, written by Cathal Duggan.

External links

Online comics

Press

"Windell Speaks", interview with The Comic Cast, 7 July 2009
Live Panel on web and small press comics, The Comic Cast, 20 October 2009

Online reference

IMDB

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-'''Gar Shanley''' is a cartoonist, writer and filmmaker from Dublin, and the creator of the satirical comics ''All Rise'' (1994) and ''[[Fugger]]'' (2008). He is the writer and co-creator, with artist [[Cathal Duggan]] of ''[[Superhero Showcase]]'' (2009), a superhero satire published by the spoof publisher [[Windell Comics]]. A followup, ''Supernatural Showcase'', is in the works. The pair also created "The Living Proton" in the 2008 anthology ''[[Sorry I can't take your call right now but I'm off saving the world]]'', and make Windell animated shorts with Richard O'Shea. In 2010 he launched the webcomic ''[[Crap Man]]'', and wrote the short colour comic ''[[Some Blue Bloke]]'', illustrated by [[Deirdre de Barra]].
+'''Gar Shanley''' is a cartoonist, writer and filmmaker from Dublin, and the creator of the satirical comics ''All Rise'' (1994) and ''[[Fugger]]'' (2008). He is the writer and co-creator, with artist [[Cathal Duggan]] of ''[[Superhero Showcase]]'' (2009), a superhero satire published by the spoof publisher [[Windell Comics]]. A followup, ''[[Supernatural Showcase]]'', was published in December 2010. The pair also created "The Living Proton" in the 2008 anthology ''[[Sorry I can't take your call right now but I'm off saving the world]]'', and make Windell animated shorts with Richard O'Shea. In 2010 he launched the webcomic ''[[Crap Man]]'', and wrote the short colour comic ''[[Some Blue Bloke]]'', illustrated by [[Deirdre de Barra]].
 Trained as a screenwriter, he writes films for the Irish Film Board, often in collaboration with Lorcan Finnegan, and directed the short film ''The Dog Has Worms'', written by Cathal Duggan.
-Initially influenced as a child by ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whoopee!_(comic) Whoopee]'', ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider-Man Spider-Man]'', ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000AD_(comics) 2000AD]'' and the Finnish writer and illustrator [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tove_Jansson Tove Janson], he was inspired to publish his own comics when he discovered underground cartoonists like [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Crumb Robert Crumb] in his teens. Other influences include [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wagner John Wagner], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stan_Lee Stan Lee], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Ware Chris Ware] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aline_Kominsky Aline Kominsky].
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