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. In 2012 he edited, and wrote several strips for, the satirical romance anthology Romantic Mayhem, and one of his blog posts was adapted as a comic, American Independent Feature Film, 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.

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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
Quick Questions With, Irish Comic News], 21 June 2011

Online reference[]

Gar Shanley on IMDB

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-'''Gar Shandley''' is the creator of ''[[Fugger]]'' and ''[[All Rise]]''. He has worked with [[Cathal Duggan]] on the short film ''The Dog Has Worms'', the comic strip "The Living Proton" (written by Gar, drawn by Cathal) in the 2008 anthology ''[[Sorry I can't take your call right now but I'm off saving the world]]'', and ''[[Superhero Showcase]]'', a superhero satire published by the spoof publisher Windell Comics in 2009.
+'''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]]. In 2012 he edited, and wrote several strips for, the satirical romance anthology ''[[Romantic Mayhem]]'', and one of his blog posts was adapted as a comic, ''[[American Independent Feature Film]]'', 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.
+<gallery>
+File:FUG COVER.jpg|''Fugger'' (2008)
+File:Superhero showcase.jpg|''Superhero Showcase'' (2009)
+</gallery>
 ==External links==
-*[http://www.fugtheworld.blogspot.com/ Gar Shandley's blog]
+*[http://www.fugtheworld.blogspot.com/ Gar Shanley's blog]
-*[http://osheamedia.com/comics.html ''Fugger'']
+*[http://www.windellcomics.com/ Buy ''Superhero Showcase'' from Windell Comics]
+*[http://www.smallzone-shop.co.uk/superhero-showcase-1-1018-p.asp Buy ''Superhero Showcase'' from SmallZone (UK)]
-*[http://www.windellcomics.com/ Windell Comics]
+*[http://www.youtube.com/user/WindellComics Windell Comics' YouTube Channel]
+===Online comics===
+*[http://osheamedia.com/comics.html ''Fugger''] (pdf download)
+*[http://crapmancomic.blogspot.com/ ''Crap Man'']
+*[http://puredaft-delineavit.blogspot.com/2010/07/full-monty.html ''Some Blue Bloke'']
+===Press===
+*[http://thecomiccast.com/2009/07/07/windell-speaks-an-interview-with-gar-shandley-cathal-duggan/ "Windell Speaks"], interview with [[The Comic Cast]], 7 July 2009
 *[http://thecomiccast.com/2009/10/20/comic-cast-live-panel-getting-started-in-small-press-web-comics/ Live Panel on web and small press comics], [[The Comic Cast]], 20 October 2009
+*[http://www.irishcomicnews.com/quick-questions-gar-shanley/ Quick Questions With], Irish Comic News], 21 June 2011
+===Online reference===
+{{IMDB|1167599|Gar Shanley}}
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+{{DEFAULTSORT:Shanley Gar}}
-[[Category:Writer-artists]]
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-[[Category:Writers]]
+[[Category:Dublin creators]]
+[[Category:Comics writers]]
+[[Category:Comics writer-artists]]
+[[Category:Quick Questions With]]