Gar Shanley is a cartoonist, writer and filmmaker from Dublin, and the creator of the satirical comics All Rise (1994) and Fugger (2008). With artist Cathal Duggan, he created Superhero Showcase (2009), a superhero satire published by the spoof publisher Windell Comics, and "The Living Proton" in the 2008 anthology Sorry I can't take your call right now but I'm off saving the world. 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. He also makes Windell animated shorts with Duggan and Richard O'Shea.
Initially influenced as a child by Whoopee, Spider-Man, 2000AD and the Finnish writer and illustrator Tove Janson, he was inspired to publish his own comics when he discovered underground cartoonists like Robert Crumb in his teens. Other influences include John Wagner, Stan Lee, Chris Ware and Aline Kominsky.
External links
- Gar Shanley's blog
- Fugger (pdf download)
- Buy Superhero Showcase from Windell Comics
- Buy Superhero Showcase from SmallZone (UK)
- Windell Comics' YouTube Channel
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