Simon Hanselmann

Simon Hanselmann
Hanselmann at the 2014 Brooklyn Book Festival
Born Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
Nationality Australian
Area(s) Cartoonist
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Simon Hanselmann is a Tasmanian-born cartoonist best known for his Megg, Mogg and Owl series.[1] Hanselmann has been nominated four times for an Ignatz Award for his work in comics.

Art career

Hanselmann's Megg, Mogg and Owl comics are currently published in 13 languages internationally.[2] The full-length book Megg & Mogg in Amsterdam was released by Fantagraphics in 2016.[3]

Although the title characters are a witch and a cat, like the popular 1970s children's book heroes Meg and Mog, "they are emphatically not the same".[3] In Hanselmann's stories, the pair are "depressed drug users struggling with life".[3] They are usually accompanied by two other regular characters, the sedate Owl and the highly volatile Werewolf Jones.[3]

Hanselmann's primary English-language publisher is Fantagraphics Books. He is currently living in Seattle.[2]

Awards

Nominations

  • 2013 Ignatz Award for Outstanding Comic for St. Owl's Bay[4]
  • 2014 Ignatz Award for Outstanding Story for "Jobs" from Life Zone[5]
  • 2016 in selection at Angoulême festival BD for "Magical Ecstacy Trip"
  • 2016 Ignatz Award for Best Series and Best Story for Amsterdam
  • 2017 in selection at Angoulême festival BD for "Megg & Mogg In Amsterdam"
  • 2017 Eisner Award for Best Short Story for "The Comics Wedding Of The Century"
  • 2017 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album Reprint for "Megg and Mogg in Amsterdam"

Bibliography

Minicomics, webcomics and anthology contributions

  • St. Owl's Bay (2013), broadsheet newspaper published by Floating World Comics
  • Mould Map 3 (2014). 2-page strip, published by Landfill Editions
  • Megg, Mogg, & Owl (2014–ongoing), weekly comic published online by Vice
  • Werewolf Jones and Sons issue 1 (2015), w/ HTMLflowers, self-published.
  • Dome (2016). 3-page strip published by Lagon Revue & Breakdown Press
  • Winter Trauma (2016), self-published minicomic
  • Drone (2016), self-published minicomic
  • MInihex (2016), published by Fantagraphics
  • "Landscape" (2016), self-published minicomic
  • "Gouffre" (2017), 10 page strip, published by Lagon Revue
  • "Portrait" (2017), self-published minicomic
  • Hard Rubbish (2017), self-published minicomic
  • Innessential Garbage (2017), published by Fantagraphics
  • WOTW (2017), self-published minicomic
  • XMP-165 (2017), self-published magazine
  • Performance (2017), broadsheet newspaper published by Floating World
  • Lucidity (2017), self-published minicomic
  • Werewolf Jones and sons 2 (2017), w/ HTMLflowers. Self-published.
  • Romance (2017), self-published minicomic.

Books

  • Life Zone (2013), Space Face Books, ISBN 978-0983800545
  • Megahex (2014), Fantagraphics Books, ISBN 978-1606997437
  • Worst Behavior (2015), Pigeon Press, ISBN 978-1935443117
  • Megg & Mogg In Amsterdam (and Other Stories) (2016). Fantagraphics Books, ISBN 978-1606998793
  • One More Year (2017), Fantagraphics Books

References

  1. ↑ Simon Hanselmann interview at the Comics Journal
  2. 1 2 Williams, Matt. "Simon Hanselmann's New Comic Book Puts the "ill" in Illustration". Format Magazine. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Redrup, Pete (August 21, 2016). "Behold! August's Quietus Comics Round Up Column". The Quietus. Retrieved November 24, 2016.
  4. ↑ 2013 Ignatz Awards nominations.
  5. ↑ 2014 Ignatz Award Winners IN FULL
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