Dan Piraro

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Daniel Charles Piraro is a surrealist painter, illustrator, and cartoonist best-known for his award-winning syndicated panel cartoon Bizarro. Piraro was born in Kansas City, Missouri. He went to high school at Booker T. Washington in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and dropped out of Washington University in St. Louis. He lived in Dallas, Texas, for many years and currently resides in Brooklyn, New York City^[1] with his wife, Ashley Lou Smith.

He has received the National Cartoonist Society Panel Cartoon Award for 1999, 2000, and 2001, and been nominated for their Reuben Award several times for his work on the strip.

Since 2001, Piraro has toured the U.S. with various forms of a one-man comedy show called, "The Bizarro Baloney Show." The show won the 2002 New York International Fringe Festival award for "Best Solo Show."

Contents 1 Veganism 2 Books 3 See also 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Veganism

In 2002, Piraro became a vegan. Since becoming a vegan, Piraro has become a vocal activist for veganism. His activism is visible in Bizarro, often incorporating vegan and animal cruelty themes into his cartoons. Piraro has also incorporated an entire section devoted to veganism on his website, detailing his reasons for becoming a vegan and other vegan related information.

In 2007 Dan designed a limited edition tshirt for endangeredwear.com to raise money for the Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary, a non profit organization committed to ending the systematic abuse of animals used for food.

[edit] Books

• Bizarro (1986) ISBN 0-87701-402-7
• Too Bizarro (1988) ISBN 0-87701-536-8
• Mondo Bizarro (1989) ISBN 0-87701-711-5
• Sumo Bizarro (1990) ISBN 0-87701-774-3
• Glasnost Bizarro (1990) ISBN 0-87701-693-3
• Post-Modern Bizarro (1991) ISBN 0-87701-854-5
• Best of Bizarro (1992) ISBN 0-8118-0276-0
• Best of Bizarro II (1994) ISBN 0-8118-0771-1
• Bizarro #9 (1995) ISBN 0-8362-0430-1
• Bizarro #10 (1996) ISBN 0-8362-2235-0
• Life Is Strange And So Are You : A Bizarro Sunday Treasury (2001) ISBN 0-7407-1848-7
• Bizarro and Other Strange Manifestations of the Art of Dan Piraro (2006) ISBN 0-8109-9221-3
• Bizarro Among the Savages: A Relatively Famous Guy's Experiences on the Road and in the Homes of Strangers (1997) ISBN 0-8362-2173-7
• The Three Little Pigs Buy the White House (2004) ISBN 0-312-33074-X
• Bizarro Buccaneers – Nuttin' but Pirate Cartoons (2008) ISBN 0-7407-7740-8

[edit] See also

• Bizarro
• One man show
• National Cartoonists Society
• veganism
• List of vegans

[edit] References

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[edit] External links

• Dan Piraro's web site
• Dan Piraro's Charity Event Website. Features a large gallery of his cartoons.
• Short bio (with picture) at National Cartoonists Society
• NCS Awards
• MP3 Audio Interview with Piraro on public radio show / podcast The Sound of Young America