Shannon Wheeler
| Shannon Wheeler | |
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 Shannon Wheeler |
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| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Cartoonist |
| Notable works | Too Much Coffee Man |
Shannon Wheeler is an American cartoonist best known for creating the satirical superhero Too Much Coffee Man, and as a cartoonist for The New Yorker.
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[edit] Early life
Shannon Wheeler grew up in Berkeley, California.[1]
[edit] Career
He started cartooning while at UC Berkeley, publishing his daily gag cartoons "Calaboose" and then "Tooth and Justice" in The Daily Californian.[citation needed] He moved to Austin, Texas and created the satirical superhero Too Much Coffee Man as the star of a weekly comic strip in 1990. He eventually published the character in a series of self-published zines, comic books, magazines, and webcomics for a number of years, culminating in 2006 with the Too Much Coffee Man Opera[2] (in one act), followed by Too Much Coffee Man Opera, The Refill (in two acts) in 2008.
From 2004 until 2008, Wheeler contributed to many of the Idiot's Guide books.[citation needed] His weekly strip Postage Stamp Funnies appeared in the satirical newspaper The Onion until 2009, when he began contributing to The New Yorker magazine.[3] In 2010, Wheeler published a collection of his cartoons rejected by The New Yorker called I Thought You Would Be Funnier.
As of March 2010, Wheeler lived in Portland, Oregon, with his twin sons.[1]
[edit] Awards
- Hatch Broadcasting Award (for a Converse shoe commercial featuring Too Much Coffee Man)[citation needed]
- 1995 Eisner Award for Best New Series: Too Much Coffee Man, by Shannon Wheeler (publisher: Adhesive)[4]
- 2011 Eisner Award for Best Humor Publication: I Thought You Would Be Funnier, by Shannon Wheeler (BOOM!)[5]
- 2011 nomination, Harvey Award, Special Award for Humor in Comics: I Thought You Would Be Funnier, by Shannon Wheeler (BOOM!)[6] nomination.
[edit] Bibliography
Books by Shannon Wheeler
- Children with Glue (Blackbird Comics, 1991)
- Wake Up and Smell the Cartoons (Mojo Press, 1997) ISBN 1885418183
- Too Much Coffee Man's Guide for the Perplexed (Dark Horse, 1998) ISBN 1569712891
- Too Much Coffee Man's Parade of Tirade (Dark Horse, 2000) ISBN 1569714371
- Too Much Coffee Man's Amusing Musings (Dark Horse, 2001) ISBN 1569716633
- How to be Happy (Dark Horse, 2005) ISBN 1593073534
- Screw Heaven, When I die I'm Going to Mars (Dark Horse, 2007) ISBN 159307820X
- Postage Stamp Funnies (Dark Horse, 2008) ISBN 1593079834
- I Thought You Would Be Funnier (BOOM! Studios, 2010) ISBN 1608860345
- Too Much Coffee Man Omnibus (Dark Horse, August 2011) ISBN 1595823077
- Too Much Coffee Man: Cutie Island and Other Stories (BOOM! Studios, March 2012) ISBN 1608860981
- I Told You So (BOOM! Studios, May 2012) ISBN 1608860930
Collaborative Works
- Grandpa Won't Wake Up written by simon max hill, illustrated by Shannon Wheeler (BOOM! Studios, October 2011) ISBN 1608860922
- Oil & Water written by Steve Duin, illustrated by Shannon Wheeler (Fantagraphics, November 2011) ISBN 1606994921
- God is Disappointed in You written by Mark Russell, cartoons by Shannon Wheeler (Top Shelf, 2012) ISBN 978-1-60309-098-8
[edit] Stage
- Too Much Coffee Man Opera (creator, co-librettist, producer)
- Too Much Coffee Man Opera, The Refill (creator, co-librettist, producer)
[edit] Self-publications
- Waiting for Justice columns by Carolyn Jones, cartoons by Shannon Wheeler (Berkeley, California, 1987)
- Children with Glue by Shannon Wheeler (Berkeley California, 1989)
- Too Much Coffee Man Mini Comics by Shannon Wheeler (Austin, TX, 1992)
- Too Much Coffee Man Webcomic by Shannon Wheeler (beginning in Austin, TX, 1992, ongoing)
- Too Much Coffee Man Comic Book by Shannon Wheeler (Austin, TX, 1993–2001)
- Jab
- Too Much Coffee Man Magazine published by Shannon Wheeler (Portland, OR, 2002–2006)
[edit] References
- ^ a b Korn, Peter (March 25, 2010). "In Character with Shannon Wheeler". Portland Tribune. Archived from the original on September 23, 2011. http://www.portlandtribune.com/news/story.php?story_id=126946388416751100. Retrieved September 23, 2011.
- ^ TMCM at the Portland Center for Performing Arts
- ^ "Cartoons from the Issue of April 27, 2009". The New Yorker. 2009-04-29. Archived from the original on June 7, 2011. http://www.newyorker.com/humor/issuecartoons/2009/05/04/cartoons_20090427. Retrieved 2009-06-29.
- ^ "1995 Eisner Awards: For works published in 1994". Comic-Con.org. Archived from the original on April 27, 2011. http://www.comic-con.org/cci/cci_eisners_pastwinners.php#1995. Retrieved September 23, 2011.
- ^ "2011 Eisner Award Winners List". Comic-Con.org. Archived from the original on September 23, 2011. http://www.comic-con.org/cci/cci_eisners_11win.php#list. Retrieved September 23, 2011.
- ^ "Congratulations to the 2011 Harvey Award Winners!: 2011 Harvey Award Nominees". HarveyAwards.org. Archived from the original on September 23, 2011. http://www.harveyawards.org/. Retrieved September 23, 2011.
[edit] External links
- Shannon Wheeler at the Grand Comics Database
- Shannon Wheeler at the Comic Book DB
- Shannon Wheeler (official site)
- Wheeler, Shannon. "Nilharity". Act-i-vate.com. Archived from the original on July 22, 2011. http://www.act-i-vate.com/96.comic. Retrieved September 23, 2011.
- "Shannon Wheeler: 'Funny and Tragic is Funnier Than Funny'". The New Yorker: The Cartoon Bank Blog. March 15, 2011. Archived from the original on September 23, 2011. http://blog.cartoonbank.com/2011/03/15/meet-the-artist-shannon-wheeler/. Retrieved September 23, 2011.
