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Indie Edge Creator Of The Month: Dash Shaw

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Please tell us a bit about yourself!

I'm a cartoonist and animator. My most recent book was titled Cosplayers (Perfect Collection TP / JUN171677) about two young women who cosplay. I wrote and directed the independent animated feature My Entire High School Sinking into the Sea, about a group of students (voiced by Jason Schwartzman, Maya Rudolph, Reggie Watts and Lena Dunham) who move up through the floors of a school slowly falling into the ocean. That played at a bunch of festivals and had a US theatrical release in 2017. I did a graphic novel in 2008 titled Bottomless Belly Button (MAR083712) that's being reissued now. That's about a family gathering at a remote beach house where the grandparents announce their divorce.

What are your favorite projects you’ve contributed to over the past decade?

The My Entire High School Sinking into the Sea movie was the most fun, because I got to work with so many other artists on that; from the composer and editor to the actors and background painters. I'm also very happy with a book I did titled Doctors (), about doctors who enter deceased patient's afterlives to bring them back from the dead.

What are you currently working on?

I'm working on my second animated movie, Cryptozoo, about a zoo that rescues and houses mythological creatures. I'm also slowly finishing a graphic novel I've been working on for many years, about a Quaker soldier in the Civil War.

What fun titles are you reading?

I love Anya Davidson's book from Retrofit Comics, Lovers in the Garden (DEC161332). That's a pulpy crime story. I also love all of Olivier Schrauwen's work. He did a book titled Arsene Schrauwen (AUG141478) about his grandfather. And I love Manuele Fior's comics. He has a new book coming out soon titled Blackbird Days (SEP178331) that I'm very excited to read!

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