Shannon Wheeler
| Shannon Wheeler | |
|---|---|
 Shannon Wheeler | |
| 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.
Early life
Shannon Wheeler grew up in Berkeley, California.[1]
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]
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.
Bibliography
Books by Shannon Wheeler
- Children with Glue (Blackbird Comics, 1991)
- Wake Up and Smell the Cartoons (Mojo Press, 1997) ISBN 1-885418-18-3
- Too Much Coffee Man's Guide for the Perplexed (Dark Horse, 1998) ISBN 1-56971-289-1
- Too Much Coffee Man's Parade of Tirade (Dark Horse, 2000) ISBN 1-56971-437-1
- Too Much Coffee Man's Amusing Musings (Dark Horse, 2001) ISBN 1-56971-663-3
- How to be Happy (Dark Horse, 2005) ISBN 1-59307-353-4
- Screw Heaven, When I die I'm Going to Mars (Dark Horse, 2007) ISBN 1-59307-820-X
- Postage Stamp Funnies (Dark Horse, 2008) ISBN 1-59307-983-4
- I Thought You Would Be Funnier (BOOM! Studios, 2010) ISBN 1-60886-034-5
- Too Much Coffee Man Omnibus (Dark Horse, August 2011) ISBN 1-59582-307-7
- Too Much Coffee Man: Cutie Island and Other Stories (BOOM! Studios, March 2012) ISBN 1-60886-098-1
- I Told You So (BOOM! Studios, May 2012) ISBN 1-60886-093-0
- Astounding Villain House (Dark Horse, October 2013)
Collaborative Works
- Grandpa Won't Wake Up written by Simon Max Hill, illustrated by Shannon Wheeler (BOOM! Studios, October 2011) ISBN 1-60886-092-2
- Oil & Water written by Steve Duin, illustrated by Shannon Wheeler (Fantagraphics, November 2011) ISBN 1-60699-492-1
- God is Disappointed in You written by Mark Russell, cartoons by Shannon Wheeler (Top Shelf, 2012) ISBN 978-1-60309-098-8
Stage
- Too Much Coffee Man Opera (creator, co-librettist, producer)
- Too Much Coffee Man Opera, The Refill (creator, co-librettist, producer)
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)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Korn, Peter (March 25, 2010). "In Character with Shannon Wheeler". Portland Tribune. Archived from the original on September 23, 2011. 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. Retrieved 2009-06-29.
- ↑ "1995 Eisner Awards: For works published in 1994". Comic-Con.org. Archived from the original on April 27, 2011. Retrieved September 23, 2011.
- ↑ "2011 Eisner Award Winners List". Comic-Con.org. Archived from the original on September 23, 2011. 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. Retrieved September 23, 2011.
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. 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. Retrieved September 23, 2011.
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