16 Facts About Dash Shaw

Dash Shaw is the author of the graphic novels Cosplayers, Doctors, New School, and Bottomless Belly Button, published by Fantagraphics.

Additionally, Shaw has written Love Eats Brains published by Odd God Press, GardenHead published by Meathaus, The Mother's Mouth published by Alternative Comics, and BodyWorld published by Pantheon Books.

Dash Shaw's square-sized short stories were collected in the 2005 book GoddessHead published by Hidden Agenda Press.

Dash Shaw's comics are known for their emphasis on emotional, lyrical logic and innovative design.

Dash Shaw was named one of the top ten artists to check out at the 2002 "Small Press Expo" when he was 19 years old.

Dash Shaw is the director of the animated features My Entire High School Sinking into the Sea and Cryptozoo.

Dash Shaw's father wrote the text and Dash did the illustrations.

Dash Shaw studied at the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan, graduating with a BFA in Illustration in 2005.

Late 2009 saw the release by Fantagraphics of The Unclothed Man In the 35th Century AD, a collection of short stories that Dash Shaw had previously published in MOME, along with several pages of storyboards and other ephemera from his animated shorts for IFC.

In 2013, releases from Dash Shaw included the zine-style mini-comic New Jobs, the comic-book length shorts collection 3 New Stories, and Dash Shaw's next graphic novel, New School.

Dash Shaw produced the three-part miniseries Clue: Candlestick for IDW comics in 2019.

Dash Shaw employs a combination of hand drawing, animation techniques and Photoshop to produce his artwork.

Dash Shaw started working on acetate sheets while studying at the School of Visual Arts.

On BodyWorld, for example, Dash Shaw did the color separations by hand, used the paint bucket tool in Photoshop to color the shapes, and then printed it out and painted over the photocopy, before scanning it again and making final adjustments in Photoshop to achieve the final art.

Dash Shaw explains that his key motive is combining what he likes about hand drawing with the processes available in Photoshop.

Dash Shaw was responsible for the "comic book" scenes in John Cameron Mitchell's 2010 film Rabbit Hole and the animated dream sequence on an episode of the controversial Netflix series 13 Reasons Why alongside Jane Samborski.