April 9, 2009

Dash Shaw received an Eisner “best web comic” nomination for his upcoming graphic novel BODYWORLD, which Pantheon will publish in 2010. BODYWORLD is currently a webcomic posted here.

Shaw will be giving two readings next week:

—-April 12, 7:00 pm at the KGB bar - information can be found here.
—-April 15-17: Emerging Writers Festival at Franklin & Marshall College.

Some more info:
Dash Shaw is the cartoonist of Bottomless Belly Button. He is also a regular contributor to the Fantagraphics quarterly comics anthology Mome. Besides making comics, he also dabbles in animation and painting. He was born in Los Angeles, California, in 1983; grew up in Richmond, Virginia, and now lives in Brooklyn, New York. To find out more about Dash Shaw, check out his website.