Tasmanian-born cartoonist
Simon Hanselmann is an Australian-born cartoonist best known for his Megg, Mogg, and Owl series.[2] Hanselmann has been nominated four times for an Ignatz Award, four times for an Eisner Award (winning twice), twice for the Harvey Award and won Best Series at Angouleme 2018.
Art career
Hanselmann's Megg, Mogg, and Owl comics are currently published in 13 languages internationally.[3]
Although the title characters are a witch and a cat, like the popular 1970s children's book heroes Meg and Mog, "they are emphatically not the same".[4] In Hanselmann's stories, the pair are "depressed drug users struggling with life",[4] and are usually accompanied by two other regular characters, the uptight Owl and the highly volatile Werewolf Jones.[4]
Hanselmann's primary English-language publisher is Fantagraphics Books. He is currently living in California with his wife and daughter.[5]
In March 2020, he began serializing a pandemic-themed serial, Crisis Zone, on his Instagram.
In October 2022, Megg, Mogg & Owl made their animated debut in the anthology film The Paloni Show! Halloween Special! for Hulu produced by Justin Roiland. The short is titled Megahex, Devil’s Night, and featured the voices of Emma Chamberlain as Megg, Macaulay Culkin as Mogg, Dave Foley as Owl, and Jon Glaser as Werewolf Jones.
Awards
Nominations
Bibliography
Minicomics, webcomics, and anthology contributions
- St. Owl's Bay (2013), broadsheet newspaper, published by Floating World Comics
- Mould Map 3 (2014), two-page strip, published by Landfill Editions
- Megg, Mogg, & Owl (2014–ongoing), weekly comic, published online by Vice
- Werewolf Jones and Sons issue 1 (2015), with HTMLflowers; self-published
- Dome (2016), three-page strip, published by Lagon Revue and Breakdown Press
- Winter Trauma (2016), self-published minicomic
- Drone (2016), edition of 400, self-published minicomic
- Minihex (2016), published by Fantagraphics
- Landscape (2016), self-published minicomic
- Gouffre (2017), 10 page strip, published by Lagon Revue
- Portrait (2017), edition of 400, self-published minicomic
- Hard Rubbish (2017), 12 pages, edition of 300, self-published minicomic
- Innessential Garbage (2017), published by Fantagraphics
- WOTW (2017), 16 pages, edition of 500, self-published minicomic
- XMP-165 (2017), 28 pages, edition of 500, self-published magazine
- Performance (2017),16 pages, 3000 copies, broadsheet newspaper, published by Floating World
- Lucidity (2017), 44 pages, edition of 550, self-published minicomic
- Werewolf Jones and Sons 2 (2017), with HTMLflowers; 24 pages, edition of 500, self-published
- Romance (2017), 12 pages, edition of 600, self-published minicomic
- Apartments 24 pages, edition of 600, self-published minicomic
- Entertainment 24 pages, edition of 600, self-published minicomic
- Megg, Mogg, & Penguins 16 pages, edition of 700, self-published minicomic
- Decade 60 pages, edition of 750, signed and numbered self-published minicomic
- Knife Crime (July 2019), 36 pages, self-published minicomic
- Werewolf Jones and Sons #3 (2019), with HTMLflowers, 28 pages, edition of 500, self-published minicomic
- Megahex 2020 Winter Trauma Annual (December 2019), 52 pages, edition of 700, self-published minicomic
- Below Ambition (2020), 36 pages, edition of 600, self-published minicomic
Books
- Life Zone (2013), Space Face Books, ISBN 978-0983800545 (all stories in Life Zone are republished in One More Year)
- Megahex (2014), Fantagraphics Books, ISBN 978-1606997437
- Worst Behavior (2015), Pigeon Press, ISBN 978-1935443117 (this is a black-and-white book; the same story appeared in One More Year)
- Megg & Mogg in Amsterdam (And Other Stories) (2016), Fantagraphics Books, ISBN 978-1606998793
- One More Year (2017), Fantagraphics Books, ISBN 978-1-60699-997-4
- Bad Gateway (2019), Fantagraphics Books, ISBN 978-1-68396-207-6
- Seeds and Stems (2020), Fantagraphics Books, ISBN 978-1-68396-309-7
- Crisis Zone (2021), Fantagraphics Books, ISBN 978-1-68396-444-5
- Below Ambition (2022), Fantagraphics Books, ISBN 978-1-68396-549-7
- Werewolf Jones & Sons Deluxe Summer Fun Annual (2023), Fantagraphics Books, ISBN 978-1-68396-771-2
- Hypnotic Midday Movie: The Art of Simon Hanselmann (2023), Mansion Press, ISBN 978-2-49264-619-5
References
- ^ Hanselmann, Simon (2016). Megg & Mogg in Amsterdam (And Other Stories). Fantagraphics Books. p. 162. ISBN 978-1606998793.
- ^ Simon Hanselmann interview at the Comics Journal
- ^ Williams, Matt. "Simon Hanselmann's New Comic Book Puts the "ill" in Illustration". Format Magazine. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
- ^ a b c Redrup, Pete (21 August 2016). "Behold! August's Quietus Comics Round Up Column". The Quietus. Retrieved 24 November 2016.
- ^ Hanselmann, Simon (8 November 2022). "Author Bio". Below Ambition. Fantagraphics Books. p. 172. ISBN 9781683965497.
- ^ 2013 Ignatz Awards nominations.
- ^ 2014 Ignatz Award Winners IN FULL
