- Scott Shaw (artist)
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awards =Scott Shaw (often spelled Scott Shaw!) is a
United States cartoonist andanimator . Among Scott'scomic-book work isHanna-Barbera 's "The Flintstones " (forMarvel Comics andHarvey Comics ), "Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew " (forDC Comics ), and "Simpsons Comics " (forBongo Comics ). He was also the first artist for the Archie "Sonic the Hedgehog" comic. Currently he also maintains a regular column on the craziest comic books ever published, oddballcomics.com.Shaw has been a fan of cartoons and comic-books since he was a child. Among his favorite cartoons were "
Popeye ", "Rocky and His Friends ", "The Ruff & Reddy Show ", and "The Flintstones". He enjoyed comics byJack Kirby ,Gilbert Shelton ,Sam Glanzman ,Bob Bolling ,Harvey Eisenberg ,John Stanley andCarl Barks , as well as comic strips byMort Walker andGene Hazelton . Many of these cartoons and comics went on to influence his own artistic style.He began selling his artwork while still in his teens after choosing a career as a cartoonist. Throughout the 1970s he contributed numerous stories to various
underground comix . He also found work as an inker and then as a writer and penciller for a line of Hanna-Barbera comics which were originally published by Marvel Comics. Eventually, in 1978, he was hired to the Hanna-Barbera staff and became layout supervisor and character designer onNBC 's "The New Fred and Barney Show " (starring the Flintstones) SatAM cartoon series.Shaw's work in TV animation includes producing and directing "
The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley " forHanna-Barbera , starring Martin Short and "Camp Candy " for DiC, starring John Candy. He was also awarded fourEmmy Award s for his work as a story director/storyboard artist onCBS ' "Jim Henson's Muppet Babies" (Marvel Productions). Scott has also worked on dozens of other cartoon series, including "Krypto the Superdog ", "Johnny Test ", "What's New, Scooby-Doo? ", "Duck Dodgers ", "American Dragon ", "Teamo Supremo ", "Fantastic Four ", "Richie Rich", "Popeye and Son ", "The Smurfs", "The Snorks " and "The Bungle Brothers" segments ofTex Avery 's "The Kwicky Koala Show " and many others. Scott also worked on Disney's direct-to-DVD "Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas " and "Mulan 2 ".Additionally, Shaw has worked extensively in advertising. For nearly ten years, he was the Senior Art Director of
Ogilvy & Mather (Los Angeles), where he co-wrote, co-directed, storyboarded and designed hundreds of animated TV commercials for Post Fruity andCocoa Pebbles cereal. He also wrote and drew many print ads for the product, and has even designed and illustrated many of the cereal's packages.Recently, Shaw has added to his resumé by designing well-received lines of action figures of
Hanna-Barbera andSimpsons characters forMcFarlane Toys .For 10 years, Shaw wrote a column on the
Comic Book Resources website titled "Oddball Comics" were he selected comic and magazine issues noted for their strangeness and provided facts and commentary on them. As of April 1st, 2006, Shaw moved this column to its own website (also called Oddball Comics) that continues this format, expanded to include other "oddball" topics as well.Trivia
* Shaw added the exclamation point to his name when he was 12.
* Shaw's favorite quote is byHunter S. Thompson , the gonzo journalist: "When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro." In a number of his underground comix works, he has used a Thompson inspired character: ananthropomorphic dog named "Pointer X. Toxin".
* Shaw was a storyboard artist for "Cro ", "Garfield and Friends ", "Mother Goose and Grimm ", and "Family Guy ", all forFilm Roman . He has also done storyboards for theCartoon Network show "Dexter's Laboratory " and the Nickelodeon series "Hey Arnold! ".
* Shaw is one of the original co-founders of theSan Diego Comic-Con .
* He has a son named Kirby, afterJack Kirby .External links
* [http://www.shawcartoons.com/ Scott Shaw!'s website]
* [http://www.oddballcomics.com/ Oddball Comics.com]
* [http://www.comixology.com/podcasts/1/Captain-Carrot-and-the-Final-Ark-1-of-3- comiXology.com's podcast] with Bill Morrison and Scott Shaw on the "Captain Carrot and the Final Ark" mini-series
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