Andrew Farago

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Andrew Farago
Born1970s
Ohio, United States
Alma materColorado College
Occupation(s)Curator and author
Spouse Shaenon K. Garrity
Children1 [1]

Andrew Farago is the curator of the Cartoon Art Museum [2] in San Francisco, author, chairman of the Northern California chapter of the National Cartoonists Society, [3] and husband of webcomics author and illustrator Shaenon K. Garrity. [4]

Contents

Farago began his writing career in the mid-2000s by writing for various print and online magazines. He has authored various books on cartooning, most notably 2014's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Ultimate Visual History, [5] a book that chronicles the creative and business history of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise. [6]

Early life and education

Farago was born in the 1970s in Ohio, United States. He graduated from Colorado College with a degree in Studio Art. [7]

Personal life

Farago is married to Shaenon K. Garrity, herself a webcomic creator and writer. [7] Both Farago and Garrity have both been big supporters of Richard Thompson's collaborative project Team Cul de Sac which aims to help find a cure for Parkinson's disease. [8]

Awards and honors

Farago received an Inkpot Award for Fandom Services at the 2015 San Diego Comic-Con. [9]

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Ultimate Visual History, written by Farago, won the 2015 Harvey Award for Best Biographical, Historical, or Journalistic Presentation.

Cartoon Art Museum

Andrew Farago has worked for the Cartoon Art Museum in San Francisco since the summer of 2000, starting as a volunteer. It is here that he met his future wife. [10] He moved from volunteer status to a paid position in 2001, and in 2005 he was formally named Curator of the Cartoon Art Museum. [11] In his time with CAM he has curated over 100 exhibits. [7]

Writing career

Although remaining with the Cartoon Art Museum, Farago began to channel his love of cartoons into other venues.

Magazines

Farago has written for a number of magazines both online and in print related to cartoons such as Animation World Network, [12] The Comics Journal, [13] and The Comics Reporter. [14] Topics covered have included the San Francisco-based comic book convention WonderCon, [15] [16] interviews with Patton Oswalt, [17] Kyle Baker, [14] and Keith Knight, [13] as well as a retrospective on the 20th anniversary of Who Framed Roger Rabbit [18] In recent years, he has penned a number of artist obituaries for The Comics Journal, including articles on Paul Coker Jr., Vincent Kukua, Jesse Hamm, and Sharon Smith Kane.

Comic work

Farago's first professional comic writing came in the mid-2000s, co-writing with his wife for multiple editions of the Marvel Holiday Special. [19] [20] [21] In 2007 he launched The Chronicles of William Bazillion, a webcomic surrounding the exploits of the titular character William Bazillion, which concluded in 2009. [4] [22] He also served as co-editor of the second volume of Spark Generators, a fundraising anthology published by the Cartoon Art Museum with the aid of a Xeric Foundation grant.

Notable works

The Looney Tunes Treasury was the first full-length work by Farago, which told the fictional histories of the Looney Tunes characters in the voices of the characters themselves. [23]

In June 2014 Insight Editions published Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Ultimate Visual History, authored by Farago. Likely the first comprehensive history of the franchise, Farago "conducted over 60 interviews over the course of two years" [24] in the process of writing it.

The release was designed to coincide with the release of the Michael Bay produced rebooted movie, and was pushed back when the movie was so that it also coincided with the 30th Anniversary of the franchise. [25] This book featuring art from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise, including the various comics, animated series, and movies, as well as interviews with the creators of the series (Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird) and numerous others who have been involved in the series over the years. [6] The book was met with largely favorable reaction in the press and from fans, earning a gold medal for Best Popular Culture Book from the Independent Publisher Book Awards [26] as well as a Harvey Award nomination for Best Biographical, Historical, or Journalistic Presentation. [27]

Bibliography

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