Farel Dalrymple

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Farel Dalrymple
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Dalrymple, photographed at the 2004 Alternative Press Expo (APE) in San Francisco.
BornFarel DeShongh Dalrymple
1972
Hollywood, California
NationalityAmerican
Area(s) Cartoonist, Writer, Penciller, Inker
Pseudonym(s)Farel Dal
Notable works
Pop Gun War , The Wrenchies, ROBOT TOD
Awards Xeric Award, 2000
Society of Illustrators Gold Medal, 2002
https://www.fareldal.com/

Farel Dalrymple is an American artist and alternative comics creator. He is best known for his award-winning comics series Pop Gun War.

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Career

Originally from Oklahoma "by way of California", [1] Dalrymple is one of the founders of the New York City-based Meathaus Collective. He attended New York's School of Visual Arts as an Illustration major [1] and has been creating comics since 1999. [2]

Upon graduation, Dalrymple self-published Smith's Adventures in the Supermundane and included it in his application for a Xeric Award. He received the grant for his first issue of Pop Gun War and self-published the next four issues. Dark Horse published the collection in 2003. [3] Dalrymple illustrated Omega the Unknown , a 10-issue series written by Jonathan Lethem and published by Marvel in 2007 and 2008. [4] First Second Books published The Wrechies in 2014; and Image Comics published additional volumes of Pop Gun War in 2016 and 2017. [5]

In January 2025, Floating World Comics began publishing Robot Tod, a full-color ongoing series. [6]

Awards

Dalrymple has received several awards, including a Xeric Foundation grant, [2] a 2002 Society of Illustrators Gold Medal, and a Russ Manning Award nomination. An excerpt of Omega the Unknown was selected for the anthology Best American Comics 2010. [2]

Bibliography

Early work

Meathaus Press

Dark Horse & Image Comics

DC Comics & Marvel Comics

Other publishers

Covers only

References

  1. 1 2 Ellis, Jonathan. "Interview: Farel Dalrymple, Pop Gun Genius," PopImage (Jan. 2002). Accessed Dec. 27, 2008.
  2. 1 2 3 Neil Gaiman, ed., The Best American Comics 2010 (Boston, New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010), 319
  3. Chin-Tanner, Tyler (August 14, 2014). "It Will All Hurt: An Interview with Farel Dalrymple about His New Graphic Novel, 'The Wrenchies'" . Retrieved August 2, 2025.
  4. Garcia, Matthew (October 6, 2015). "When Marvel Went Weird – "Omega the Unknown" [Review]" . Retrieved August 2, 2025.
  5. Lehoczky, Etelka (June 22, 2017). "Shades Of Gray Turn Sumptuous In 'Chain Letter'" . Retrieved August 2, 2025.
  6. Johnston, Rich (October 7, 2024). "Robot Tod #1 by Farel Dalrymple, in Print From Floating World for 2025" . Retrieved August 2, 2025.
  7. Anthology of short vignettes based around the proverbs of Solomon and the parables of Christ.