Farel Dalrymple | |
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![]() Dalrymple, photographed at the 2004 Alternative Press Expo (APE) in San Francisco. | |
Born | Farel DeShongh Dalrymple 1972 Hollywood, California |
Nationality | American |
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.
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]
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]