Collection: Scott Shaw Artist Biography and Art Gallery Collection

Scott Shaw is an American Comic Book Artist, Cartoonist, Animator, and Historian of Comic Books who was born September 4, 1951 in Queens New York and raised in San Diego, California. He began his career in the 1970's underground comics scene, drawing funny animal superheroes for Comics like Quack (where he drew You-All Gibbon, 1977) and Fear and Laughter.  Scott Shaw's first professional work was for the Yogi Bear comic books by Marvel Comics and Harvey. He then worked for Marvel's 'Laff-A-Lympics', 'What If' and Eclipse's 'Destroyer Duck'.  Among Scott's comic-book work is Hanna-Barbera's The Flintstones (for Marvel Comics and Harvey Comics), Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew (for DC Comics), and Simpsons Comics (for Bongo Comics). Scott Shaw was also the first artist for Archie Comics' Sonic the Hedgehog comic book series.

Scott Shaw began selling his artwork while still in his teens after choosing a career as a cartoonist. Throughout the 1970's he contributed numerous stories to various underground comics. 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 on NBC's The New Fred and Barney Show (starring the Flintstones) Saturday morning cartoon series. Shaw's first published work appeared in the underground comic book, Gory Stories Quarterly. He and Roy Thomas co-created Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew! which first appeared in a special insert in The New Teen Titans #16 (Feb. 1982), followed by a series published from 1982 to 1983. Scott Shaw also both wrote and drew for Archie Comics' Sonic the Hedgehog early on in the series' run.

Scott Shaw's work in TV animation includes producing and directing The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley for Hanna-Barbera, starring Martin Short and Camp Candy for DiC, starring John Candy. He was also awarded four Emmy Awards for his work as a story director and storyboard artist on CBS' Jim Henson's Muppet Babies. 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, Garfield and Friends and The Bungle Brothers segments of Tex Avery's The Kwicky Koala Show and many others.

Scott Shaw also worked on Disney's direct-to-DVD Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas and Mulan 2. He was also awarded four Emmy Awards for his work as a story director/storyboard artist on CBS' Jim Henson's Muppet Babies (Marvel Productions). For nearly 10 years, Shaw was the Senior Art Director of Ogilvy & Mather (Los Angeles), where he co-wrote, co-directed, storyboard creator and designed hundreds of animated TV commercials for Post Fruity and Cocoa Pebbles cereal. He also wrote and drew many print ads for the product, and has designed and illustrated many of the cereal's packages.

Scott Shaw has also designed lines of action figures of Hanna-Barbera and Simpsons characters for McFarlane Toys. He co-founded Comic-Con International San Diego in 1970 with Shel Dorf, Richard Alf, Ken Krueger, Mike Towry, Barry Alfonso, Bob Sourk and Greg Bear. For 10 years, Scott Shaw wrote a column on the Comic Book Resources website titled "Oddball Comics" where he selected comic and magazine issues noted for their strangeness and provided facts and commentary on them. It serve as the basis for a digital slide show he has presented at comics conventions.