Lisa Hanawalt
| Lisa Hanawalt | |
|---|---|
 Lisa Hanawalt speaking at the XOXO Festival in Portland, 2015 | |
| Born |
June 19, 1983 Palo Alto, California, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Illustrator, cartoonist, production designer, producer |
Notable works | I Want You |
| Awards | see complete list |
| http://www.lisahanawalt.com | |
Lisa Hanawalt (born June 19, 1984) is an American illustrator and cartoonist. She is known for her work as a production designer and producer of the animated Netflix series BoJack Horseman,[1] and co-hosts the podcast Baby Geniuses with Emily Heller.
Career
Hanawalt was born in Palo Alto, California. She graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles in 2006, and she lived in New York City from 2009 until 2014, when she returned to California. She is a former member of Pizza Island, a cartoonist's studio in Greenpoint, Brooklyn which included cartoonists Kate Beaton, Domitille Collardey, Sarah Glidden, Meredith Gran, and Julia Wertz.[2]
Her illustrations and writings have been published in print and online periodicals including The New York Times, McSweeney's, Vanity Fair, and Lucky Peach magazine.[3][4] From 2011 through 2013, she was a regular contributor to The Hairpin and produced a series of illustrated film reviews.
Her first comic series, I Want You, was published in 2009 by Buenaventura Press. In 2010, Hanawalt was the first woman to win an Ignatz Award for Outstanding Comic, for "I Want You #1."
In 2013, Drawn and Quarterly published My Dirty Dumb Eyes, Hanawalt's "one-woman anthology" of comics and illustrations, including previously-commissioned works. The collected stories and shorts range from autobiographical narratives to cultural observations, frequently featuring anthropomorphic animal-people and scenes of nature rendered in bright, detailed watercolors, and likened by one reviewer to "a grown-up Richard Scarry turned absurdist social commentator."[5]
Personal life
As of 2015, she has been in a relationship with TV personality/host Adam Conover, who voices characters on the show BoJack Horseman.
Awards and recognition
Print magazine named Hanawalt one of the best new, young designers in 2013.[6] Her illustrated short story, "On the Trail with Wylie," won a James Beard Foundation Award for humor writing in 2014.[7]
Awards
- 2009 Ignatz Award for Outstanding Minicomic, Stay Away from Other People
- 2010 Ignatz Award for Outstanding Comic, I Want You
- 2011 Stumptown Award for Best Small Press, I Want You #2 [8]
- 2013 Society of Illustrators Silver Medal in Editorial Illustration, "Birch Trees"[9]
- 2014 James Beard Journalism Award for Humor, "On the Trail With Wylie," Lucky Peach
- 2016 Critics' Choice Award for Best Animated Series, BoJack Horseman[10]
Nominations
- 2013 James Beard Journalism Award for Humor, "The Secret Lives of Chefs," Lucky Peach[11]
- 2015 James Beard Journalism Award for Humor, "Goodbye to all that sugar, spice, fat," Lucky Peach[12]
Selected works
- 2012. Benny's Brigade, by Arthur Bradford. McSweeney's. ISBN 978-1-93636-561-6
- 2013. My Dirty, Dumb Eyes. Drawn & Quarterly. ISBN 978-1-77046-116-1
- 2016. Hot Dog Taste Test. Drawn & Quarterly. ISBN 978-1-77046-237-3
References
- ↑ Berkowitz, Joe (22 August 2014). "How a Funny, Horse-Obsessed Artist Created the Look of Netflix's First Animated Show". Co.Create. FastCo. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
- ↑ Ward, Katherine (3 April 2011). "Books". NYMag.com. New York. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
- ↑ "Visions of Thanksgiving". Sunday Review: The Opinion Pages. New York Times. 2011. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
- ↑ Hanawalt, Lisa (13 April 2014). "On the Trail with Wylie". Lucky Peach. Medium.com. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
- ↑ "My Dirty, Dumb Eyes". Publisher's Weekly. 260 (11): 67. 18 March 2013.
- ↑ Lerner, Jane (April 2013). "Lisa Hanawalt". Print. 67 (2): 40–41.
- ↑ "James Beard Foundation 2014 Award Winners List" (PDF). James Beard Foundation. 2014. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
- ↑ "2011 Stumptown Comic Arts Award Winners". The Comics Reporter. 17 April 2011. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
- ↑ "Illustrators 56: Part Two". Society of Illustrators. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
- ↑ Donnelly, Matt; Pond, Steve (17 January 2016). "'Spotlight,' Leonardo DiCaprio, Brie Larson Top Critics' Choice Award Winners". The Wrap. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
- ↑ "2013 James Beard Awards Nominees" (PDF). James Beard Foundation. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
- ↑ Borden, Maggie; Haak, Alyssa (9 April 2015). "Meet the 2015 Humor Journalism Nominees". James Beard Foundation. Retrieved 8 April 2016.
