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Dan Piraro Biography

Birth Name:Daniel Charles Piraro

Birth Place:Kansas City, Missouri, United States

Fast Facts

  • Won the New York International Fringe Festival Award for Best Solo Show for "The Bizarro Baloney Show" in 2002
  • Often incorporates vegan activism and animal cruelty themes into his cartoons and, in 2007, designed a limited edition T-shirt to raise money for the Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary
  • Won the National Cartoonist Society's Panel Cartoon Award in 1999, 2000, and 2001 as well as their Reuben Award for Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year in 2010 after having been nominated every year since 2002
  • Bizarro began syndication in 1985 and was appearing in more than 250 newspapers by 2006
  • Quote: "[Brooklyn] is a perfect place for someone who has to come up with a joke a day for life․ Every time I leave the house I see something I've never seen before․ Every trip on the subway provides enough material for a week's cartoons․"
  • In addition to being syndicated, his cartoons have been reprinted in a total of 16 book collections
  • Became the host of the reality TV series "Utopia" through his connection to the show's executive producer, John Kroll, who liked his voice
  • Best known as the illustrator and cartoonist behind the syndicated comic strip "Bizarro․"