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Dash Shaw

Dash Shaw is a cartoonist and animator whose second feature, Cryptozoo, starring Lake Bell, Michael Cera, Angeliki Papoulia, Zoe Kazan, Peter Stormare, Grace Zabriskie, Louisa Krause, and Thomas Jay Ryan, has its world premiere at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival on January 29. His debut film as writer-director, 2016’s My Entire High School Sinking into the Sea (starring the voice talents of Jason Schwartzman, Lena Dunham, Reggie Watts, Maya Rudolph and Susan Sarandon) is currently streaming on Netflix. Shaw recently wrote and illustrated Clue: Candlestick for IDW Press. His other books include Cosplayers, Doctors, New School, BodyWorld and Bottomless Belly Button. Learn more at his official site.

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Collaging Cryptozoo

While finishing his new Sundance feature during COVID-19, animator Dash Shaw relieved his stress through a therapeutic creative outlet.

January 28, 2021
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The Innovative, Inspirational Beauty of The Girl Without Hands

Animator Dash Shaw on the film he most frequently lends interns to show what can be achieved on very limited means.

November 25, 2019
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An Exclusive Comic From My Entire High School Sinking into the Sea’s Writer-Director Dash Shaw

The day before his debut directorial feature comes out, Shaw shares a cine-centric comic from his latest book, Cosplayers: Perfect Collection.

April 13, 2017