Tony Millionaire

Tony Millionaire (2010)

Tony Millionaire (* 1956 ) is an American comic artist . His comic strip Maakies is one of the most successful worldwide in alternative newspapers printed, but was also in " mainstream - newspapers " published.

Life

After living in Germany for several years, Millionaire began drawing cartoons for a now defunct news paper in Williamsburg and making drawings of houses on the side. He was soon promoted to the New York Press , where he was able to publish his strips in weekly format, until a change in the editorial team finally led him to switch to the Village Voice .

Millionaire was part of the so-called transgressive art scene in New York City in the early 1990s, which, with cartoons, pornography and music , turned primarily against existing norms and morals . The magazine Screw was decisive for the comic artists and cartoonists .

Millionaire moved to Los Angeles in the late 1990s . He published his latest strips in the New York Times . Cartoon adaptations of his work appeared as part of Saturday Night Live and on a They Might Be Giants documentary. He not only works on comic strips, but also designs children's books and illustrates publications on historical topics.

Awards

• 2000: Eisner Award as Talent Deserving of Wider Recognition for Sock Monkey
• 2001: Eisner Award as Best Writer / Artist: Humor for Maakies and Sock Monkey
• 2001: Eisner Award Best Humor Publication for Sock Monkey vol. 3
• 2003: Eisner Award as Best Writer / Artist: Humor for House at Maakies Corner

Works

Tony Millionaire's works have only been translated into German in isolated cases in the Swiss comic magazine Strapazin . The following list only mentions the American publications and does not take into account the individual issues that were later published as anthologies.

• 2000: The Queens Jazz Trail: A Full-Color Illustrated Map. Together with Marc H. Miller. Ephemera Press. ISBN 0970412908
• 2000: Sin City: Dame to Kill For. Limited edition. Together with Frank Miller . Dark Horse Comics , ISBN 1569710465 .
• 2000: Maakies. Fantagraphics Books , ISBN 1560973919 .
• 2000: The Adventures of Tony Millionaire's Sock Monkey. Dark Horse, ISBN 1569714908 .
• 2001: Harlem Renaissance: Map Poster Guide. Together with Marc H. Miller. Ephemera Press, ISBN 0970412916 .
• 2001: Sock Monkey: A Children's Book. Dark Horse, ISBN 1569715491 .
• 2002: Lower Manhattan: A History Map. Together with Marc H. Miller. Ephemera Press, ISBN 0970412967 .
• 2002: Sock Monkey: The Glass Doorknob. Dark Horse, ISBN 1569717826 .
• 2002: Dark Horse Deluxe Journal: Tony Millionaire's Sock Monkey. Dark Horse, ISBN 1569718563 .
• 2003: The House at Maakies Corner. Fantagraphics Books, ISBN 1560975083 .
• 2003: Dark Horse Deluxe Stationery Exotique: Tony Millionaire Sock Monkey. Dark Horse, ISBN 156971875X .
• 2004: Mighty Mite The Ear Mite. Fantagraphics Books, ISBN 1560975717 .
• 2004: The Dark Horse Book Of Witchcraft. Together with Gary Gianni , Jill Thompson , Scott Morse and Mike Mignola . Dark Horse Comics, ISBN 1593071086 .
• 2004: Sock Monkey: Uncle Gabby. Dark Horse, ISBN 1593070268 .
• 2004: The Collected Works of Tony Millionaire's Sock Monkey. Dark Horse, ISBN 1593070985 .
• 2004: When We Were Very Maakies. Fantagraphics Books, ISBN 1560975903 .
• 2005: The Struwwelmaakies. Fantagraphics Books, ISBN 1560976543 .
• 2005: That Darn Yarn. Dark Horse Press, ISBN 1595820094 .
• 2005: Little and Large. Dark Horse Press, ISBN 1595820108 .
• 2006: Billy Hazelnuts. Fantagraphics Books, ISBN 1560977019 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Tony Millionaire in the catalog of the German National Library
• Tony Millionaire website