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ⓘ About Dash Shaw
Dash Shaw is an American comic author, animator, and cartoonist living in Brooklyn, New York. Some of his notable books include New School, Bodyworld, and Bottomless Belly Button. Shaw’s animated films to his name include Sundance Selection and Sigur Ros video. His comic short stories have appeared in many anthologies, magazines, and newspapers. The comics are best known for their lyrical logic, emotional, and innovative design. At the age of 19, Dash was named as one of the top 10 artists at the 2002 Small Press Expo. Bodyworld Bodyworld is a superhero science-fiction comic book. It features Professor Paulie Panther, a botanist crazy enough to perform drug experiments on his body, and the effects of the drugs make him act a little bit crazy.
All Book Series by Dash Shaw
MOME Vol. 1
Series opener · book 1 of 22 · published 2004 Anthology · Paul Hornschemeier,Anders Nilsen,Gary Groth,Jeffrey Brown,John Pham,Gabrielle Bell,Martin Cendreda,Jonathan Bennett,David Heatley,Sophie Crumb,Andrice Arp,Kurt Wolfgang
MOME Vol. 2
Book 2 of 22 · published 2006 Anthology · Eric Reynolds,Paul Hornschemeier,Anders Nilsen,Gary Groth,Jeffrey Brown,John Pham,Gabrielle Bell,Martin Cendreda,Jonathan Bennett,David Heatley,Tim Hensley,Sophie Crumb,Andrice Arp,Kurt Wolfgang
MOME Vol. 3
Book 3 of 22 · published 2006 Anthology · Anders Nilsen,Gary Groth,Jeffrey Brown,R. Johnson,Gabrielle Bell,Martin Cendreda,Jonathan Bennett,David Heatley,David B.,Andrice Arp,Kurt Wolfgang
MOME Vol. 4
Book 4 of 22 · published 2006 Anthology · Eric Reynolds,Paul Hornschemeier,Anders Nilsen,Gary Groth,Jeffrey Brown,John Pham,R. Johnson,Gabrielle Bell,Martin Cendreda,Jonathan Bennett,David Heatley,Sophie Crumb,David B.
MOME Vol. 5
Book 5 of 22 · published 2006 Anthology · Eric Reynolds,Paul Hornschemeier,Anders Nilsen,Gary Groth,Jeffrey Brown,Zak Sally,Gabrielle Bell,Martin Cendreda,Tim Hensley,Sophie Crumb,Robert Goodin,Kurt Wolfgang
MOME Vol. 6
Book 6 of 22 · published 2007 Anthology · Eric Reynolds,Paul Hornschemeier,Anders Nilsen,Gary Groth,Jeffrey Brown,R. Johnson,Gabrielle Bell,Sammy Harkham,Lewis Trondheim,Martin Cendreda,Jonathan Bennett,David Heatley,Tim Hensley,Sophie Crumb,Kurt Wolfgang,Émile Bravo
MOME Vol. 8
Book 8 of 22 · published 2007 Anthology · Paul Hornschemeier,Gary Groth,Tom Kaczynski,Ray Fenwick,Eleanor Davis,Lewis Trondheim,Jonathan Bennett,Sophie Crumb,Joe Kimball,Émile Bravo,Al Columbia
MOME Vol. 9
Book 9 of 22 · published 2007 Anthology · Brian Evenson,Eric Reynolds,Paul Hornschemeier,Jim Woodring,Zak Sally,Tom Kaczynski,Ray Fenwick,Gabrielle Bell,Tim Hensley,Sophie Crumb,Andrice Arp,Kurt Wolfgang,Joe Kimball,Al Columbia,Mike Scheer
MOME Vol. 18
Book 18 of 22 · published 2010 Anthology · Ted Stearn,Gary Groth,Dave Cooper,Gavin McInnes,Lilli Carré,Frank Santoro,Kaela Graham,Nicolas Mahler,Renée French,Tim Lane,Michael Jada,Nate Neal,Derek Van Gieson,T. Bak,Jon Vermilyea,Joe Daly,JonAdams,Conor O'Keefe,BenJones,Ivan Brun
Now #1: The New Comics Anthology
Latest in the series · book 4 of 4 · published 2017
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Dash Shaw?
Dash Shaw is an American comic author, animator, and cartoonist living in Brooklyn, New York. Some of his notable books include New School, Bodyworld, and Bottomless Belly Button. Shaw's animated films to his name include Sundance Selection and Sigur Ros video.
Which Dash Shaw series should I start with?
The best place to start is the MOME series, the earliest of Dash Shaw's multi-book series: it opens with MOME Vol. 1 (2004) and runs to 22 books across 2004–2011, ending with MOME Vol. 22 (2011). Dash Shaw's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.
How many books has Dash Shaw written?
Dash Shaw has 42 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2004 and 2021. 26 of them belong to 3 named series — the largest being the MOME series with 22 books — and 16 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Dash Shaw's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Dash Shaw's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are MOME (2004–2011, 22 books), Cosplayers (2017, 1 book) and Candlestick (2019, 3 books).
How are Dash Shaw's books organised into series?
This guide splits Dash Shaw's 42 books into 3 named series and 16 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: MOME (22 books, 2004–2011); Candlestick (3 books, 2019); Cosplayers (1 book, 2017).