Rodney Caston (born May 13, 1977) is an American writer and politician. He is credited as the co-creator of the popular comic book series ''

MegaTokyo is an English-language webcomic created by Fred Gallagher (cartoonist), Fred Gallagher and Rodney Caston. ''Megatokyo'' debuted on August 14, 2000, and has been written and illustrated solely by Gallagher since June 17, 2002. Fred Gallagher's ...

''.

Writing

Caston is credited as a co-creator and writer of the first volume of the popular comic book series ''

Megatokyo is an English-language webcomic created by Fred Gallagher (cartoonist), Fred Gallagher and Rodney Caston. ''Megatokyo'' debuted on August 14, 2000, and has been written and illustrated solely by Gallagher since June 17, 2002. Fred Gallagher's ...

'', and as a co-creator of the second volume. He has since parted ways with partner Fred Gallagher and relinquished his interest in ''Megatokyo''. In July 2004, ''Megatokyo'' was the tenth best-selling manga property in the U.S.

Published works

* ''Megatokyo Volume 1: Chapter Zero'' (''Megatokyo'' vol.1 1st ed.) * ''Megatokyo Volume 1'', 2nd ed. (2004) * ''Megatokyo Volume 2'' (2004) * ''The Government Hacker Threat Landscape''

Politics

Caston is a former member of the Libertarian Party. In 2008, he ran, unsuccessfully, for

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in the state of

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against Republican Chuck Presley, Sr. He received 19,079 votes (19% of the total votes cast) to Presley's 79,039 votes (81% of the total cast). In 2012, he ran, again unsuccessfully, for

State Representative of District 106 for the Libertarian Party against Pat Fallon; he received 8,412 votes (17% of the total votes cast) to Fallon's 41,582 (83% of the total cast)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Caston, Rodney 1977 births Living people American comic strip cartoonists American libertarians American webcomic creators Megatokyo