Danny Shanahan (July 11, 1956 – July 5, 2021) was an American

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who was known for his work for ''

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'', which he worked for until 2020, when he was arrested on a charge of possession of child pornography.

Life and career

Daniel Patrick Shanahan was born on 11 July 1956 in

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. He spent his early life in

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and later in

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, where he attended Paier College. Shanahan formally started his career in the 1980s, when he became an unofficial cartoonist for the

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. Between 1988 and 2020, Shanahan worked for ''

'' as a cartoonist and

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. During that period, he published more than nine hundred cartoons in the magazine. His work has also appeared in

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Legal trouble and death

On December 10, 2020, he was arrested for possession of child pornography at his home in

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, at which point ''The New Yorker'' suspended his contract. The case was not resolved by the time of his death from multiple organ failure on July 5, 2021.

Books

* ''Buckledown the Workhound'' (1993) * ''The Bus Ride That Changed History'' (2005)

References

External links

Lambiek Comiclopedia biography.
{{DEFAULTSORT:Shanahan, Danny 1957 births 2021 deaths American humorists American sports cartoonists The New Yorker cartoonists Playboy cartoonists Artists from Brooklyn