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's ''

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'' (for

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and

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), '' Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew'' (for

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), and '' Simpsons Comics'' (for Bongo Comics). He was also the first artist for

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Biography

Shaw began selling his artwork while still in his teens after choosing a career as a cartoonist. Throughout the 1970s, he contributed numerous stories to various

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. He also found work as an inker and then as a writer and penciller for a line of Hanna-Barbera comics which were originally published by Marvel Comics. Eventually, in 1978, he was hired to the Hanna-Barbera staff and became layout supervisor and character designer on

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's '' The New Fred and Barney Show'' (starring the Flintstones)

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series. Shaw's first published work appeared in the underground comic book ''Gory Stories Quarterly''. He and

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co-created '' Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew!'' which first appeared in a special insert in ''

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'' #16 (Feb. 1982), followed by a series published from 1982 to 1983. Shaw both wrote and drew for

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early on in the series' run. Most recently, he has become involved in the long-running litigation between Ken Penders and the publishers over copyright and character ownership. Scott Shaw! (1117754943)

Shaw's work in TV animation includes producing and directing '' The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley'' for

, starring Martin Short and '' Camp Candy'' for DiC, starring

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. He was also awarded four

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s for his work as a story director/storyboard artist on CBS' '' Jim Henson's Muppet Babies'' (

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). Shaw has also worked on dozens of other cartoon series, including ''

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'', '' Johnny Test'', '' What's New, Scooby-Doo?'', ''

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'', '' American Dragon: Jake Long'', ''

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'', '' Richie Rich'', '' Popeye and Son'', ''

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'', '' The Snorks'', ''

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'' and ''The Bungle Brothers'' segments of

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's '' The Kwicky Koala Show'' and many others. Shaw also worked on

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's direct-to-DVD '' Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas'' and '' Mulan 2''. For nearly 10 years, Shaw was the Senior Art Director of

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, where he co-wrote, co-directed, storyboarded and designed hundreds of animated TV commercials for Post

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and Cocoa Pebbles cereal. He also wrote and drew many print ads for the product, and has designed and illustrated many of the cereal's packages. Shaw has also designed lines of action figures of

and ''

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'' characters for

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. He co-founded

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in 1970 alongside Shel Dorf,

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, Ken Krueger, Mike Towry, Barry Alfonso, Bob Sourk and

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. In June 1977, Shaw was a charter member of CAPS – The Comic Art Professional Society and has served as past president of the organization. For 10 years, Shaw wrote a column on the

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website titled "Oddball Comics", where he selected comic and magazine issues noted for their strangeness and provided facts and commentary on them. It served as the basis for a digital slide show he has presented at comics conventions. Shaw was the initial artist photographed in his studio for '' The Artist Within: Portraits of Cartoonists, Comic Book Artists, Animators and Others'' by photographer Greg Preston, published by

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in 2007. Shaw is credited by Preston with suggesting the idea for the project.

Awards

Shaw was a recipient of the

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in 1980 from

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References

External links

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comiXology.com's podcast
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