Inspired by James Kochalka's American Elf, Dakota McFadzean began a daily strip, originally autobiographical. Soon it morphed into its current state: death, cosmic insignificance, facial mutation, and ghosts are all used to point out the absurdity of life and the fundamental loneliness of the human condition, often to humorous effect.

Dakota McFadzean is a Canadian cartoonist who has been published by MAD Magazine, The New Yorker The Best American Comics, and Funny or Die. He has also worked as a storyboard artist for DreamWorks. McFadzean is an alumni of The Center for Cartoon Studies. He has two books available from Conundrum Press: Other Stories and the Horse You Rode in On, and Don't Get Eaten by Anything, which collects three years of daily comic strips. He is a co-editor/co-founder of the comics and art anthology Irene, and distributes his own short stories in his ongoing minicomic series, Last Mountain. McFadzean currently lives in Toronto with his wife and two sons.

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"I would like everyone to get a good look at what Dakota McFadzean is doing. This CCS alumnus has been drawing every day for some years now, and always comes up with strange, thought-provoking, sweet (or sour), unsettling (or confirming) comics strips that are never bland or on the trodden path, and always brilliantly executed." - Forbidden Planet, Best of 2013
"And thus a star is born. Make no mistake, if you are not already familiar with his work, I am sure before too long you will be, because this boy has talent in abundance." - Page 45