# Evan Dorkin

Evan Dorkin (born April 20, 1965) is an American comics artist and cartoonist. His best known works are the comic books Milk and Cheese and Dork, the latter of which features his comic Eltingville. His comics often poke fun at fandom, even while making it clear that Dorkin is a fan himself. Dorkin also served as a writer on the Adult Swim animated series Space Ghost Coast to Coast from 1994 to 1999, and created a pilot for an animated adaptation of Eltingville for Adult Swim in 2002.

## Life and career

Dorkin was born in Brooklyn, New York, and moved with his family to Staten Island when he was 13 years old. He grew up reading superhero comics (being loyal to Marvel over DC), Mad magazine, and humor titles by Archie Comics and Harvey Comics. He became even more obsessed with comics when comic book retailer Jim Hanley opened a store location near his high school; Dorkin later ended up working there.
Dorkin aspired to attend the School of Visual Arts in the animation department, but was not accepted. (He had taken some animation classes at SVA while he was in high school.) Dorkin ended up attending New York University Tisch School of the Arts, but eventually switched his passion from animation to comics.
Dorkin's earliest published solo comics were Pirate Corp$ (later renamed Hectic Planet), published first by Eternity Comics and then Slave Labor Graphics from 1987 to 1989; and then a variety of Milk & Cheese titles, published by Slave Labor Graphics from 1991 to 1997.
As well as his comics work, Dorkin and his wife, Sarah Dyer, have written for Space Ghost Coast to Coast. Dorkin drew the cover art for several ska compilation albums and an EP by Radon in the 1990s. He wrote and produced an animated television pilot for Adult Swim titled Welcome to Eltingville, based on his own characters. He and Dyer wrote some episodes of the Superman: The Animated Series including the episode "Live Wire", which introduced a new character of the same name. Dorkin wrote the Superman and Batman: World's Funnest one-shot in 2000 which was drawn by various artists. Dorkin and Dyer worked as freelance writers on the 2006 English-language version of the anime Crayon Shin-chan, where they wrote material for the show's first six episodes. Dorkin co-created Beasts of Burden with Jill Thompson. Dyer has frequently colored Dorkin's art.

## Awards

* 2015 Eisner Awards: Won Best Single Issue (or One-Shot) (for Beasts of Burden: Hunters and Gatherers, with Jill Thompson)
* 2010 Eisner Awards: Won Best Publication for Teens (for Beasts of Burden, with Jill Thompson)
* 2005 Eisner Awards: Won Best Short Story (for "Unfamiliar", with Jill Thompson)
* 2002 Eisner Award for Best Short Story (for "The Eltingville Club in 'The Intervention'" in Dork #9, Slave Labor Graphics)
* 2002 Eisner Award for Best Writer/Artist: Humor (for Dork)
* 2001 Harvey Award for Best Single Issue or Story (for Superman and Batman: World's Funnest, shared with various artists, DC Comics)
* 1998 Eisner Award for Best Short Story (for "The Eltingville Club in 'The Marathon Men'" in Dork #4, Slave Labor Graphics)
* 1996 Eisner Award for Best Short Story (for "The Eltingville Club in 'Bring Me the Head of Boba Fett'" in Instant Piano #3, Dark Horse Comics)

### Nominations

* 2011 Anthony Awards: Nominated for Best Graphic Novel
* 2002 Eisner Award for Best Humor Publication (for Dork #9)
* 2001 Harvey Award: Special Award for Humor (for Dork, Superman and Batman: World's Funnest, etc.)
* 2000 Ignatz Award for Outstanding Debut Comic (for Dork #8)
* 1999 Annie Award for Best Writing (for Space Ghost Coast to Coast: Episode- "Lawsuit")

## Personal life

Dorkin is married to fellow comics writer/artist Sarah Dyer with whom he has a daughter named Emily.