caption children birth_place other_names nationality birth_date known_for spouse image article_title name occupation
fred expo 2011 . gallagher sketching at an autograph booth at anime jack long island , new york fredrin , piro american 1968 '' megatokyo '' sarah fred gallagher ax 2011.jpg fred gallagher -lrb- cartoonist -rrb-
 fred gallagher illustrator & web cartoonist
fred gallagher -lrb- cartoonist -rrb-

frederick gallagher -lrb- born november 15 , 1968 -rrb- is an american illustrator and web cartoonist .
he is best known as the artist , co-creator , and now full owner of `` megatokyo '' .
he also goes by the name of piro , the main character of `` megatokyo '' , whom he has stated is an idealized version of himself when he was in college .
he took this name from the name of the cat in the visual novel `` kanon '' .
gallagher lives with his wife and son in ann arbor , michigan .
