Dana Simpson

Dana Claire Simpson is an American cartoonist, best known as the creator of the syndicated comic strip Phoebe and Her Unicorn (formerly Heavenly Nostrils), as well as the long-running web comic Ozy and Millie. Her other comics include the political commentary cartoon I Drew This and the alternate reality drama Raine Dog.

Biography

Simpson was born David Craig Simpson in Pullman, Washington, and has lived in the Seattle area all her life. She currently lives in Auburn, Washington with her husband David Brodbeck. A graduate of The Evergreen State College, she temporarily worked as a reporter for the Puyallup Herald, and was graduate student in communication at Washington State University.

Career

Simpson considers herself an artist from an early age, drawing comic strips as young as five years old as part of making her own homemade newspaper. As she grew up, she began drawing inspiration from Peanuts, The Simpsons and Pogo.

As an undergraduate at Evergreen, she was a finalist for the 1998 Scripps-Howard Foundation Charles M. Schulz College Cartoonist Award. and won the 1999 College Media Advisers award for Best Strip Cartoon.