Nationality Canadian Notable awards Xeric Foundation | Name Jonathon Dalton Period 1997–present Books Lords of Death and Life | |
Born September 16, 1977 (age 47) ( 1977-09-16 ) Occupation Comic writer, Illustrator, elementary teacher Genre Science fiction, Fantasy, speculative fiction | ||
Jonathon Dalton (born September 16, 1977) is a Canadian artist specializing in comics and webcomics. He was described by interviewees in the National Post as one of Canada's "most under-appreciated comic artists working today".
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Beginnings
Dalton was inspired to create comics at an early age. He earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Victoria.
In 2003 Dalton began writing his now-weekly science fiction webcomic A Mad Tea-Party. He teaches elementary school in the town of Mission on the outskirts of Vancouver, British Columbia. He is the director of communications and co-founder of the Vancouver-based comics society entitled Cloudscape Comics.
Achievements
In 2010 Dalton won the Xeric Grant for his book Lords of Death and Life. Lords of Death and Life was also nominated for Outstanding Environment Design in the 2007 Web Cartoonists' Choice Awards. The following year, in 2008, he was presented with the award for Outstanding Long Form Comic. Dalton's work has been published in Cloudscape anthologies and the 2008 Fablewood anthology from Ape Entertainment. His 2009 short story "Lil' Ulysses in Chicago" was listed as a Notable Comic in the 2010 edition of Best American Comics.