Dana Simpson
cartoonist, writer, illustrator, unicorn
News
Book tour!
February 24, 2025
I'll be touring to bookstores, schools, and libraries in early April. Keep an eye on the calendar above for dates as they become available!
Guess who's also an Eisner nominee, if being in an anthology counts as that
June 24, 2024
An anthology I'm in, The Out Side: Trans and Nonbinary Comics, is up for an Eisner for Best Anthology. Yay! I'm really proud of my contribution, and everyone else's are also beautiful. It's a lovely book.
Guess who's now a Reuben Award nominee, part the second
June 1, 2024
(Have I really not updated this blog in a year? I think of myself as chattier than that.)
Last year it was the divisional award for newspaper comics. This year I'm nominated for the big one: Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year.
Guess who's now a Reuben Award nominee
June 6, 2023
It's Dana! She got nominated for a Reuben award for Best Newspaper Comic Strip!
More from Punk Rock Unicorn
April 19, 2023
In a new video, Dana reads six storylines from her new book, Punk Rock Unicorn.
Punk Rock Unicorn
February 16, 2023
Phoebe and her Unicorn book #17 is coming April 4, and it's called Punk Rock Unicorn! Click on the video to the left for a preview.
Halloween story time
October 30, 2022
Just in time for Halloween, I read the halloween party story from Unicorn Crossing.
