Cayetano 'Cat' Garza (born October 15, 1972) is a comic artist, cartoonist, illustrator, and musician in the United States. He is best known for his experiments with webcomics.
Garza has been published in various anthologies and publications. He is considered by Scott McCloud, author of Understanding Comics, as a pioneer in the area of web design and interface for online comics. Garza is featured in McCloud's sequel to Understanding Comics, Reinventing Comics, and on his website. He has also been featured in Toon Art: The Graphic Art of Digital Cartooning by Steven Withrow.
Garza was born and raised in the Rio Grande Valley in the city of Harlingen, Texas on October 15, 1972. His interest in comics stems from a day in his early youth when, as a six-year-old child, his mother bought him his first comic, an issue of The Flash. In second grade he sold homemade comics with a cast characters that included the likes of "Glue Man" to his classmates for a quarter or their lunch ticket. As a child he typically read superhero comics, but what really caught his attention was the humor comic Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew!. He also read a number of comic strips, including Peanuts and Ripley's Believe It or Not!.
Garza's formal artistic training started with a few high school art courses. He went on to get his Bachelor of Fine Arts at UTPA, concentrating on studio art. He started grad school, dropped out after only one year.
Creating strips throughout high school and college Garza was heavily influenced by the comic scene in Austin, Texas, including artists who had strips in The Daily Texan, such as Chris Ware, Walt Holcombe, Shannon Wheeler, Robert Rodriguez, Tom King, Lance Myers, and Korey Coleman. Many of his comics during this period contain reflections of youthful righteous indignation directed at the atrocities of the world.
As a student at UTPA, Garza had access to a free website provided by the university. This was the catalyst for the idea of publishing strips online. In 1996, he put samples of his work online for publishers to see when he sent them submissions packages. Soon after it occurred to him that using the web he could self-publish. To create his comics he hand codes HTML in combination with GIF and JPEG images.
After college he spent a while in Austin as a street artist. He appeared in Adventures Into Digital Comics, a 2006 documentary on the comics industry.[1]
In 2009 his webcomic The Year of The Rat won the Ignatz Award for Outstanding Online Comic.[2]
In addition to his work as a comic artist, Garza is also a musician. He played guitar in the Vermont band, The Wheelers before returning to Texas in 2011.[citation needed]
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This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification Please help by adding reliable sources Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately especially if potentially libelous or harmful Find sources Cayetano Garza news newspapers books scholar JSTOR July 2007 Learn how and when to remove this template message Cayetano Cat Garza born October 15 1972 is a comic artist cartoonist illustrator and musician in the United States He is best known for his experiments with webcomics Cayetano GarzaCat Garza selling work at La Pla Art Market in Harlingen TexasBorn 1972 10 15 October 15 1972 age 50 Harlingen Texas U S NationalityAmericanArea s CartoonistNotable worksCuentos de la FronteraThe Year of The RatAwardsIgnatz Award 2009magicinkwell comGarza has been published in various anthologies and publications He is considered by Scott McCloud author of Understanding Comics as a pioneer in the area of web design and interface for online comics Garza is featured in McCloud s sequel to Understanding Comics Reinventing Comics and on his website He has also been featured in Toon Art The Graphic Art of Digital Cartooning by Steven Withrow Contents 1 Biography 2 Notable publications 3 References 4 External linksBiography EditGarza was born and raised in the Rio Grande Valley in the city of Harlingen Texas on October 15 1972 His interest in comics stems from a day in his early youth when as a six year old child his mother bought him his first comic an issue of The Flash In second grade he sold homemade comics with a cast characters that included the likes of Glue Man to his classmates for a quarter or their lunch ticket As a child he typically read superhero comics but what really caught his attention was the humor comic Captain Carrot and His Amazing Zoo Crew He also read a number of comic strips including Peanuts and Ripley s Believe It or Not Garza s formal artistic training started with a few high school art courses He went on to get his Bachelor of Fine Arts at UTPA concentrating on studio art He started grad school dropped out after only one year Creating strips throughout high school and college Garza was heavily influenced by the comic scene in Austin Texas including artists who had strips in The Daily Texan such as Chris Ware Walt Holcombe Shannon Wheeler Robert Rodriguez Tom King Lance Myers and Korey Coleman Many of his comics during this period contain reflections of youthful righteous indignation directed at the atrocities of the world As a student at UTPA Garza had access to a free website provided by the university This was the catalyst for the idea of publishing strips online In 1996 he put samples of his work online for publishers to see when he sent them submissions packages Soon after it occurred to him that using the web he could self publish To create his comics he hand codes HTML in combination with GIF and JPEG images After college he spent a while in Austin as a street artist He appeared in Adventures Into Digital Comics a 2006 documentary on the comics industry 1 In 2009 his webcomic The Year of The Rat won the Ignatz Award for Outstanding Online Comic 2 In addition to his work as a comic artist Garza is also a musician He played guitar in the Vermont band The Wheelers before returning to Texas in 2011 citation needed Garza s current comic strip Whimville runs daily His other ongoing comic strip for Modern Tales Cuentos De La Frontera has been featured in articles in news outlets such as Wired Playboy Austin American Statesman and The Austin Chronicle Notable publications EditRampage Anthology Slapp Happy Comics 1997 designer contributor Magic Inkwell presents Cosmic Carrot 1 Magic Inkwell Studios 1998 creator writer Love in Tights 1 Slave Labor Graphics 1998 cover contributor Magic Inkwell Comic Strip Theatre Minicomics s 1 4 Magic Inkwell Studios 1998 creator writer World s Funnest Comics 1 Moordam Comics 1998 contributor SPX 99 Anthology Small Press Expo 1999 contributor Moordam Christmas Special 1 Moordam Comics 1999 contributor BrainBomb 1 Behemoth Books 1999 cover contributor Certified Cool 1 Moordam Comics Slapp Happy 1999 contributor Magic Inkwell weekly strip Magic Inkwell Online 1999 creator writer Magic Inkwell Comic Strip Theatre Minicomic 5 Magic Inkwell Studios 1999 creator writer Syndicated strip South Texas Entertainment 1999 2000 South Texas Entertainment Magazine STEM References Edit Icon Film Festival Promo icon org il Archived from the original on 2007 09 27 Retrieved 2012 08 02 2009 Ignatz Award Recipients SPX Retrieved 2 February 2015 Xerexes Xaviar February 2008 A Conversation with Cat Garza ComixTALK Garza Cat May 2003 Garza Demian5 Farley McCloud A Roundtable Discussion Part 1 Part 2 ComixTALK External links EditCat s Homepage Magic Inkwell Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Cayetano Garza amp oldid 1117248039, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
