Simon Hanselmann

Simon Hanselmann (born 1981) is an Australian-born cartoonist best known for his Megg, Mogg, and Owl series. Hanselmann has been nominated four times for an Ignatz Award, four times for an Eisner Award (winning twice), two times for the Harvey Award and won Best Series at Angouleme 2018.

Early and personal life Hanselmann was born in 1981, in Launceston, Tasmania, where he was raised by his heroin-addicted mother alone. Despite their circumstances, Hanselmann declares his mother did "a really fucking amazing job" wherein she provided him with a "lot of toys and shit. Lots of books" and a safe home environment. Hanselmann is gender fluid.

Career Hanselmann's work is reflective of the people he has known and the experiences he has had.

Although the title characters are a witch and a cat, like the popular 1970s children's book heroes Meg and Mog, "they are emphatically not the same". In Hanselmann's stories, the pair are "depressed drug users struggling with life", 2014 Ignatz Award for Outstanding Story for "Jobs" from Life Zone 2016 in selection at Angoulême festival BD for "Magical Ecstacy Trip" 2016 Ignatz Award for Best Series and Best Story for Amsterdam 2017 in selection at Angoulême festival BD for "Megg & Mogg in Amsterdam" 2017 Eisner Award for Best Short Story for "The Comics Wedding of the Century" 2017 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album Reprint for "Megg & Mogg in Amsterdam" 2018 Angoulême International Comics Festival Award for "Best Series"

Wins 2021 Eisner Award for Best Webcomic for Crisis Zone 2021 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: Reprint for Seeds and Stems