Andy Warner
Andy Warner Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. BA, 2006. Summa cum laude in Comparative Literature and Near Eastern Studies. Dean’s List; Distinction in all subjects.
American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon - Visiting Student, Fall 2005
Freelance Illustrator and Designer
09/08 – present
Designed murals, illustrations and websites for a variety of clients; began work on long form comics projects
Associate Art Director - Commonwealth Club of California, San Francisco, CA.
09/06-09/08
Designed, laid out, created illustrations for and coordinated acquisition of art and photography for the Commonwealth Club's monthly magazine, the Commonwealth; designed and produced promotional materials for Commonwealth Club events, including the Club's Annual 2008 Fundraising Dinner, the California Book Awards and speeches by a wide array of internationally known figures; redesigned and rebranded the Commonwealth Club's San Francisco offices at 595 Market St.
Editorial and Design Intern - McSweeney’s Publishing, San Francisco, CA.
06/06 – 09/06
Reviewed submissions for, fact checked and proofread articles appearing in McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern and The Believer magazine; assisted in the cover layout for McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern: Issue 21; worked on layout and chart section of The Believer: Issue 37; painted a really big mural in the basement of McSweeney’s Publishing headquarters
Founder, Editor in Chief - The American Walrus Magazine
9/05 – 06/06
Reviewed, edited and proofread submissions for, designed layout of, and negotiated printing, launch, and distribution of The American Walrus, a comics magazine (defunct, sadly); designed, set up and blogged for the American Walrus website (also defunct)
Illustration, Graphic Design, Puppetry, Comic creation, Organization and management, Writing (creative, critical and editorial), Proofreading, Editing,
Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint,
Microsoft Outlook, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Bridge, Quark XPress, Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Basic HTML, Fluency in French, Proficiency in Arabic
Comics
The Vacant Lot (comic), Samandal Comics Magazine, Issue #1
Bad Dreams (comic), Cover illustration, Samandal Comics Magazine, Issue #2
Illustrations
Overrated illustrations, September 2006 issue of The Believer Magazine
Whyroots.org avatars, November 2008
Splinter Generation website header, April 2008
Reviews
Fantagraphics Ignatz series for Boldtype, Flavorpill Production's monthly book review (main feature, August 2007)
Gate of the Sun by Elias Khoury for Boldtype
Lost Girls by Alan Moore and Melinda Gebbie for Boldtype
Cinema Panopticum by Thomas Ott for Boldtype
Fun Home, Alison Bechdel for Boldtype
Night Fisher by R. Kikuo Johnson for Boldtype