Dan Piraro
Cartoonist, Author
1958 –
Who is Dan Piraro?
Daniel Charles Piraro is a painter, illustrator and cartoonist best known for his award-winning syndicated cartoon panel Bizarro. Piraro's cartoons have been reprinted in 16 book collections. He has also written three books of prose.
Piraro was born in Kansas City, Missouri, and his family moved to Ponca City, Oklahoma when he was 4 years old. When he was in junior high school his family moved to Tulsa, where he graduated from Booker T. Washington High School in 1976.
He dropped out of Washington University in St. Louis. He lived in Dallas and New York City for many years and currently resides in Los Angeles after separating from his wife, Ashley Lou Smith. Syndicated since 1985, Bizarro was appearing in 250 papers by 2006.
In 2014, he is hosting the Fox reality television show Utopia.
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- Born
- 1958
Kansas City - Also known as
- Daniel Charles Piraro
- Spouses
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Washington University in St. Louis
- Booker T. Washington High School
- Lived in
- Tulsa
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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