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Matthew Dooley (born 1984) is an English cartoonist and author.
Career
[edit]Dooley’s first graphic novel, was Flake, published by Jonathan Cape in April 2020. It won the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for comic fiction in 2020 being the first graphic novel to do so.[1]
Flake was nominated for an Eisner award in 2021 in the category of Best Graphic Album - New.[2][3]
Dooley’s second graphic novel was Aristotle’s Cuttlefish published in 2025 by Jonathan Cape.[4]
Both Flake and Aristotle’s Cuttlefish are based in the fictional town of Dobbiston which Dooley says is based on “a sillier version of the West Lancashire town of Ormskirk, where I grew up”.[5]
His early work appeared in anthologies such as Dirty Rotten Comics and Offlife.[6] Many of his self published comics feature himself [7][2] recognisable for his “flame red hair, glasses and a dense beard”.[8]
Dooley won the Observer/Cape/Comica graphic short story prize in 2016 with his entry titled Colin Turnbull: A Tall Story, which told the tale of a man’s ambition to win Lancashire’s Tallest Milkman competition.[8]
He is currently working on his next graphic novel titled Daphne and Laurel.[5]
Personal life
[edit]Dooley grew up in Ormskirk in Lancashire.[5] He now lives in London.[8]
Bibliography
[edit]- Flake (2020)
- Aristotle’s Cuttlefish (2025)
References
[edit]- ^ "News: Matthew Dooley wins The 2020 Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction with graphic novel Flake". Beyond The Joke. July 1, 2020.
- ^ a b Oliver, Andy (July 21, 2021). ""Feeling Part of the Community is a Big Reason I Make Comics" - Matthew Dooley on the UK Indie Scene and His Eisner Award-Nominated Graphic Novel 'Flake'".
- ^ Johnston, Rich Johnston (July 23, 2021). "The Eisner Awards 2021 Results In Full From San Diego Comic-Con@Home". bleedingcool.com.
- ^ "Matthew Dooley". www.penguin.co.uk.
- ^ a b c "Matthew Dooley - Cartoonist and Graphic Novelist". Creative_Stories.
- ^ Oliver, Andy (August 28, 2019). "Catastrophising - Matthew Dooley's Droll and Laidback Wit is a Delight in Another Collection of Worldweary Reflections on Modern Living".
- ^ "Graphic Content: Matthew Dooley on ice cream vans, beards in comics and his new graphic novel Flake". The Herald. April 8, 2020.
- ^ a b c Lewis, Tim (March 15, 2020). "Dear dairy: one graphic novelist's fixation with the world of ice-cream vans". The Guardian.
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