Will McPhail
Will McPhail is a cartoonist and illustrator based in Scotland. He has illustrated for the magazines The New Yorker and Private Eye,[1] as well as The New Statesman.[2]
Early life and career
[edit]McPhail was born in 1988 in Lancashire, England, to mother Jane McPhail. He grew up in Chorley in Lancashire. He studied zoology at, and graduated from, the University of Glasgow.[2]
His work was published in Private Eye for the first time while he was still attending university.[1] In 2013, he won the Young Cartoonist of the Year Award,[3] given by the London Cartoon Museum. In 2014, his work began to be published in The New Yorker.[2]
In 2021, McPhail's debut graphic novel, In, was published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. The fictional story focuses on a professional illustrator named Nick Moss.[4] In 2022, the book won the Betty Trask Prize from the Society of Authors; it was the first graphic novel to win the award.[5] That year, McPhail received the Saltire Society First Book of the Year Award for In.[6]
In 2022, a book of McPhail's cartoons was published, titled Love & Vermin.[7]
In 2024, McPhail was crowned key lime pie King at the Midlothian Bakers Showdown.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^ a b McCullins, Darren (9 March 2019). "The cartoonist who began by doodling in zoology". BBC Scotland. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
- ^ a b c Crelin, Joy (November 2023). "Will McPhail". Current Biography. Vol. 84, no. 11. H W Wilson Company. p. 43. ISSN 0011-3344. Retrieved 31 December 2023 – via ProQuest Central and EBSCO.
- ^ "Chorley man named best cartoonist". ITV. 8 October 2013. Archived from the original on 8 October 2013. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
- ^ "In". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
- ^ "Will McPhail's graphic novel wins £10k Betty Trask Prize". The Bookseller. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
- ^ Cassidy, Jane (9 December 2022). "Slavery study is named Scottish Book of the Year". The National. Gannett Media Corp. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
- ^ Drew, Allan (20 September 2022). "Herald diary: Want to draw a pigeon? here's the to-doo list". The Herald. p. 13. Retrieved 31 December 2023.