Dan Charles Piraro (1958) is a surrealist painter, illustrator, and cartoonist best-known for his award-winning syndicated panel cartoon Bizarro. Formerly from Dallas, he went to high school at Booker T. Washington in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and dropped out of Washington University in St. Louis. He currently resides in Brooklyn, New York City with his wife, Ashley. Piraro, a vegan, often presents animal rights issues in a humorous way in his comic strips.
He has received the National Cartoonist Society Panel Cartoon Award for 1999, 2000, and 2001, and been nominated for their Reuben Award several times for his work on the strip.
Since 2001, Piraro has toured the U.S. with various forms of a one-man comedy show called, "The Bizarro Baloney Show." The show won the 2002 New York International Fringe Festival award for "Best Solo Show."
