Dan Misdea is an award-winning cartoonist for The New Yorker and children’s book author from New Jersey.

After graduating from Penn State with a degree in Economics, he spent several years working in finance and accounting before becoming a cartoonist in 2020.

Since then, his work has appeared in The New Yorker, Air Mail, Narrative, The Times Luxury, Reader’s Digest, Weekly Humorist, The Golfer’s Journal, and elsewhere. He’s also contributed to anthologies such as Send Help!  by Ellis Rosen and Jon Adams, and New Jersey Fan Club by Kerri Sullivan. For 2023, he was named Best Gag Cartoonist by the National Cartoonists Society. 

His first children’s book, The Light Inside, was nominated for an Eisner in Best Publication for Early Readers.  His next book, AB@C: And Other Gramograms, with Rob Meyerson will hit shelves in Fall 2024.

When Dan isn’t drawing cartoons, he might be golfing, giving tax advice, or watching the Mets blow it in the 9th.

Email: dan@danmisdea.com