Zach Weiner

This article is about the comic artist. For the advertising executive, see Zachary Weiner.
Zach Weiner

Zach Weiner with a sketch at San Diego Comic-Con, in 2011
Born Zachary Alexander Weiner
(1982-03-05) March 5, 1982
Residence Texas
Nationality American
Other names Zachary Weinersmith
Occupation Webcomic writer and illustrator
Known for Writer/illustrator of Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Spouse(s) Kelly Weinersmith
Children Ada Marie Weinersmith
Website http://www.smbc-comics.com/
http://snowflakescomic.com/
http://smbc-theater.com/
http://www.theweinerworks.com/
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal comic #1127, published on 25 March 2008

Zachary Alexander Weinersmith (born March 5, 1982 as Zachary Alexander Weiner and still using his birth name professionally) is the author and illustrator of the webcomic Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal (SMBC), currently residing in Texas. He is the writer of two other webcomics, the completed Captain Stupendous with artist Chris Jones, and Snowflakes, co-written by James Ashby and also illustrated by Jones. He also founded the sketch comedy group SMBC Theater with James Ashby and Marty Weiner in 2009. Weiner has been involved in writing and drawing comics since his high school years, but he premiered on the internet in around 2000. His early comics usually have three or more panels, but after 2002, he switched to drawing predominantly one panel comics.[1] He stated in an interview that he is glad to have decided to draw one panel comics because he feels three panel webcomics have become a cliche and there are almost no decent one panel comics on the internet.[1] More recently, he draws a mixture of single and multi panel comics for SMBC.

Weiner's webcomic was recognized in 2006,[2] and 2007 with the Web Cartoonists' Choice Award for Outstanding Single Panel Comic,[3] and received nominations in 2003,[4] and 2008.[5]

He also cohosts the science podcast "The Weekly Weinersmith" along with his wife Kelly, a parasitologist, the first episode of which was released on October 5, 2011.[6] As of October 2013 the podcast is on hiatus.[7]

Education and personal life

Weiner's first degree was in literature from Pitzer College, where he graduated in 2003.[8][9] With the success of his web strip, Weiner decided to go back to university to study science at San Jose State, in order to satisfy his personal interests while also creating topics and creative ideas for his comics; initially planning on biochemistry, he opted to pursue physics.[1]

Weiner is married to Kelly Weinersmith. They have a daughter, Ada Marie Weinersmith, who was born on March 14, 2014.[10]

Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal

Weiner authors Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal (SMBC) a popular webcomic that is updated daily. It features few recurring characters or storylines and has no set format. Recurring themes in SMBC include atheism, God, superheroes, romance, dating, science, research, parenting and the meaning of life.[11]

Other projects

While the mainstay of Weiner's work is the Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal comic and its archive of over 4000 comic strips, Weiner has also branched into numerous side projects, often related to the comic. Some of these are available on the SMBC website's bonus section,[12] and movies section.[13]

Filmography

Year Work Role Director
2005 Intermedio Production assistant; Actor (Intermedio) Andrew Lauer
Way of the Vampire Actor (Vampire) Sarah Nean Bruce, Eduardo Durão
War of the Worlds Actor (Garysville Policeman/Townsperson) David Michael Latt
2006 Girl with Gun Set production assistant Russ Emanuel
2007 Foul Shot Production assistant Danilo Mancinelli
2009-2012 SMBC Theater Writer, Actor Jason Axinn
2010-2012 SMBC Theater Director Directed episodes: "Orientation", "Working from Home", "The Tale of James", "Just Friendship" and "Heaven"
2012 The Ghastly Love of Johnny X Production assistant Paul Bunnell

Awards and nominations

Year Award Work Category Result
2003 Web Cartoonists' Choice Awards Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal Outstanding Short Form Comic Nominated[4]
2006 Web Cartoonists' Choice Awards Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal Outstanding Single Panel Comic Won[2]
2007 Web Cartoonists' Choice Awards Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal Outstanding Single Panel Comic Won[3]
2008 Web Cartoonists' Choice Awards Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal Outstanding Single Panel Comic Nominated[5]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Mason, Tom (January 18, 2009). "Q&A: Zach Weiner and Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal". Gearlive.com (comics.gearlive.com). Retrieved February 22, 2012.
  2. 1 2 Web Cartoonists' Choice Awards; Presenter: Josh Rosen (2006). "Outstanding Single Panel Comic by Josh Rosen of Edwitch". 2006 Ceremony. Retrieved February 21, 2012.
  3. 1 2 Web Cartoonists' Choice Awards (2007). "The 2007 Cartoonist's Choice Awards". 2007 Ceremony. Retrieved February 21, 2012.
  4. 1 2 Web Cartoonists' Choice Awards (2003). "The 2003 Cartoonist's Awards". 2003 Ceremony. Retrieved February 21, 2012.
  5. 1 2 Web Cartoonists' Choice Awards (2003). "The Web Cartoonists' Choice Awards - 2008 List of Winners & Finalists". 2008 Ceremony. Retrieved February 21, 2012.
  6. "Episode 1: Manuscripts, mushrooms, and methylation". WeeklyWeinersmith.com. October 5, 2011. Archived from the original on October 8, 2011. Retrieved December 29, 2013.
  7. "Twitter / TheWeinersmiths: Weekly Weinersmith is on hiatus ...". Twitter. October 13, 2013. Retrieved December 29, 2013.
  8. Shrum, Glenn. "Author and illustrator shows Penn students they aren't too old for cartoons". The Daily Pennsylvanian. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
  9. McKeegan, Dave (July 18, 2009). "Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal – an interview with Zach Weiner". The Freethinker (freethinker.co.uk). Retrieved February 22, 2012.
  10. Weiner, Zach. "Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal Blog". SMBC. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
  11. Brin, David (June 7, 2011). "My Top Choices in Science-Oriented WebComics". Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies (ieet.org). Retrieved 6 February 2012.
  12. Weiner, Zach (2012). "Bonus". Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal (www.smbc-comics.com). Retrieved February 22, 2012.
  13. Weiner, Zach (2012). "Movies". Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal (www.smbc-comics.com). Retrieved February 22, 2012.
  14. Weiner, Zach (September 26, 2003). "Vince Invincible". Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal (www.smbc-comics.com). Retrieved February 22, 2012.
  15. Weiner, Zach (2012). "Baby Moloch". Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal (www.smbc-comics.com). Retrieved February 22, 2012.
  16. Weiner, Zach (September 9, 2005). "Chason!". Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal (www.smbc-comics.com). Retrieved February 22, 2012.
  17. Weiner, Zach; Chris Jones (2010). "Captain Stupendous". Captain Excelsior (www.captainexcelsior.com). Retrieved February 22, 2012.
  18. Jones, Chris (2012). "About". Grumps (www.grumps.ca). Retrieved February 22, 2012.
  19. 1 2 Jones, Chris (2011). "About". SMBC-Theater (www.smbc-theater.com). Retrieved February 22, 2012.
  20. Weiner, Zach; James Ashby; Chris Jones (2011). "The Creators". Snowflakes (www.SnowflakesComic.com). Retrieved February 22, 2012.
  21. Armitage, Hugh. "Boulet, Zach Weiner launch illustrated kids book Kickstarter". Digital Spy. Retrieved 24 June 2014.
  22. "Augie and the Green Knight: A Children's Adventure Book". Kickstarter. Retrieved 24 June 2014.

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