Dean Rankine

Comic Artist, Illustrator, Writer

Dean Rankine is a Ledger and Stanley Award winning comic book artist and illustrator best known for his work on Simpsons Comics.

His other credits include; Futurama (Bongo), Rick and Morty, Invader Zim (Oni), Hellboy (Dark Horse), Underdog, Oggy and the Cockroaches (American Mythology) and The Riverdale Diaries : Starring Veronica (Archie).

He’s the illustrator of the Timmy the Ticked-Off Pony series – written by Magda Szubanski. And illustrated the Funny Thing Happened to Simon Sidebottom series and On The First Day of School (Scholastic), The Mad Scientist (Pearson), the Stuff Happens series, A Lot of Stuff Happens omnibus and Morris Gleitzman’s Extra Time and Help Around the House (Penguin Random House) Pac-Man : The First Animated TV Show Based Upon a Video Game (BearManor Media)and Superhero Therapy For Anxiety and Trauma (Jessica Kingsley Publishers).

He also contributed illustrations to Bartman: The Superhero’s Handbook (Matt Groening Productions).

Dean was also a grand finalist in the Australian Portrait Artist of the Year 2026.

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