Gale Galligan

Gale Galligan is a New York Times-bestselling cartoonist and shrimp chip enthusiast who lives in Rockland County, New York. They are the creator of four BABY-SITTERS CLUB graphic novel adaptations (books five through eight!) – and you can spot them in The Claudia Kishi Club, a wonderful short documentary on Netflix! Gale has also written for IDW’s Sonic the Hedgehog and contributed to the Marvel Super Stories anthology.

A hard question for Gale to answer is “where are you from?”, because the answer is a little long. Gale was born in Florida, spent their elementary school years in Bangkok, Thailand and Frankfurt, Germany, and then moved to northern Virginia for middle and high school, where they were distressed to learn that Americans measure things in “inches” and “feet.”

Gale somehow survived that harrowing transition and now holds an MFA in Sequential Art from the Savannah College of Art and Design. When they aren’t making comics, Gale enjoys knitting, drumming, and spending time with their zoo: Artemis the cat, rabbits Dipper and Penny, Patrick the husband, and Robin the child. Gale is a founding member of the Comics Advocacy Group, a 501(c)3 nonprofit which is dedicated to making careers in comics more accessible and sustainable.

Gale’s first original graphic novel, FREESTYLE, is on shelves now and makes a fun holiday gift, impulse purchase, or way to support your favorite local bookstore/comic shop! Wink!!

Their next book, FRESH START, will be out in January 2025 and is available for preorder now! Please tell your friends!