Artist of the Day: Richard Short

Richard Short is a London-based cartoonist who creates Klaus comics and other illustrations.

Klaus recalls Tove Jansson’s Moomins in the sense that its world feels complete and thoroughly unique. Reading just a few of these comics can leave one contemplating existence with Klaus and his human-headed, less-introspective rat associates.

Read the ongoing comics of Klaus on Tumblr. You’ll also find other art there such as these funny, fake “rebranding” designs of Klaus that Richard drew as a style exercise:

For the Franco-Belgian market:

For the Polish market:

For the manga market:

From the 1950s:

From the totally extreme 1990s:

The publisher Nobrow released a handsome Klaus collection in book form. You can see more of Richard’s work including posters and illustrations on his blog and Flickr.