AAEC - Cartoonist Profile

Tim Eagan

Tim has been cartooning professionally since the early 70s -- after discovering there weren't that many laughs to be found in the legal profession. His single-panel work has appeared in a number of alternative weeklies as well as in the San Francisco Examiner and the San Francisco Chronicle. His comic strip "Subconscious Comics," a devoutly apolitical venture, ran in alternative publications nationwide for 20 years.

Eagan attended Dartmouth College and Hastings College of the Law. While working as a cartoonist, he has also found himself employed as a carpenter, teacher, editor, publisher, graphic designer, domemaker, and a contributor of radio comedy to NPR's "All Things Considered."

"Deep Cover," the strip seen here, has been running since the mid-90s when it began as a regular feature in the San Francisco Examiner. It can be seen in the Santa Rosa Press Democrat and in a variety of other outlets across the country.