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Luke McGarry
Luke Edward McGarry (born 11 October 1987) is a British illustrator, cartoonist, animator and designer based in Los Angeles. He is engaged to actress Jillian Bell.
In 2005, while they were still students at the Orange County High School of the Arts, Luke and his brother, Joe McGarry – twin sons of British cartoonist Steve McGarry – formed the music duo Pop Noir. Luke's design work for the band, including posters and record sleeves, led to him being invited to create cartoons and illustrations for a number of music-related publications, including LA Record, LA City Beat and OC Weekly. In 2007, in recognition of their design work for The National Cartoonists Society, the 19-year-olds became the youngest-ever recipients of the NCS Silver T-Square, an award whose previous recipients include two U.S. Presidents and cartoonists Milton Caniff, Mort Walker and Bil Keane. Luke McGarry has subsequently been nominated eight times in the NCS Silver Reuben Division Awards, winning three times, for Advertising Illustrator of the Year in 2016, 2019 and 2020
In 2010, McGarry began his seven-year association with FYF Fest, creating the poster art each year, as well as designing printed programs, maps and wristbands for the Festival. During this period, he regularly collaborated with House of Vans and created poster art for a number of Los Angeles music venues and promoters, including Spaceland, The Echo, Echoplex and The Regent. In 2013, OC Weekly described McGarry as "the poster child for success in the world of rock-n-roll cartoons".
McGarry was the lead visual artist for Festival Supreme, an annual Los Angeles comedy and music festival, created by Jack Black and Kyle Gass of Tenacious D, which was staged from 2013 to 2017. In addition to posters, stage design and backdrops, projections and merchandising art, in 2015 he also collaborated with his brother to create a series of five 30-second animated TV commercials, sponsored by Geico, which ran on the IFC network. Operating as The Fantastic Heat Brothers, they wrote, designed, and animated the series, with voiceovers provided by Black and Gass.
Beginning in 2014, McGarry began creating posters and billboards for the annual series of Coachella-adjacent shows staged by the festival's promoter, Goldenvoice.
He has designed a number of record sleeves for other artists, from Kim Fowley to a Secret 7" project for Underworld, and created animated music videos for a diverse range of music artists including:
In 2020, he released his debut solo single, "Black Leather" b/w "Go Ghost" on the Fantastic Heat label, accompanied by two animated music videos.
Inspired by the death of Han Solo in 2015's Star Wars: The Force Awakens, McGarry began creating a series of Sad Chewie cartoons depicting Chewbacca in everyday situations mourning the loss of his friend.
Luke McGarry
Luke Edward McGarry (born 11 October 1987) is a British illustrator, cartoonist, animator and designer based in Los Angeles. He is engaged to actress Jillian Bell.
In 2005, while they were still students at the Orange County High School of the Arts, Luke and his brother, Joe McGarry – twin sons of British cartoonist Steve McGarry – formed the music duo Pop Noir. Luke's design work for the band, including posters and record sleeves, led to him being invited to create cartoons and illustrations for a number of music-related publications, including LA Record, LA City Beat and OC Weekly. In 2007, in recognition of their design work for The National Cartoonists Society, the 19-year-olds became the youngest-ever recipients of the NCS Silver T-Square, an award whose previous recipients include two U.S. Presidents and cartoonists Milton Caniff, Mort Walker and Bil Keane. Luke McGarry has subsequently been nominated eight times in the NCS Silver Reuben Division Awards, winning three times, for Advertising Illustrator of the Year in 2016, 2019 and 2020
In 2010, McGarry began his seven-year association with FYF Fest, creating the poster art each year, as well as designing printed programs, maps and wristbands for the Festival. During this period, he regularly collaborated with House of Vans and created poster art for a number of Los Angeles music venues and promoters, including Spaceland, The Echo, Echoplex and The Regent. In 2013, OC Weekly described McGarry as "the poster child for success in the world of rock-n-roll cartoons".
McGarry was the lead visual artist for Festival Supreme, an annual Los Angeles comedy and music festival, created by Jack Black and Kyle Gass of Tenacious D, which was staged from 2013 to 2017. In addition to posters, stage design and backdrops, projections and merchandising art, in 2015 he also collaborated with his brother to create a series of five 30-second animated TV commercials, sponsored by Geico, which ran on the IFC network. Operating as The Fantastic Heat Brothers, they wrote, designed, and animated the series, with voiceovers provided by Black and Gass.
Beginning in 2014, McGarry began creating posters and billboards for the annual series of Coachella-adjacent shows staged by the festival's promoter, Goldenvoice.
He has designed a number of record sleeves for other artists, from Kim Fowley to a Secret 7" project for Underworld, and created animated music videos for a diverse range of music artists including:
In 2020, he released his debut solo single, "Black Leather" b/w "Go Ghost" on the Fantastic Heat label, accompanied by two animated music videos.
Inspired by the death of Han Solo in 2015's Star Wars: The Force Awakens, McGarry began creating a series of Sad Chewie cartoons depicting Chewbacca in everyday situations mourning the loss of his friend.
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