Gavin Aung Than

Gavin Aung Than is a cartoonist based in Perth, Western Australia. After working in the corporate graphic design industry for 8 years he quit his unfulfilling job at the end of 2011 to focus on his true passion, drawing cartoons. Gavin launched Zen Pencils at the start of 2012, a cartoon blog which adapts inspirational quotes into comic stories, and hasn't looked back since.

Zen Pencils has been featured by The Washington Post, The Huffington Post, Slate, Mashable, Upworthy, Buzzfeed, Gawker, The A.V. Club, Brain Pickings, Comic Book Resources, National Geographic, ProBlogger and The Design Files. It was named one of the best 100 websites of 2013 by PCMag and there are two New York Times bestselling book collections of Zen Pencils comics currently available.

SUPER SIDEKICKS, Gavin's first series of books aimed at young readers is published by Penguin Random House. The first book, No Adults Allowed was released April 2019.

The second book Ocean's Revenge is released September 2019.

The third book Trial Of Heroes is released April 2020.

https://aungthan.com