Nathan Olsen graduated many years ago with a BFA in Illustration and followed a trail of cash into the wild jungle of advertising. After spending the better part of a decade designing and art directing advertising campaigns, branding, packaging, marketing guides, point-of-purchase displays, trade show graphics, and website applications, Nathan realized his life was slowly slipping from him, spent doing work he mostly did not enjoy. So he quit.
These days, Nathan is pursuing an MFA in illustration and spends his free time drawing comics, making prints and teaching art at California State University, Long Beach and Laguna School of Art + Design. Along the way, Nathan co-created the on-going comic strip, Haiku Comics, published a book, was awarded a summer stipend by CSULB to create a short animated film and won Distinctive Merit in 3×3 Magazine’s 2007 Student Illustration Show.
Nathan lives in Long Beach, California with his wife and two cats.