Brian O'Toole (d. 1 September 2001, aged 53 or 54), originally from Liverpool, was an artist best known for his portraits of Irish writers, which have been reproduced as postcards. He drew cartoons for In Dublin magazine in the 1980s, working in a heavily crosshatched style. He drew the comic strip Shem and Sam, written by Stephen Walsh, featuring James Joyce and Samuel Beckett sharing a flat, which appeared in The Yellow Press and the British anthology Inkling in the 1990s, and his later work appeared in the Irish music magazine Hot Press.

External linksEdit

• Read Shem and Sam online

ReferencesEdit

• Obituary by John S. Doyle, Irish Independent, 25 September 2001
• Tribute by Peter Betts
• Tribute by Stephen Walsh