Dana Claire Simpson,[1] is an American cartoonist, best known as the creator of the comic Phoebe and her Unicorn, as well as the long-running webcomic Ozy and Millie.

Other works created by Simpson include the political commentary cartoon I Drew This and the alternate reality drama comic Raine Dog.

[2] Simpson considered herself an artist from an early age, drawing comic strips as young as five years old as part of making her own homemade newspaper.

For her work on Ozy and Millie, Simpson was a finalist for the 1998 Scripps-Howard Foundation Charles M. Schulz College Cartoonist Award.

I Drew This began life in the Washington State University Daily Evergreen in January 2004, while Simpson was attending graduate school.