George O'Connor (born November 5, 1973) is an American-born author, cartoonist and illustrator living in Brooklyn.

It uses as its sole text an English translation of the journal kept by the Dutch barber/surgeon/explorer Harmen Meyndertsz van den Bogaert, who in 1634 journeyed from what is now Albany, New York 100 miles into the interior of the North American continent.

[2] O'Connor followed up Journey with his work on Ball Peen Hammer, the first graphic novel written by famed playwright Adam Rapp.

Set in the near future of an unnamed city after a societal collapse, the story follows the lives and loves of a handful of survivors.

[3] He also storyboarded and contributed illustrations for the "graphic novel" portions of the ABC news special Earth 2100.