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David

Celebrate the times. Oh, the times.

About Me



I'm a comic book writer and essayist. My work includes KARMA INCORPORATED, EMILY EDISON, ASTRONAUT DAD, an adaptation of ANTIGONE, plus regular contributions to D Magazine and the Smart Pop Series from BenBella Books. I produce and co-host Fanboy Radio's monthly Indie Show, broadcasting from KTCU 88.7 FM. I serve as a member of the advisory board for La Reunion.

"Best Local Comic Book Writer" from Dallas Observer's Best of 2006
"Great Graphic Novel for Teens" from the American Library Association
"Best Graphic Novels of 2006, 2007" from The Oklahoman
"Indy Pick of the Month" from Comic Buyer's Guide
( more nice things people have said )

My Interests

independent and small press comic books, good ideas, good conversation, good design, general mischief, This American Life, Dallas, bank robberies, small towns, old Peanuts comic strips, stories about families and communities, stealth disco, Coca-Cola, my G4, Tetris

I'd like to meet:

Tom Barman, Miranda July, Woody Allen, Douglas Coupland, Kim Novak, Grady Tripp, Bill Hicks, Annie Oakley, Ira Glass, Sarah Vowell, Hayao Miyazaki, Charlie Brown

Music:

dEUS, Charles Mingus, Astor Piazzolla, The Beatles, Elvis Costello, Pixies, The Who, The Cars, Tom Waits, Danger Mouse, David Bowie, Spencer Davis Group, Beck, Violent Femmes, They Might Be Giants, Calexico, Elliott Smith, Arcade Fire, Lemon Demon, Gorillaz, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Wolf Parade, 100 Damned Guns, The Tah-Dahs, Salim Nourallah, Frontier Brothers, The Happy Bullets
www.3wk.com

Movies:

new movies The Royal Tenenbaums, High Fidelity, Juno, Me and You and Everyone We Know, American Splendor, Northfork, Fargo, Adaptation, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Savages, Amelie, A Very Long Engagement, Dummy, I Heart Huckabees, Brick, The Night of the White Pants, Leon the Professional, The Fisher King, Matchstick Men, Iron Giant, My Neighbor Totoro, Kiki's Delivery Service
old movies Annie Hall, Vertigo, Seven Samurai, Ikiru, Solaris, 400 Blows, Sabrina, Flight of the Phoenix, Dog Day Afternoon, Bonnie & Clyde

Television:

LOST, Deadwood, The Wire, Rome, How I Met Your Mother, Arrested Development, The Office (US & BBC), It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Malcolm in the Middle, The Daily Show, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Firefly, Cowboy Bebop, Venture Brothers, Freaks and Geeks, Undeclared, Mythbusters

Books:

anything by Douglas Coupland, Wonder Boys, American Gods, Cheese Monkeys, The Right Stuff, I Love You Beth Cooper, Our Noise, Cut My Hair, Kick Me, Lord Vishnu's Love Handles, Me Talk Pretty One Day, The Partly Cloudy Patriot, Assassination Vacation, Harry Potter, The Cultural Creatives, Understanding Media
graphic novels Queen & Country, Will Eisner's Dropsie Avenue, Scott Pilgrim, The Walking Dead, Sandman, Bone, The Rabbi's Cat, Persepolis, Blankets, Strangers in Paradise, Flight, Concrete, Wasteland

My Blog

People seem to like this book, part 2.

A good review from Pop Syndicate's Ken Lowery (click here):It's a truism that you can never truly understand your parents until you've been where they are, and by then it's often too late. That Astron...
Posted by David on Sun, 06 Jan 2008 08:47:00 PST

People seem to like this book.

As posted in The Oklahoman newspaper, Matt Price lists his top 10 graphic novels for 2007. Astronaut Dad is 9. (click here)If you haven't purchased a copy yet, you can now order it through Silent Devi...
Posted by David on Sun, 06 Jan 2008 04:05:00 PST

I’ll be brief... promise... no seriously...

The website is finally finished. I'm now ready to take over the world with my charm, my even temperament, and my impeccable taste in comics.I say this every year, but this next year is going to be gre...
Posted by David on Wed, 19 Dec 2007 01:58:00 PST

Comixology, Art Conspiracy, Miscellany

Brent and I were interviewed on Comixology's podcast. The link also includes some brand new preview pages of ASTRONAUT DAD. Comixology is a great website, lots of useful content and a clean design. I ...
Posted by David on Mon, 10 Dec 2007 03:07:00 PST

"Souvenir of Dallas" comic available!

The December issue of D Magazine is available, with "Souvenir of Dallas" featured on page 26, written by me and illustrated by Paul Milligan."Our intrepid cartoonists go undercover at the Mavs' presea...
Posted by David on Sat, 01 Dec 2007 08:06:00 PST

La Reunion Workshop: Scriptwriting for Graphic Novels (video)

An excerpt of my presentation last April at the McKinney Avenue Contemporary in Dallas, filmed by Luke Hawkins. The workshop was hosted by La Reunion, and included experts in a variety of scriptwritin...
Posted by David on Wed, 07 Nov 2007 10:16:00 PST

Preview of Bolivar

KARMA INCORPORATED Vol. 1 and ASTRONAUT DAD Vol. 1 trade paperbacks are at the printers, soon to be in stores. I've finished the re-write for ASTRONAUT DAD Vol. 2, and I'm more or less finished with K...
Posted by David on Sun, 14 Oct 2007 06:21:00 PST

La Reunion Workshop video

A quicktime video of my thirty minute presentation from La Reunion Workshop: Scriptwriting for Graphic Novels --http://antiherocomics.com/media/LaReunion-David.movIt's a huge file (roughly 171 MB). I'...
Posted by David on Fri, 21 Sep 2007 05:07:00 PST

Preview of ASTRONAUT DAD

Some pages (unlettered) from the upcoming ASTRONAUT DAD Vol. 1 trade paperback, written by me and illustrated by Brent Schoonover....
Posted by David on Fri, 14 Sep 2007 03:25:00 PST

Asleep at the Dallas Comic Con

This video is a few years old. I finally decided to upload it to YouTube. Enjoy. ...
Posted by David on Sun, 02 Sep 2007 05:22:00 PST