Dave Coverly

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Dave Coverly (born 1964) is the creator of the one panel comic Speed Bump.

He grew up in Plainwell, Michigan and graduated from Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti, Michigan with a degree in philosophy. At EMU, he worked for the student newspaper, the Eastern Echo. He went on to get a master's degree in English from Indiana University.

He has been recognized for his work with the National Cartoonist Society Greeting Card Award for 1997 and another nomination for the same award for 1998, and their Newspaper Panel Cartoon Award for 1994 and 2002, with additional nominations for 2000 and 2001.

He lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

[edit] Books

Speed Bump books include

Caution Speed Bump: Collection of Cartoon Skidmarks by Mike Peters and Dave Coverly (June 2000)
Speed Bump: Cartoons for Idea People by Dave Coverly (September 2004)
Just One %$#@ Speed Bump After Another... More cartoons by Dave Coverly (December 2005).