David Heatley
| David Heatley | |
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| Born | October 17, 1974 |
| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Cartoonist, Penciller |
Notable works |
Deadpan, My Brain is Hanging Upside Down |
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David Heatley (born October 17, 1974) is an American cartoonist, illustrator, graphic designer and musician.
Biography
Education
Born in Teaneck, New Jersey,[1] Heatley graduated from Teaneck High School in 1993. He graduated from the San Francisco Art Institute in 2000.[2]
Comics
Though he studied painting and filmmaking at Oberlin College, Heatley started drawing comics regularly in the late 1990s. Since then, his comics and illustrations have appeared on the cover of The New Yorker, in The New York Times, McSweeney’s, Mome, and Kramers Ergot, among others. He has been featured three times in the Best American Comics series.[3] Fantagraphics has published two issues of his solo comic book series, Deadpan, and Pantheon Books released his first full-length book, My Brain is Hanging Upside Down, in September 2008.
Music
Heatley's high school band Velvet Cactus Society released two albums on Shimmy Disc in the early 1990s. In 2008 he recorded (under his own name) a soundtrack to his graphic novel "My Brain is Hanging Upside Down" featuring a cover of The Ramones song by the same name. The soundtrack was released on WonderSound records.
Personal life
David Heatley played the baby Jesus at a Christmas pageant in 1974, months after he was born. A few years later, his family moved to teaneck, NJ, where they became disenchanted with Catholicism and joined an episcopal church which might have had the worst liturgical music in the country. Heatley was confirmed at age 13 and stopped going to church the following year. After a decade and a half of self-destructive behavior, he had a spiritual awakening while visiting California in 2001-about which, more later. Heatley now lives in Jackson heights, NY, with his wife Rebecca Gopoian (an agnostic, Jewish-Armenian poet), and their two children.[4]
Inspiration
Heatley lists among his influences Daniel Clowes, Gary Panter, Fort Thunder, and Paper Rad.[5]
Selected works
Books
- My Brain is Hanging Upside Down (Pantheon Books, September, 2008, ISBN 0-375-42539-X)
- Otis Dooda, written by Ellen Potter, Feiwel & Friends, 2013
- Otis Dooda: Downright Dangerous, written by Ellen Potter, Feiwel & Friends, 2014
Solo comics
- Deadpan #1 (Fantagraphics)
- Deadpan #2 (Fantagraphics)
Anthology appearances
| Publication | Publisher, Date, ISBN |
Contribution |
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| Kramers Ergot 4 | Gingko Press ISBN 0-9677989-5-7 ISBN 0-9800039-7-0 |
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| Timothy McSweeney's Quarterly Concern Issue 13 |
McSweeney's May 14, 2004 ISBN 1-932416-08-0 |
Original printing of "Portrait of My Dad"; a strip on the table of contents page. |
| Kramers Ergot 5 | Gingko Press December 31, 2004 ISBN 1-58423-172-6 |
15-page story: "My Sexual History" |
| Bête Noire #1 | Fantagraphics 2004 |
cover art |
| The Education Of A Comics Artist | Allworth Press May 1, 2005 ISBN 1-58115-408-9 |
2-page strip called "How I Became the Cartoonist I am today." |
| Mome Vol. 1 - Summer 2005 | Fantagraphics Books September 12, 2005 ISBN 1-56097-650-0 |
Part 1 of serial comic "Overpeck" |
| Mome Vol. 2 - Fall 2005 | Fantagraphics November 30, 2005 ISBN 1-56097-684-5 |
Part 2 of serial comic "Overpeck" |
| Mome Vol. 3 - Winter 2006 | Fantagraphics April 24, 2006 ISBN 1-56097-697-7 |
Part 3 of serial comic "Overpeck" |
| Mome Vol. 4 - Spring/Summer 2006 | Fantagraphics July 31, 2006 ISBN 1-56097-726-4 |
dream comics |
| The Best American Comics 2006 | Best American October 11, 2006 ISBN 0-618-71874-5 |
"Portrait of My Dad" |
| Mome Vol. 6 - Winter 2007 | Fantagraphics January 16, 2007 ISBN 1-56097-781-7 |
dream comics |
| Mome Vol. 7 - Spring 2007 | Fantagraphics May 22, 2007 ISBN 1-56097-834-1 |
dream comics |
| The Best American Comics 2007 | Best American October 10, 2007 ISBN 0-618-71876-1 |
cover art; 10 pages of dream comics |
| The Best American Comics 2008 | Best American October 8, 2008 ISBN 0-618-98976-5 |
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| An Anthology of Graphic Fiction, Cartoons, and True Stories: Volume 2 | Yale University Press October 21, 2008 ISBN 0-300-12671-9 |
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| Kramers Ergot 7 | Buenaventura Press November 1, 2008 ISBN 0-9800039-5-4 |
References
- ↑ Duin, Steve. "David Heatley", The Oregonian, October 24, 2008. Accessed October 24, 2008.
- ↑ Heatley's Facebook profile. Accessed Feb. 5, 2009.
- ↑ promotional page for Best American Comics 2007
- ↑ http://www.davidheatley.com/bio.php
- ↑ David Heatley's artist page at Drawger
External links
- Official website
- David Heatley's artist page at Drawger
- September 2007 interview on the Inkstuds radio show
- October 2008 interview from Comixology
- Heatley on comics and graphic design
- webcomic based on poem by Diane Wakoski
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