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Dan's
work is often satirical, mostly irreverent, and always
challenging. He frequently bends genres, breaks temporal
rules, and explores uncompromising themes.
Formerly
a political cartoonist,
Dan moved into comics in 2000, writing and illustrating
the critically acclaimed comic series DOGWITCH.
This tale of love, sex, fame, and necrophilia
followed the
adventures of a banished witch named Violet
Grimm in
her search for redemption, revenge, and a date with a
pulse. DOGWITCH was an underground cult hit in America and the UK.
With
the psychological sci-fi graphic novel, THE
SCRIBBLER, Dan took his work in a more serious
direction, exploring the grey areas between good and evil and graphically
illustrating the dangers of mechanical thinking in an
organic world. This tale of a dissociative young woman
subjected to a new psychotherapy experiment was applauded
for its sensitive but unsentimental approach to mental
illness.
In
2004 Dan helped pioneer a new wave of comic-music
crossover books. His work with rock singer
Katiejane
Garside on
the seminal graphic novel
INDIGO
VERTIGO
shattered
the boundaries of comics as a storytelling platform. Dan
and Katiejane have frequently collaborated on other art
projects, most notably the subversive (and banned) comic
short LESIONS
IN THE BRAIN, and DARLING,
THEY'VE FOUND THE BODY, an art exhibition at the Woom
Gallery.
In
2008 Dan moved into film with the gender-horror satire DOGHOUSE.
The screenplay started a bidding war before
being picked up by Sony. It was released
theatrically in June 2009. Dan
has since sold a handful of other screenplays, all of which are
now in various stages of development.
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