DAN SCHAFFER began his career working as a political cartoonist for the NASUWT national newspaper: The Career Teacher. In 2000 he brought his offbeat writing style and twisted artistic vision to the world of comics with the critically acclaimed cult series DOGWITCH.

Known for the diversity of his work, Dan frequently defies traditional formulas and expectations, preferring to bend genres and explore challenging and uncompromising themes. His flagship comic title DOGWITCH, an epic tale of love, sex, fame and magic, follows the notorious adventures of a banished witch, Violet Grimm, in her search for redemption, revenge, and a date. The comic contains strong neo-feminist themes and was an underground cult hit in America and the UK. Violet quickly became a new Goth poster girl and was welcomed by Pagan and Feminist groups who hailed her as a strong, complex, and iconic female lead character.

With the psychological sci-fi graphic novel, THE SCRIBBLER, Dan dropped the satire and irony of DOGWITCH to take his work in a more serious direction. THE SCRIBBLER explores the grey areas between good and evil and graphically illustrates 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. THE SCRIBBLER is currently on Dan's slate for film adaptation. 

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 comic short LESIONS IN THE BRAIN, an adaptation of one of Katiejane's songs, and DARLING, THEY'VE FOUND THE BODY, an art exhibition at the Woom Gallery.

Dan now works mainly as a screenwriter. His script for comedy/horror film DOGHOUSE was directed by Jake West, and stars Danny Dyer, Stephen Graham and Noel Clarke. It is released theatrically across the UK on 12 June 2009.

Dan's next script to go into production will be a psychological crime thriller called STINGERS, currently in pre-production with Scanner Rhodes Productions.