David Gallaher

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David Gallaher

David Matthew Gallaher
Birth name David Matthew Gallaher
Born June 5th 1975
Honolulu, Hawaii
Nationality American
Area(s) Writer, Comic Creator
Pseudonym(s) Dave Gallaher
Notable works Vampire: The Masquerade, Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, High Moon
Awards 2007 Creative Excellence in Advertising Award, Comic Foundry Breakout Creator of 08, 2008 Creative Excellence in Advertising Award for the NYPD

David Matthew Gallaher: (born 1975) is Honolulu-born, American writer, who spent most of his life operating out of Brooklyn, New York and Baltimore, Maryland.


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[edit] Biography

During his formative years, David didn't have a television. His first exposure to the 'moving picture' was in 1978 with the first Superman film. In 1980, when his family got a television, he was blasted with all sorts of televised superhero material from Shazam to Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends to Superfriends to The Incredible Hulk and Batman. According to an interview with Comics Worth Reading[4], Gallaher grew up in steeped in Civil War history and dirty little secrets. An alumnus of Hood College and a graduate of Goddard College, Gallaher went on to write for Marvel Comics, the New York City Police Department, Moonstone Books, the CBLDF, Harris Publications and McGraw-Hill. His works include Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, Annex, Moonstone Monsters, High Moon, More Fund Comics, Vampirella, and Vampire: The Masquerade. David suffers from epilepsy. In 2008, Gallaher was named as a 'Breakout Creator' by Comic Foundry magazine.

[edit] Influences

According to his interview in 2003, influences listed by Gallaher include[1] include:

[edit] Bibliography

[edit] Moonstone Books

  • Moonstone Noir: Johnny Dollar (The Brief Candle Matter)
  • Vampire: The Masquerade: Blood & Shadows (Tremere)
  • Moonstone Monsters: Ghosts (incorrecetly credited as Ken Wolak)
  • Moonstone Monsters: tradepaperback (incorrecetly credited as Ken Wolak)

[edit] Sky Dog Press

  • More Fund Comics (A Word From Our Sponsors) - where he appears as himself.

[edit] Chalk Outline Studios

  • Annex

[edit] Harris Publications

  • Vampirella Magazine

[edit] Visual Opinions Magazine

  • Comix! Required Anatomy 101

[edit] Global Knowledge

  • Introduction to Web Databases
  • Networking Tools 2.0
  • Glossary of Networking and Internetworking Terms

[edit] Glencoe/McGraw-Hill

  • Marketing Essentials

[edit] Wildstorm

  • Gen-Active #1 (Special Thanks credit)

[edit] DC Comics

[edit] Marvel Comics

[edit] Other media

  • David has appeared as himself in four different comics: Hawkman, Girls With Slingshots, Bat Boy, and More Fund Comics

[edit] External links

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ Sequential Tart: David Gallaher - Shadow Man (vol VI/iss 10/October 2003)