Content Generator / Beautiful Thing-maker
Greater New York City Area
Content Generator / Beautiful Thing-maker
Greater New York City Area
Dan Goldman is a writer, artist and designer. His critically-acclaimed web-to-print comic SHOOTING WAR was selected as one of 2007's best graphic novels by The Village Voice and Publisher's Weekly. A frequent speaker on both digital comic processes and online distribution, he is also a founding member of the celebrated webcomics collective ACT-I-VATE, where he serializes the psychedelic psychodrama "KELLY".
His newest graphic novel, 08: A GRAPHIC DIARY OF THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL with The New Republic's Michael Crowley, is a documentary-comic of the 2008 U.S. presidential race published by Crown Books in January 2009.
He lives in New York City.
Scriptwriting, vector illustration, sequential storytelling, digital painting, graphic/publication design, butterfly-kissing.
(Entertainment industry)
September 2006 — Present (2 years 11 months)
Selected client list includes New York Magazine, Entertainment Weekly, GQ, Scholastic, New York Post, Complex, Blender, Grand Central Publishing and Crown Books.
View updated portfolio at www.dangoldman.net
(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Publishing industry)
January 2008 — December 2008 (1 year)
Currently collaborating with The New Republic's Michael Crowley on a nonfiction graphic novel following the 2008 election season from the reporters' point of view... in comic form. "08: A GRAPHIC DIARY OF THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL" is a 160-page b&w graphic novel to be published by Crown Books in January of 2009.
(Internet industry)
February 2006 — May 2008 (2 years 4 months)
ACT-I-VATE is a laboratory for an exclusive cabal of cartoonists plugging in and giving you free serialized graphic novels as we create them.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Entertainment industry)
May 2006 — July 2007 (1 year 3 months)
Illustrator and publication designer for SHOOTING WAR, a 200pg hardcover graphic novel collaboration between myself and journalist Anthony Lappé to be published by Grand Central Publishing on Nov. 19th, 2007.
Began online as webcomic on SMITHmag.net and garnered critical acclaim as well as nomination for "Best Digital Comic" Eisner Award in 2007.
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Publishing industry)
June 2003 — March 2005 (1 year 10 months)
Beginning with the "manga con corazón" manifesto, FWDbooks was conceived to create smart and emotionally-resonant comics and graphic novels for an adult readership.
(Public Company; 201-500 employees; Publishing industry)
September 1999 — April 2001 (1 year 8 months)
Copywriting & publication design for catalog, marketing assistance to direct market and press liaison between industry professionals and press.
Bachelor of the Arts , Film, English , 1992 — 1997
High School , 1989 — 1992
HEEB Magazine's "HEEB 100" for 2007
UGO.com Underground 07 Cartoonist