Dave Kiersh

junk

2008-09-11T19:50:00.000-07:00

welcome home brave part 1 (click for full size images)

2008-08-19T15:09:00.000-07:00

welcome home brave part 2 (click for full size images)

2008-08-16T21:00:00.000-07:00

new books and stuff

2008-06-05T07:29:00.000-07:00

My latest book, NEVERLAND, is now available from www.bodegadistribution.com. $6 dollars and free shipping for a limited time. Also, ask your local comic store to order you a copy through the Diamond previews catalog.

In other news, I recently found out I was awarded the 2008 Xeric Grant. So, yes, there will be a full color self-published comic out by me later this year! I'm hoping that this will be part of a series and am very thankful to the Xeric Foundation for their help.

(above image is for a postcard of an event put together by Fiona Logusch that also features artwork by Lauren Leone and Diana Pyatov.)

also, I have drawings and posters on display at magpie in Davis Square (somerville, MA). There will be a party there on July 23rd at 7:00.

a crazy year

2008-02-02T20:33:00.000-08:00

-------------->: www.davekcomics.com

link above to my recently completed website. this past year, I took somewhat of a break from doing my comics and sketchbooks. Decided to learn lots of computer stuff which resulted in an update on my style and more of an interest in design. Also, stopped working as a children's librarian and began making an effort to make a career out of creative endeavors. All in all, it's been a crazy year!

sample pages from neverland

2008-01-13T11:15:00.002-08:00

more samples from Neverland

2008-01-13T11:15:00.001-08:00

letting loose...my drawings on a wall

2008-01-11T07:03:00.001-08:00

puzzles

2008-01-04T10:46:00.001-08:00

valentine for mary martin

2007-11-14T13:48:00.001-08:00

a maze or amazing?

2007-10-21T19:15:00.001-07:00

when we were young

2007-09-04T20:35:00.001-07:00

Teenage Neverland.
A dizzyland of the place where I grew up. Only in my dreams, like walks at night when the sky is somehow more vast and takes precedence. My neighborhood is a circle with paths & mysterious trails through the woods. I cherish the quiet, bugs whispering like a gentle choir.

Peter sneaks into the windows of the girls that he loves. I am too old to be a lost boy, but I am still lost. The land of night, of stars, is vast…things on the ground are small. Homes, trees…everything is close. But it might be a million a miles away. Like the girl next door. The flickering light of her TV screen. Why not walk out onto your roof. I can meet you there.

neverland (part 1)

2007-08-28T12:27:00.001-07:00

(Click on images for larger details)

neverland (part 2)

2007-08-25T22:58:00.001-07:00

Insecure (mock-up cover)

2007-08-25T16:52:00.001-07:00

BLUE--(some recent comics)

2007-08-19T18:08:00.000-07:00

driving...

2007-07-29T19:23:00.001-07:00

Excuses…excuses….

I really can’t complain ‘cause a guy never had it better. What more can you ask for than a pretty girlfriend who loves you?

Well, I’m sorry, but I felt like a failure. It wasn’t her. It was me. I wanted some sort of success. To be an artist, however laughable that might be to you.

Working as a children’s librarian just didn’t cut it for me. It’s the type of position that makes me question my masculinity. I refuse to be called ma’am. This isn’t my mission.

Please, selling out is dying. And I want to live forever. So, working for peanuts, I made it my idealistic goal to succeed. I set forth to create my break-through achievement.

Well, it wasn’t so much fun. In solitude. And I failed. No one liked it and it will remain unfinished. My advice: don’t dedicate yourself at the expense of others.

I want to apologize. I want to get out of my head.

Today I went for a walk and kept on going until my legs couldn’t carry me anymore. That’s no good.

Next time, I’ll do whatever I can to make it better. To hell with these weird fantasies. I love you and I love the world. I WANT TO SMILE.

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I’ve fought monsters and worse
Inside my head
Demons of my own creation

You are the princess
Who tried to point me
In the right direction
unlocking the gate
You held the key

Old castle of my heart
Where I lurk in the mote
Trenching through muck
With the alligators
Banging on the stone wall

When you are high in the tower
There’s no one I could admire more
Just catching glimpses
Makes me want to struggle
To prove I’m worthy of
The King’s approval

First
I need to slay these dragons
For that, there are knights more valiant
Braver, stronger and more beautiful

But I shall try

my so called life

2007-07-27T00:01:00.001-07:00

working on it...

2007-07-18T15:00:00.000-07:00

books, projects, t-shirts, etc.

2007-06-30T11:32:00.000-07:00

back to the basement

2007-05-02T23:14:00.003-07:00

bathing under the water tower

2007-05-02T23:14:00.002-07:00

green with envy

2007-05-02T23:14:00.001-07:00

where to next?

2007-05-02T23:14:00.000-07:00

gotta get out of this town!

2007-05-02T21:52:00.000-07:00