David Collier
Personal Information
Description
David Collier may very well be the only cartoonist to have had the unlikely experience of serving in the Canadian Army. During this period, he drew comic strips for the army newspapers. Collier's first professional comic strip was published in 1986 in the Crumb-edited magazine Weirdo, and throughout the years, his work has appeared in numerous comic anthologies, including Drawn & Quarterly, The Comics Journal, and Zero Zero. Most of this material was collected in 'Just The Facts' (1998), a comprehensive look back at a decade-worth of his "comic strip essays".
Books
The Frank Ritza Papers
This new 192 page Collier trade paperback will deliver all expectations and beyond with a quirky collection of stories about his family, living life in the army and the search for information on a local artist he discovers, Frank Ritza. Along with the story, Collier provides over 100 sketch book pages from London, Los Angeles and Saskatchewan. --Amazon.
Collier's Popular Press
A collection of comic strips by David Collier.
Unsung Hero
Robert McNeill is an ordinary man who's lived an extraordinary life. McNeill recounts his time spent as a G.I. in Vietnam, on a tour through that surreal and horrific landscape that even now, thirty years later, we're struggling to define. Unsung Hero is a tale of cynicism and endurance, tempered by McNeill's distinct sense of humor and Pekar's touching wit.