David Gallaher

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David Gallaher
Born	David Matthew Gallaher June 5, 1975 (1975-06-05) (age 36) Honolulu, Hawaii
Nationality	American
Area(s)	Writer, Editor
Pseudonym(s)	Dave Gallaher Dr. Gallaher (miscredited as Ken Wolak, David Gallagher)
Notable works	Vampire: The Masquerade Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar High Moon Box 13 Hulk: Winter Guard
Awards	2007 Creative Excellence in Advertising Award Comic Foundry Breakout Creator of 08 2008 Creative Excellence in Advertising Award 2009 Creative Excellence in Advertising Award 2009 Harvey Award for High Moon
Official website

David Matthew Gallaher (born June 5, 1975 in Honolulu) is an American writer, known of his work on such books as Vampire: The Masquerade, Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, High Moon, Box 13' and Hulk: Winter Guard.

Early life

David Gallaher was born June 5, 1975.^[1] According to an interview,^[2] during his formative years, Gallaher did not have a television. His first exposure to the 'moving picture' was in 1978 with the first Superman film. He attributes this event as being crucial in his career within the comics industry. 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 Super Friends to The Incredible Hulk and Batman.^[2] According to an interview with Comics Worth Reading, Gallaher grew up in steeped in "Civil War history and dirty little secrets."^{[citation needed]} His childhood environment is what he attributes to the creation of his series High Moon.^{[volume & issue needed]} Gallaher is an alumnus of both Hood College and Goddard College.^{[citation needed]}

Career

Gallaher has written 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,^{[dead link]}More Fund Comics, Vampirella, and Vampire: The Masquerade.^[3]

In 2008, Gallaher was named as a 'Breakout Creator' by Comic Foundry magazine.^[4] In October 2009, Gallaher earned a Harvey Award for his work on the series High Moon.^[5]

His work at Marvel includes Hulk: Winter Guard^[6] and Darkstar and the Winter Guard.^[7][8][9]

In July of 2011, Gallaher began working as a consulting editor working on a broad range of titles for Kodansha including Sailor Moon, Gon, Negima and Arisa McDonald, Heidi (July 24, 2011). "David Gallaher to consult for Kodansha". The Beat. http://www.jacketflap.com/megablog/index.asp?postid=937836. 

Personal life

Gallaher suffers from epilepsy.^[10][1] He lives in Brooklyn, New York,^[1] and is in a relationship with Valerie D’Orazio.^[11]

Bibliography

Archaia

• Immortals: Gods & Heroes (with artists Kevin Colden)

Moonstone Books

• Moonstone Noir: Johnny Dollar (The Brief Candle Matter)
• Vampire: The Masquerade: Blood & Shadows (Tremere)
• Moonstone Monsters: Ghosts (incorrectly credited as Ken Wolak)^[12]
• Moonstone Monsters: trade paperback (incorrectly credited as Ken Wolak)^[12]

New York City Police Department

• NYPD Multimedia Presentation: "All In A Day's Work" CD Rom [2007 CEA Award Winner]
• NYPD Police 2008 Campaign: "MyNYPD" (2008 CEA Award Winner)
• NYPD Police 2008 Campaign: "MyNYPD" (2009 CEA Award Winner)
• NYPD Police 2005-2007 Campaign: "Only in NY, Only in the NYPD" (2007 CEA Award Winner)
• NYPD Sports: "What's Your Career Game Plan?" campaign

Sky Dog Press

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

Chalk Outline Studios

• Annex

comiXology

• Box 13 (with artist and co-creator Steve Ellis), later published by Red 5 Comics
• Box 13: The Pandora Process (with artist and co-creator Steve Ellis)

Harris Publications

• Vampirella Magazine #8-10

Image Comics

• Deadlands: The Devil's Six Gun (with artist Steve Ellis)

Visual Opinions Magazine

• Comix! Required Anatomy 101

Global Knowledge

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

Glencoe/McGraw-Hill

• Marketing Essentials

Wildstorm

• Gen-Active #1 (Special Thanks credit)

DC Comics

• High Moon - Zuda webcomic imprint - with artist and co-creator Steve Ellis

Marvel Comics

• Iron Man: Threaded Web (digital comics story)
• "The Stark Truth Behind Stark Enterprises" (article)
• "X-Marks The Spider: Ten Years Later" (article)
• Hulk: The Winter Guard (with artist and co-creator Steve Ellis)
• Darkstar and The Winter Guard (with artist and co-creator Steve Ellis)

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b c} Gallaher, David. [davidgallaher1.livejournal.com/profile User Profile]. LiveJournal. accessed October 2, 2011.
2. ^ ^{a b} Shadow Man: David Gallaher. Sequential Tart
3. ^ Kean, Benjamin Ong Pang (November 19, 2003). "Gallaher's November Vampires - Tremere". Newsarama. http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?threadid=6721. 
4. ^ Leong, Tim. "Comic Foundry Issue 2 Preview - 8 Breakout Creators of 2008". Comic Foundry. March 28, 2008
5. ^ Brady, Matt (October 24, 2007). "Zuda Announces First Wave". Newsarama. http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=134038. 
6. ^ Beard, Jim (November 4, 2009). "Winter Guard: Cold Warriors". Marvel.com. http://marvel.com/news/comicstories.10171.Winter_Guard~colon~_Cold_Warriors. Retrieved May 19, 2010. 
7. ^ Gourley, Jim (April 20, 2010). "The Sword and Script Interview: David Gallaher". Sword and Script. http://swordandscript.com/general/the-sword-and-script-interview-david-gallaher. Retrieved May 19, 2010. 
8. ^ Mahadeo, Kevin (May 21, 2010). "Gallaher Thaws Out the Winter Guard". Comic Book Resources. http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=26323. Retrieved May 21, 2010. 
9. ^ Rogers, Vaneta (May 25, 2010). "From High Moon to DARKSTAR: Zuda Alums Talk Russian Heroes". Newsarama. http://www.newsarama.com/comics/Darkstar-Ellis-Gallaher-100525.html. Retrieved June 10, 2010. 
10. ^ Parkin, JK. "Gallaher and Ellis on What’s Inside 'Box 13'". Comic Book Resources. October 9, 2009
11. ^ "Geek Love". Penthouse. June 2009. http://penthousemagazine.com/features/geek-love/. 
12. ^ ^{a b} Gallaher, David. "NUMBER EIGHT IS MISSING!". Topica. August 19, 2003

References

• David Gallaher at the Grand Comics Database

External links

• Official website
• David Gallaher at the Comic Book DB
• Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar graphic novel illustrated by Eric Theriault, written by David Gallaher

Interviews

• Interview at 2008's New York Comic Con with comiXology
• Podcast interview with David at comiXology
• CBEM: Interview With David Gallaher

Persondata
Name	Gallaher, David Matthew
Alternative names
Short description	American writer
Date of birth	June 5, 1975
Place of birth	Honolulu, Hawaii
Date of death
Place of death