David Marquez was born in London and grew up in Houston, Texas. After graduating from the University of Texas at Austin with degrees in History and Government and a teaching certificate for high school history, David chose to take a risk to pursue his passion for illustration. He auditioned for an animation position on Warner Independent Pictures’ A SCANNER DARKLY, and was immediately hired. After SCANNER David worked on a variety of small press and creator-owned comics projects, culminating in the summer of 2010 with the release of his first major project, SYNDROME, a graphic novel from Archaia Entertainment. His work on SYNDROME and DAYS MISSING:KESTUS (also through Archaia) earned David a nomination for the Russ Manning Most Promising Newcomer Award, given out each year at the Eisner Awards ceremony at San Diego Comic Con. David is currently working under an exclusive contract with Marvel Comics. His projects include ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN and ALL-NEW X-MEN, both with acclaimed writer Brian Michael Bendis. David resides in Austin, Texas with his fiancée, Tara, and dogs Shisha and Chomps. He fills what little free time that’s left practicing Aikido and working on his first creator-owned original graphic novel THE JOYNERS IN 3D, written by his close friend and SYNROME collaborator R.J. Ryan. Photo © Tara Cowan 2011