Dan's early career included a year and a half stint drawing political cartoons for Madcap Magazine and illustrating underground projects such as Maximum Rock and Roll. In 1997, after struggling through a violent car crash and a knife fight with a crackhead that severed the tendon on his left thumb, he attended art school. In 1998 he moved to New York City. There he produced artwork for Shai Hulud, Indecision, Coalesce, Locked in a Vacancy, Beyond Reason, and Zombie Apocalypse, among others. In September 2001, he was stricken with brain cancer and underwent surgery, chemotherapy and radiation. Tragedy struck again in 2007, as his wife of 6 years, Monica, was killed by a hit and run driver. He moved to Austin, Texas and started doing a regular comic strip entitled "Rollo & Me" for Tattoo Artist Magazine, illustrations for Black Static Magazine, and This is Horror. His first novel, The Black Seas of Infinity, was published by Anarchy Books in 2011, and he started an illustrated horror calendar. Deadite Press released the first book with a cover by Dan, "The Sopaths" by Piers Anthony. A limited edition chapbook "Christmas Is Cancelled" came out courtesy of Splatterpunk in 2013, and in 2014 he started columns for Tattoo Revue and Skin Art magazines that lasted for a 3 year span. A reissue of his debut novel was released by Permuted Press in April 2015, as well as a collection of his short stories entitled "Down Highways In The Dark...By Demons Driven" in August. He did art for Red Door Magazine, The Horror Zine, Litro Magazine, Out Of Step, and every issue so far of the horror zine Splatterpunk. The books "Splatterpunks Not Dead", "Splatterpunk Fighting Back", "Past Indiscretions", Insatiable, and a joint series by Marc Anthony May entitled "The Red Death" and "The Flood" all featured his work. His third book, "The End of the World" debuted in March of this year