David Yurkovich
David Yurkovich began an on-again/off-again career in self-publishing after receiving a Xeric grant in 1996. His Top Shelf releases, Less Than Heroes and Death by Chocolate: Redux enabled him to live off sushi for three consecutive weeks. Having blown his fortune on blowfish, Yurkovich returned to work on various projects including The Bill Mantlo Project, a benefit book for Marvel Comics writer Bill Mantlo, published by Yurkovich’s own Sleeping Giant Creations imprint. David and his bride, Dianne Pearce, are currently developing several children's books and graphic novels.
Reviews & Interviews
Death by Chocolate - Redux
"Yurkovich's twisty imagination carries readers along, aided by a strong undercurrent of yearning, as these stories become increasingly about men bound by responsibilities they never asked for..." --The AV Club
"FOR FANS OF... Film noir; dark chocolate. DOES IT DELIVER? It delivers so …
Less Than Heroes
"I liked Less Than Heroes by David Yurkovich a lot, which means that I have now been tricked into liking a super-hero comic. F*ck. … When done right, the super-hero genre can be an intelligent commentary on the way we both idealize and loathe ourselves, and Yurkovich manages to do this through a …
