The first of 5 children born to the late Gloria Ann McClain, a strong woman who gave all for her children and never discouraged them from pursuing their creative talents. David, a Newark NJ native, developed his artistic and musical interest at a very early age, beginning with reading the sunday comics or singing along with songs on the radio at age three. At age 10 he even tried his hand at acting, landing the male lead in his fourth grade class' production of "The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman" they gave such an impressive performance the local news paper [N.J. Star Ledger] ran an article on the show which appeared with a picture of young David in his role of "Quentin Lerner" the reporter chronicling the life of Jane Pittman [ he also pulled double duty as a character extra in smaller parts throughout the performance]. His fourth grade teacher Ms. Barbara Ambrose couldn't help but see the bright future in store for this gifted young man who was equally at home with his school work or creative work. She pleaded with the school board to advance him to sixth grade instead of the fifth, noting that he was performing above that level already. Reluctantly they agreed to a trial run for a month and he showed them what he could do and they never questioned Ms. Ambrose again. The love for music and art manifested itself in all aspects of David's young life from organizing neighborhood pre-teen parties and "borrowing" his parent's and other friends 45's and LPs to DeeJay the parties to forming a singing group to perform at the parties, to creating the flyer art about the party. Creativity was in the blood. At age 11 he purchased his 1st 45 with his own allowance and never stopped, comics and records, drawing and "making tapes" is what kept him busy. In 1981 during the time he was enrolled at Newark's famous Arts High School he began contributing work to a local fanzine company ScriptGraphics, collaborating with a young writer named Mark W. Harris on several projects, such as The Brothers of the Wood, Brandon Tolliver & Tutt. Later work would include stories for Maverick, Psi Girl and Jaguar, the character based on the Arts High mascot re-envisioned by David, who had appeared briefly in the school newspaper. After graduating Arts High School he then attended S.V.A. in New York, always preferring to surround himself with people who have that same creative energy and attitude. His 1st professional work in comics was for Blackthorne Publishing in 1987 which included the logo and some background pencil art for the M.W. Harris/Dennis Francis Street Wolf book and logos and character designs for their line of color books, around that same time he joined up with Ben "Rebel" Thomas who formed the "Rebel Productions Group" and then "Next Rebellion Productions" where he honed his skills as a rapper, songwriter, producer and graphic artist, providing logos, flyer designs and album cover art for a number of projects. A member of the recording group "Lost Children" who's single "Love & Contradiction" was featured in the Cynthia Rothrock movie "Rage & Honor II" the future looked promising, but after working on the Raveman Logic ep. Beyond Gray Matter and remixes for the Pato Banton single Beams of Light it was time to move on. Concentrating more on his artistic abilities David went back to pursuing work with the Independent Comics industry, working as a penciler/inker for comic companies like ScriptGraphics, Beatnik [ The Mission, Equilibrium, Urbanhood ], Third Eye [ Shadow Walker ] and Landmark [Flying Objects, Cardinal ], while also working a "day job" in the large format graphics field as a pre-production graphic artist/designer. In 2012 he has join the ADAPT project and released the first chapter of his web comic "The Artifyce Connection" in 2013, in 2014 he was hired by DragonStar Productions to illustrate their forthcoming Source Book and is currently working on the 2nd chapter of The Artifyce Connection to be released in the summer of 2015. David will also be reintroducing the world to the "new" Jaguar in 2017. In between all that David also works as a mobile DJ for the group Unlimited Music Merchants spinning Old School SlowJams, Top 40, Disco and Club for private and public functions in and around the New Jersey/New York area.
