Dan Taylor (born December 19, 1967, in

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) is a published writer, editor, and independent publisher.

Early life

Dan Taylor was born in

. He attended Huntington Beach High School. He studied Radio/Television/Film at

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Career

Dan Taylor began writing and creating comic books in 2001 with the independently published ''Super Hero Happy Hour'' through his own publishing company GeekPunk. The parody superhero comic spawned three additional issues, as well as a collected trade paperback, and an anthology, before dropping the "Super" from the title due to a trademark concerns with the term "super hero." Taylor and ''

Hero Happy Hour ''Hero Happy Hour'' is an American comic book co-created by writer Dan Taylor and artist Chris Fason. Like ''The Tick'' and, less satirically, ''Watchmen'', it takes place in a universe of vaguely familiar costumed crime fighters. All stories unfo ...

'' co-creator Chris Fason have also published the all-color graphic novel ''Hero Happy Hour: On The Rocks'' and ''Hero Happy Hour Vs. The Supreme Leader''. In April 2005, Taylor joined

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as editor to work on

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, as well as other IDW published titles. He left IDW in 2008 to pursue more writing.

Personal life

Dan Taylor resides in

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, with his wife Katie West-Taylor, daughter Jean Louise Taylor, dogs Scioscia and Scully, and cat Quint.

Bibliography

* ''Super Hero Happy Hour #1'' (writer/co-creator, with art by Chris Fason, GeekPunk, December 2002) * ''Super Hero Happy Hour #2'' (writer/letterer/co-creator, with art by Chris Fason, GeekPunk, March 2003) * ''Super Hero Happy Hour #3'' (writer/letterer/co-creator, with art by Chris Fason, GeekPunk, June 2003) * ''Super Hero Happy Hour #4'' (writer/letterer/co-creator, with art by Chris Fason, GeekPunk, September 2003) * ''Super Hero Happy Hour: Volume 1 (TPB)'' (writer/letterer/co-creator, with art by Chris Fason, GeekPunk, December 2003) *

References

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Dan Taylor at ComicBookDB.com
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Taylor, Dan 1967 births Living people Huntington Beach High School alumni Writers from California California State University, Long Beach alumni People from Orange, California