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 has since moved on to new projects at Archaia, Top Cow and Marvel Comics.

David currently resides in Austin, Texas with his girlfriend, Tara (pronounced “Tahr-uh”, not “Tear-uh”), and dogs Shisha and Chomps.  He fills what little free time that’s left  practicing Aikido and teaching as an MCAT Verbal Master Trainer and Premier Tutor at The Princeton Review.

Photo © Tara Cowan 2011