DaN fOOte

Cartoonist, Illustrator, Writer, and Host of Doodlin' with Dan doodlinwithdan.com

I've been doodlin' for as long as I can remember.

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I can't recall a time when I wasn't doodlin' or drawing on something. As a preschooler, my brother Dave and I would entertain each other by scrawling on rolls of butcher wrap... stretched across our grandparent's kitchen floor... drawing funny pictures to make each other laugh. I graduated from butcher wrap to sketchbooks in middle school--after discovering Mad Magazine.

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My grades suffered but my

love for doodlin', cartooning,

and caricature only grew.

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I continued doodlin' through

school, into college, and

eventually into the world of

newspapers--where I landed

my dream job in 1989 as the

editorial cartoonist for the

Dallas Times Herald. But the

advent of the internet put an

end to that dream, and

newspapers are basically a

footnote in history.

 

I went in search of new places to doodle and worked for years doing cartoon illustrations for Frito Lay, Family Christian Stores, Chariot Victor Publishing, and a slew of other great companies. In 2010, I moved to Colorado and joined the staff at Flatirons Community Church where I recently retired after 14 years as Men's Pastor, then Kid's Ministry Creative Director, and three years as the Campus Pastor at their Longmont campus.

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But I never quit doodlin'. I recently launched my YouTube channel: Doodlin with Dan (doodlinwithdan.com) where I show kids (and adults) that you can draw the funniest cartoons with a few simple shapes. When I'm not making DWD shows, I'm enjoying time with my wife, Amy, our kids, and our six grandkids--loving the beauty of Colorado.