Dan DeBono

Daniel DeBono (born November 13, 1964 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American writer and novelist.

Early life

Daniel DeBono grew up in Chesterfield, Michigan. He graduated from L'anse Creuse High School North and attended Wayne State University from 1982 to 1985.

Career

From 1992 to 1995, DeBono wrote more than 200 travel features for The Citrus County Chronicle. He also wrote travel features for Scuba News.

DeBono uses Gareth Blackmore as his nom de plume for some of his science fiction, horror, fantasy and comic writing. The name was first used in 1992 for the magazine Gareth Blackmore's Unusual Tales. Following that, Gareth Blackmore's stories were illustrated in Factual Illusions - a comic published by Alliance Comics and illustrated by comic artists Kyle Hotz and Armando Gil. DeBono also wrote sci-fi, horror and fantasy stories for other publications, including Vision, Midnight Zoo, and Enchanted Worlds.

DeBono created & published Indy - The Independent Comic Guide from 1993 to 1996. Alternative Comics publisher (and attorney) Jeff Mason took the publication over and "went digital" with http://www.indyworld.com, which is still published online. Indy ran for 18 issues with notable original covers by such alternative comics notables as Daniel Clowes, Tim Vigil, Drew Hayes, William Tucci and Jeff Smith (cartoonist).