David Gilbert
David Gilbert was born and raised in Syracuse, N.Y. Growing up, he was fascinated by Disney animation.

While attending college, David wrote and drew a weekly comic strip for the Syracuse Herald-Journal, then landed a job at a local animation company called Animotion, where he worked as an assistant animator.

While doodling one day, he sketched a character of a dog. "It just made me laugh!" David says. "I kept putting him in different scenarios, and his rascally personality took over." And with that, Buckles was born.

King Features distributes Buckles to 100 newspapers.

Web Site: http://www.bucklescomic.com
E-mail: buckles@bucklescomic.com