Thought to have been a set of twins prior to his birth in Tuba City, Arizona, Dale Deforest was born not with a pencil in his hand, but one fused into his cranium. Rather than having it surgically removed, his mother thought it be best it grow out on its own and PERHAPS fall into his hands. During which, Dale grew up in and around the Navajo Reservation border town of Farmington, New Mexico. Struggling with illusions of grandeur and popularity, Dale attended high school at the Navajo Preparatory School in Farmington and in spite of all those who wished he could only fail once more, Dale graduated with his diploma and continued his education (which led him to Santa Fe). Still struggling no doubt, with the popularity issue, Dale continues to illustrate. Not only for True Believers Comics & Gallery but for numerous publications including The Santa Fe Reporter, The Santa Fe New Mexican, The Santa Fean Magazine and other Santa Fe Publications currently in circulation.
Dale is currently at work with Laura Marsh's project involving True Believers' mascot monkey, Apollo. Tentatively, the project is well under way and we look forward to a late December or Early January release. Dale's goals today include a desire for his art to be taken more seriously among the comics community and hopefully land a few more paying gigs with more substantial publications like Apollo's Press.
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Since moving to Santa Fe in 1997, Chris Diestler has managed to successfully juggle jobs as an art teacher, mural painter, used book buyer, sales clerk, press agent, radio announcer, and gourmet coffee barista. In his spare time he draws comics, writes, and makes films. He occasionally finds time to eat, sleep, and think.
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Jeanne Fair. B.A. in Zoology from University of Northern Colorado, M.S. in Fishery & Wildlife Biology Colorado State University, and Ph.D. in ecology from University of Missouri-St. Louis. Research scientist who specializes in avian ecology and physiology, parasitiology, and the general impacts of stress on organisms. Was raised in Colorado and is an avid Bronco fan. Grew up reading comics and favorites include Bone, Frank Cho, Terry Moore, and general EC.
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Laura K. Marsh grew up in southern California as a surfer, an artist, and a birdwatcher. Several degrees later (B.S. from UC Davis in Animal Behavior with a minor in English, M.A. from San Francisco State U. in Ethological Ecology, M.S. from Washington University St. Louis in Anthropology, and Ph.D. from Washington University in Anthropology/ Tropical Ecology) she works as a research scientist for the Ecology Group at Los Alamos National Lab in New Mexico. She has worked for over 20 years in the tropical rainforests of the world studying everything from plants to monkeys to jaguars. In New Mexico, she studies wetlands and keeps the Fed out of compliance trouble. After reading comics for 20 years, she decided to open up a shop in Santa Fe. She has published lots of papers in professional journals on many aspects of science, including a book called "Primates in Fragments: Ecology and Conservation" by Klewer Scientific/Plenum Publishers. She has also published poetry, prose, and scientific illustrations. She is currently writing a comic about Apollo, the store's logo monkey.
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Meet the TBCG staff!
Back row: Mike McGiffin, Dale Deforest, Jerrett Boynton, Chris Diestler
Front row: Owners Jeanne Fair & Laura K. Marsh.
See photos from TBCG's Grand Opening!
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