Dave Coverly started taking cartooning seriously as a college student back in 1986. In 1990, he became an editorial cartoonist for The Herald-Times in Bloomington, Indiana. The National Cartoonists Society has honored his witty perspective with a Reuben Award for best panel. His work has appeared in Esquire, the Saturday Evening Post, the New York Times, and USA Today. He lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan.