Daniel Govar
Comic Artist
St. Petersburg, FL
Biography:
Daniel holds a degree in Imaging and Digital Art from UMBC with an emphasis on interactivity, animation, traditional film, and illustration. He has worn many hats over the years as a programmer, creative director, and animator as he helped develop two award-winning animated series; Eclipse and Chi-Chian for the scifi Channel - the later with director/musician Voltaire.
After his stint with scifi.com, he co-founded and illustrated the website ThereAndBackAgain.net, a Lord of the Rings site dedicated to visualizing the world created by J.R.R. Tolkien. It garnered numerous awards and was featured in worldwide publications such as Entertainment Weekly and TV Guide. Mr. Govar has illustrated dozens of book covers and his artwork has graced media of all formats.
In 2008, Daniel won the DC Comics, ZUDA competition with his popular Azure comic, which was picked up for 2 seasons. He has worked on properties such as NBC's Grimm for Dynamite, many of Marvel's titles including Punisher, Spider-man, Wolverine, Guardians of the Galaxy, Captain America, Avengers, Ant-man, etc., and Amazon's So Dark Vampire series. He has also helped create new properties such as Relaunch with former Marvel and DC executive Ron Perazza, and Lovecraft with SyFy's Z-Nation co-creator, Craig Engler.
Most recently, Daniel has self-published a children's book: Mr. Trunk Builds a Wall, a Graphic Novel (Tuskers)with writers Javier Barrios and Marc Gaffen(Grimm, New Amsterdam), and a 200 page artbook comprising 200 of his daily illustrations.
Daniel is a regular at 15 conventions throughout the U.S. doing live art and traditionally and digitally.
Convention Guest Appearances
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2024
- Baltimore Comic-Con 2024 - September 20-22, 2024 in Baltimore, MD
- Fan Expo Denver 2024 - July 4-7, 2024 in Denver, CO
- Heroes Convention 2024 - June 14-16, 2024 in Charlotte, NC
- Motor City Comic Con 2024 - May 17-19, 2024 in Novi, MI
- MegaCon Orlando 2024 - February 1-4, 2024 in Orlando, FL
- Original Arts Expo 2024 - January 26-28, 2024 in Orlando, FL
- Central Florida Comic Con 2024 - January 20-21, 2024 in Lakeland, FL 2023
- Dragon Con 2023 - August 31 - September 4, 2023 in Atlanta, GA
- Fan Expo Denver 2023 - June 30 - July 2, 2023 in Denver, CO
- MegaCon Orlando 2023 - March 30 - April 2, 2023 in Orlando, FL
- Emerald City Comic Con 2023 - March 2-5, 2023 in Seattle, WA
- Central Florida Comic Con 2023 - January 21-22, 2023 in Lakeland, FL
- Fan Expo New Orleans 2023 - January 6-8, 2023 in New Orleans, LA
13 confirmed guest appearances