by Daniel Stalter | Nov 10, 2020 | Essays
This past year has been difficult in a lot of ways for almost everyone I know. From the canceled travel plans and comic conventions to lost jobs and careers put on hold, there’s been no shortage of shitty news to go around. It’s been too easy to feel defeated. I...
by Daniel Stalter | Jun 30, 2020 | Essays
Last year I wrote and produced a short comic called “Euphoria.” It was originally created for the anthology Crush: First Love, New Talent (Stacked Deck Press) that was edited by Tara Madison Avery and Viktor Kerney. The book did not meet its funding goal...
by Daniel Stalter | Apr 23, 2020 | Essays
I still have the PowerPoint I made for a TV series called Ares. It was an assignment for my college senior seminar class. While it never got picked up, I ultimately folded it’s core ideas into a novel I started writing the following year. That abandoned novel was my...
by Daniel Stalter | Feb 28, 2020 | Essays, Travel
There’s a lot to be said for the way we suppress the more painful parts of our history in this country. As Black History Month comes to a close, I have found myself reflecting on my trip last year to Montgomery, Alabama. I was there for work, but it gave me a unique...
by Daniel Stalter | Jan 16, 2020 | Essays
Or: How I Quit Procrastinating and Learned to Love the Morning Back in 2018, I was diagnosed with ADHD. This should come as no surprise to anyone who has ever lived with me. Which is to say: if you’ve ever seen me start to pack a suitcase and stop to reorganize...
by Daniel Stalter | Dec 31, 2019 | Essays
Lots of people were doing ten year photo challenges, and I got to thinking about who I was ten years ago. Then I decided to channel my best Janet Jackson and do my own Design of a decade, in spite of having no hits to speak of. The task was relatively simple; I chose...
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