David Yurkovich

David Yurkovich is the 2017 Delaware Division of the Arts Fellow in the category of literature (fiction). David began writing in 1992 with a focus on graphic novels and comics. His first self-published comic was funded by a grant by the Xeric Foundation. As a writer and illustrator, his works include Death by Chocolate and Less Than Heroes (both published by Top Shelf Productions) and Altercations (published by Sleeping Giant).

In 2007 David wrote, designed, and published Mantlo: A Life in Comics, a benefit magazine to help aid in the medical expenses of Bill Mantlo (creator of Rocket Raccoon and numerous other Marvel properties). In 2016, David was among 10 prose authors statewide selected to attend the Delaware Seashore Poetry & Prose Writers’ Retreat. His short story, “The Last Day of Summer,” appeared in the 2016 anthology Beach Nights (Cat and Mouse Press). He has published two prose novels, Glass Onion and Banana Seat Summer, with two manuscripts in development. In June 2017, David provided an introduction to the second volume of the Deadly Hands of Kung Fu Omnibus, published by Marvel.

David and his partner and publisher, Dianne Pearce, co-own Devil's Party Press, LLC (founded in 2017) where they have designed, edited, and/or contributed multiple award-winning original novels and collections including Halloween Party 2017, Halloween Party 2019, Solstice, Equinox, What Sort of F*ckery Is This?, and Suspicious Activity. In 2020, Pearce and Yurkovich launched Gravelight Press as an imprint of DPP. Gravelight's debut title, Exhumed, was released in September 2020. The duo also launched Hawkshaw (an imprint dedicated to crime fiction) and Out-of-This-World (a sci-fi imprint) in late 2020.

Pearce and Yurkovich reside in Los Angeles.

David publishes original fiction at yurkoverse.com