David "Dutch" Koppenhaver was born in Iowa, then moved to Texas when still very young. There he stayed for many years eventually having the good fortune to work for a local animation studio in Austin. He worked as a clean-up artist, in-betweener and assistant animator for features such as Space Jam, Prince of Egypt, Quest for Camelot and various interactive gaming projects for Disney. He's also been published in independent comic companies. He currently resides once more in Iowa trying not to lose his fingers to the biting winters.