Red Plastic | Next-Door Neighbor

Dan Goldman is a writer, artist and designer. His critically-acclaimed web-to-print comic SHOOTING WAR was selected as one of 2007's best graphic novels by The Village Voice and Publisher's Weekly. A frequent speaker on both digital comic processes and online distribution, he is also a founding member of the celebrated webcomics collective ACT-I-VATE.

His newest graphic novel, 08: A GRAPHIC DIARY OF THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL with The New Republic's Michael Crowley, is a documentary-comic of the 2008 U.S. presidential race published by Three Rivers Press.

He lives in New York City.

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2.9.09—2:24 pm Kevin Colden
Sweet, Dan. I’m always a fan of the friendly eccentric neighbors, and this is a perfect portrait of one such.
2.9.09—2:58 pm Nick Bertozzi
Great technique! Even better story!
2.9.09—7:00 pm radtke
Great strip. Different, but distinctly you.
2.9.09—8:39 pm Thomas Baehr
Just great. I love the whole thing!
2.9.09—9:42 pm Ken Applebaum
Definitely not what I’d expected from you, delightfully so. Can’t wait to see what you surprise us with next.
2.9.09—10:38 pm Barbara
What a wonderful story and so well executed. Thanks so much.
2.10.09—10:10 am John Cebollero
Great approach and story. Nice homage.
2.10.09—11:29 am Alice Bain
I love it - short, sweet, and well-executed.
2.10.09—12:08 pm Sean Michael Wilson
“a chance for me to draw more effortless cartooning”
- does that mean you made no effort with it?
Joking Dan, joking… its nice to see this.
2.10.09—12:17 pm Sean Michael Wilson
As it happens i thought just last week that an old Japanese lady i knew had died in her apartment without anyone knowing. I tried to get in touch with her several times and even went round to her place. Turned out she HAD taken a heart attack in her kitchen, but thankfully did not die. She’s recovering in hospital now.
2.10.09—4:05 pm Seth Kushner
Well done, Dan, well done. I really love the style you employee her to tell your tale.
2.10.09—4:27 pm The Forbidden Planet International Blog Log » Red Plastic
[...] Next Door Neighbor series (edited by the fine chap who is Dean Haspiel). The latest tale, Red Plastic, is something of a homecoming as it was created by Dan Goldman, whose praises I’ve sung on [...]
2.10.09—11:21 pm Lando
Great flow and usage of your signature photo style (in a differnet way than usual). I really like how you flexed a different style here, I think it really strengthens your overall skill, and it really helps illustrate the essence or style of the story. really well executed! “I do believe”
2.11.09—10:24 am Nick Abadzis
Dan mate, I really enjoyed reading this little ’slice of life’ strip. What a great way to remember someone. Love to see more of the likes of this sort of work by you.
2.12.09—5:42 am Journalista - the news weblog of The Comics Journal » Blog Archive » Feb. 12, 2009: The opposite of a snob
[...] [Comics] “Red Plastic” Link: Dan Goldman [...]
2.19.09—4:01 pm Ron Perazza
Hey Dan - the e-mail came through this time! Good stuff here.
2.20.09—1:03 am Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources - Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment » Freaky Friday: The Jim Woodring edition
[...] Goldman did the honors for this week’s entry in Smith’s Next Door Neighbor [...]
3.2.09—9:57 pm Patricia Jeres
Dan,

Lovely, just lovely.

As always.

Patty
xxx
4.3.09—12:40 pm nosh
Dude, I’m a little late to this tea party, but I enjoyed it all the same. I echo many of the comments above in telling you how much I liked the way you told this story. Having the versatility and skills to adapt your “tools” to the tale at hand is a rare gift — and you use it beautifully.
6.14.10—2:07 pm Fibromyalgia Treatment
Well is is a shame she did not accept the invitation. She must have felt safer at home. It is good that she is remembered at least with the bucket.
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Thanks for the good.
9.1.13—8:03 am Red Plastic - Forbidden Planet Blog
[...] Next Door Neighbor series (edited by the fine chap who is Dean Haspiel). The latest tale, Red Plastic, is something of a homecoming as it was created by Dan Goldman, whose praises I’ve sung on [...]