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 [...]
6.26.14—7:28 am sprzedam tabletki poronne
An outstanding share! I’ve just forwarded this onto a coworker who has been doing a little research on this. And he actually ordered me dinner simply because I found it for him… lol. So let me reword this…. Thank YOU for the meal!! But yeah, thanx for spending some time to talk about this issue here on your web site.
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5.18.17—2:42 am instagram online
This comic makes me think much. I think she is familiar with the loneliness, when someone steps in her life, she won’t want that person to leave, but no one can stay forever. Learn to love the loneliness, scare to fill it with something doesn’t last long. It’s so lonely to be alone in this world Love this comic, thank you for sharing!