Naked Dave [SEP] creator
Naked Dave
Naked Dave (The Naked Dave Project) refers to a series of paintings created by Laura Molina, inspired by her relationship with the late illustrator and Rocketeer creator, Dave Stevens (1955-2008). A five-month-long relationship between the artists ended in early December, 1978 after she miscarried their child at eleven weeks. Molina started the series in 1993 after an attempted reconciliation initiated by Stevens failed to settle things between them.
Stevens protested the use of his likeness, but Molina argued that
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Notable influences include Dave Barry, Andy Rooney, Calvin Trillin, and Italo Calvino.
Shuptrine was born in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, to John Shuptrine and Kelly Shuptrine. He moved to Lynchburg, Virginia at age four. He earned a bachelor of arts in English from the University of Virginia in 2008. He currently lives in Boston, Massachusetts.
He is also the creator of "Post-Grad Pre-Dad", a humor series dedicated to adults in their twenties.