Howdy,

I am a cartoonist and illustrator located in New Jersey. 

I'm of dual mind. That is, I studied Computer Science and have worked in that field for most of my adult life, but deep down, I was always drawn to the more creative things in life.

I think that seed was planted by my father, Stan Gomberg. As a graphic artist, our house was filled with art, humor, and design. Early on, when we would visit his Manhattan studio, it was like being in a creative candy store. The desk, drawers, markers, rubber cement. It reinforced the idea that things can be created. 

Like any kid back then, we had comics in the newspaper.  My go-to was single panel comics. Maybe I didn't have the attention span to read multi-panel cartoons or the payoff wasn't worth it.  Later, when Gary Larson's "The Far Side" appeared, I found the most absurd humor packaged the way I like it. 

My older brothers would introduce me to all kinds of subversive comedy like National Lampoon, who's one album cover was created by Sam Gross, and that was the dotted line to The New Yorker and the trove of single panel humor cartoonists. Later on my dad introduced me to Jacques Tati, Saul Steinberg, and Andre Francois.

In creating my cartoons, a lot of those influences bubble up. My illustrations sometimes carry an absurd aspect to them, often with a graphical twist.

My cartoons have appeared in Air Mail Weekly, Narrative Magazine, Wall Street Journal, The London Times, Alta Journal, American Bystander, Woman's World, Narrative Magazine,  Weekly Humorist and elsewhere.

I also like woodwork, wood sculpture, photography, guitar, home and landscape design, cooking, cycling, and nature.


David