[1] Growing up a disaffected army brat, his early life revolved around a punk rock subculture that included bouts of homelessness and societal rejection.

His beginning career included a year and a half stint drawing political cartoons for Madcap Magazine and illustrating underground projects and fanzines such as Maximum Rock and Roll.

In 1997, after struggling through a violent car crash and a knife fight with a crackhead that severed the tendon on his left thumb, he managed to attend art school.

A productive period followed, with his work appearing in both a growing number of tattoo magazines and more fine art-influenced outlets such as Aphrodesia, and The Tarot Project.

A reissue of his debut novel was put out by Permuted Press in April 2015, and a collection of his short stories entitled "Down Highways In The Dark...By Demons Driven" was released by the same publisher in August.