Who is the man behind the tights

​​​​​​​Early Life: Sparks of Imagination

Raised between a rundown home in NJ with his mom and three sisters, and a dim one-bedroom apartment in Hell’s Kitchen, NYC with his dad, jD grew up without money. ​ This was among the things that fueled his imagination and curiosity.

 

As a child, jD would search for objects on the street or garbage or... and build wild inventions and art from scavenged scraps. As an adult, jD still does this, but he longer longer steals things from people's lawns— I mean borrow things from people's lawns.

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jD starting writing as a kid, without knowing this would be his path. Ironically, when he was a kid he dissected pens to understand their mechanics.

 

These early experiments with storytelling and inventions, shaped the playful, inventive spirit that defines his work. Also, his dyslexia defines it in many good ways, since he sees in pictures. In bad ways it means he can't spell for shite. In fact he has some very funny stories about this mental problem he has, including missreading billboards and getting upset, and meetings with studio executives.

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