'Those Tenacio'.
During his time in the Canadian Army, David Collier drew comic strips for the army newspapers. Collier's first professional comic strip was published in 1986 in the Crumb-edited magazine Weirdo, and throughout the years, his work has appeared in numerous comic anthologies, including Drawn & Quarterly, The Comics Journal, and Zero Zero. Most of this material was collected in 'Just The Facts' (1998), a comprehensive look back at a decade-worth of his "comic strip essays".
Cover illustration for 'Collier's Fantagraphics Books'.
Other comics by David Collier include four issues of the aptly-titled series 'Collier', from the early 1990s, and 'Humphry Osmond; Psychedelic Pioneer', from 1998. Since 1990, Collier has also drawn comics and illustrations for Canadian newspapers such as The Globe and Mail and the Saskatoon StarPhoenix.
'Surviving Sashatoon'.
Collier's story 'Surviving Sashatoon', documented the true story of David Milgaard, a man who spent nearly 25 years in prison after he was wrongfully accused of the brutal rape and murder of a nurse in 1969. The book was published in 2000 by Drawn & Quarterly. 2002 saw the publication of Collier's sketchbooks, titled 'The Hamilton Sketchbook', about moving with his family from Saskatchewan to Hamilton, Ontario. Collier's 'The Frank Ritza Papers' was published by D&Q in 2004.
Comic art by David Collier.
David Collier at Drawn & Quarterly
Drawing of Lambiek during Collier's visit to Amsterdam, 23 August 2011.