Dan Barclay
 

Real Name: Daniel Emil Kerr Barclay
Occupation: Currently Technical Care Rep and Self-Publisher. Previously, Pizza Driver, Convenience Store Clerk, Comics & Games Store owner, Digital Pre-press Technician, and  Art Director for a Role-Playing Game company.
Group Membership: Often bands together with other self-published comic creators Ed Morton, Reg Stacey and Duane Wiggins.
Affiliations: Brown Paper Bag Comics, Groovy Comics, Snarl Comics
Enemies: Himself. Also Time and Lack of funds.
Known Relatives: The entire world.
Aliases: Buddha, Groovybuddha, Were-Philosopher, Dan-0
Place of Birth: Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Base of Operations: Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
First Appearance: October 26, 1970
 

Weight: declining

Eyes: 2

Hair: Yes

Handed: Right

Shoe Size: 10

Favourite Colour: Burgundy

Powers/Abilities: Looks and feels younger than he actually is. Can grow facial hair at an alarming rate. Has the amazing power to over analyze a situation. Suffers from a localized accelerated field of time, giving the sensation of never having enough hours in the day.

Weapons/Gadgets: Pentel Brush Pen, Wacom Bamboo Fun Medium Digital Tablet. Dell Inspiron 600m Laptop, Photoshop 7, CorelDraw 10, Indesign2, and other assorted pens, pencils, markers, brushes, papers, illustration board, and digital software.
 

History: Credits comics and cartoons for instilling initial and ongoing desire for and appreciation of drawing and visual storytelling.

Received honours degrees in Philosophy and Fine Arts from University of Guelph. Might still be there if not for machinations of arch-enemy Lack of Funds.

Continues to seek a  balance between the soul crushing necessity of being a tiny cog in the consumer machine and the remotest possibility of any sustainable happiness.