David Heatley's comics and illustrations have appeared on the cover of The New Yorker, in just about every section of The New York Times, in Art Review and in numerous anthologies, including McSweeney’s, Granta and Best American Comics (cover artist 2007). His graphic memoir My Brain is Hanging Upside Down was published in 2008 by Pantheon Books (US) and Jonathan Cape (UK). It was then translated and published three more times in Spanish, French and Dutch in 2009. The New York Times Book Review called it “a riveting... beautifully unsettling mosaic of comic-strip jokes that seem to be at his parents’ expense but inevitably end up ridiculing his own dealings with them.” In 2014, Heatley was asked to illustrate two children's books by Ellen Potter for the MacMillan imprint Feiwel & Friends. The resulting middle grade series Otis Dooda, was critically acclaimed and well-received by educators and librarians across the US. Heatley recorded over a dozen songs in support of the books and performed many of them on Kid's Place Live on Sirius XM radio. See more at davidheatley.com and otisdooda.com
David spent a few years in his early 20s working at carpentry shops, picking up the basics of building with wood. Last year he took a few weekends out of his schedule to design and build these two unique loft beds for his children, Maya and Sam. Each has multiple circular windows, storage shelves underneath and a writing desk, plus wired lighting above and below.
Named after a legendary home town ice cream parlor, The Bischoffs consisted of 4 Teaneck High School alumni: Amit Wehle, Aaron Wolfe, Jacob White and songwriter David Heatley. The band prided itself on their raw, portable sound and the wide ranging style of songs in their repertoire—equal parts hip hop, punk and “anti- folk." The band recorded a few singles and EPs before completing their full length eponymous LP in 2013, the result of a successful Kickstarter campaign. The Bischoffs played shows all around NYC from Cakeshop to Glasslands, Pete's Candy Store to Pianos. They were once described by The New Yorker as "pop-tinged psych rock with an acoustic-guitar foundation and feature a percussionist who uses an antique school desk in lieu of drums." Listen: thebischoffs.net
Celebrated Executive Producer/ showrunner Neal Baer (ER, Law & Order: SVU, Under the Dome) fell in love with Heatley's Valentine's Day New Yorker cover, ordered a large framed print and wanted to meet the man behind the ink. Fast-forward a year or two and Heatley and his writing partner Amit Wehle found themselves developing a TV show with Baer that centered around one lovable kid on the cusp of adolescence in a town on the cusp of a cultural/racial firestorm. Pitched in elevators across both coasts as a mix between The Wonder Years and Do The Right Thing, Suburban White Girls was partially animated, and at one point the team's foolproof ticket to multiple Emmys and matching Aston Martins.