David Aikins grew up in the Detroit suburbs, surrounded by comic books, action toys, and B-movies. He spent four years working for a large newspaper and a commercial art studio after graduating from Columbus College of Art & Design in 1995. He is presently enjoying nearly 10 years of running Let's Draw Studio, the free-lance illustration company he began in 1998, with his wife, lively kid, and many cats and dogs outside of Columbus, Ohio.