EDUCATION                  
Master of Fine Arts • Sequential Art, Savannah College of Art and Design, 2010
Bachelor of Fine Arts • Sequential Art, Savannah College of Art and Design, 2007

TEACHING                    
Associate Professor, Illustration • Middle Tennessee State University, 2017 - Present
Professor, Sequential Art •Savannah College of Art and Design, 2010 - 2017
Instructor, Figure Drawing • Summer Seminar, Savannah College of Art and Design, 2008 - 2010 
Instructor, Sequential Art • Community Education Program, Savannah College of Art and Design, 2008 - 2010

AWARDS / HONORS
Gold: Society of Illustrators West 62nd Awards • Society of Illustrators Los Angeles, 2024
Winner: Creative Quarterly #75 • Creative Quarterly: The Journal of Art and Design, 2024
Outstanding Teaching Award • Office of University Provost, Middle Tennessee State University, 2024
Outstanding EXL Teaching Award • Institute of Experiential Learning, Middle Tennessee State University, 2024
Honorable Mention: Society of Illustrators West 62nd Awards • Society of Illustrators Los Angeles, 2024
Merit Award: 3x3 International Illustration Awards • 3x3: The Magazine of Contemporary Illustration, 2023
Selected Winner: Brightness Illustration Awards III • Brightness Illustration Magazine, 2022
Merit Award: 3x3 International Illustration Awards • 3x3: The Magazine of Contemporary Illustration, 2022
Chosen Winner (2 Awards): American Illustration #41 • American Illustration-American Photography, 2022
Merit Award: 3x3 International Illustration Awards • 3x3: The Magazine of Contemporary Illustration, 2021
Second Place: Connections Exhibition #10 • Tennessee Arts Education Association and Tennessee Arts Academy, 2021
Chosen Winner (2 Awards): American Illustration #40 • American Illustration-American Photography, 2021
Winner: Brightness Illustration Awards II • Brightness Illustration Magazine, 2020
Runner-Up: Creative Quarterly #62 • Creative Quarterly: The Journal of Art and Design, 2020
Winner: Cheltenham Illustration Awards • University of Gloucestershire, United Kingdom, 2020
Merit Award: 3x3 International Illustration Awards • 3x3: The Magazine of Contemporary Illustration, 2020
Faculty Student Mentoring Award • College of Liberal Arts, Middle Tennessee State University, 2020
Chosen Winner (2 Awards): American Illustration #39 Awards • American Illustration-American Photography, 2020
Runner-Up: Creative Quarterly #58 • Creative Quarterly: The Journal of Art and Design, 2019
Runner-Up: Creative Quarterly #56 • Creative Quarterly: The Journal of Art and Design, 2019
Finalist: Communication Arts Illustration Awards • Communication Arts Magazine, 2019
Runner-Up: Creative Quarterly #55 • Creative Quarterly: The Journal of Art and Design, 2019

PUBLICATIONS
I Was a Fashion School Serial Killer, Issue 5 Cover • Guest Illustrator, Image Comics, 2025, Forthcoming
“Klik Klik Boom, Cover 2,” CQ Illustration Annual • Featured Illustrator, Creative Quarterly: The Journal of Art and Design, 2025
Klik Klik Boom Collected Graphic Novel • Illustrator/Co-Creator, Image Comics, 2024
“Klik Klik Boom,” 3x3 International Illustration Annual No.21 • Featured Illustrator, Artisanal Media, 2024
Seen & Noted, 3x3: The Magazine of Contemporary Illustration Issue 35 • Featured Illustrator, Artisanal Media, 2024
“KKB Cover 3” Breath Exhibition Catalogue • Czong Institute for Contemporary Art Museum, S. Korea, 2024
Good Show! • Featured Illustrator, Dry Inc., Rochester, NY, 2024
“Klik Klik Boom,” 3x3 International Illustration Annual No.20 • Featured Illustrator, Artisanal Media, 2023
Klik Klik Boom, Issue 5, Cover for The Walking Dead 20th Anniversary • Illustrator/Co-Creator, Image Comics, 2023
Klik Klik Boom, Issue 5 • Illustrator/Co-Creator, Image Comics, 2023
Klik Klik Boom, Issue 4 • Illustrator/Co-Creator, Image Comics, 2023
Klik Klik Boom, Issue 3 • Illustrator/Co-Creator, Image Comics, 2023
Klik Klik Boom, Issue 2 • Illustrator/Co-Creator, Image Comics, 2023
Klik Klik Boom, Issue 1 • Illustrator/Co-Creator, Image Comics, 2023
“Snapshots #4,” 3x3 International Illustration Annual No.19 • Featured Illustrator, Artisanal Media, 2022
“Empty” and “Grey Area,” Box Literary Journal, Minimalism Anthology • Featured Illustrator, 2022
“Blueish” & “Rose,” Burning Word Literary Journal (#101) • Featured Illustrator, Burrdowning Publishing, IN, 2022
“Shoot,” Color 2022 Exhibition Catalogue • Czong Institute for Contemporary Art Museum, S. Korea, 2022
“Golden,” Under the Sun Literary Journal (Issue 10) • Featured Illustrator, 2022
“Last Straw,” 56th Annual Drawing & Small Sculpture Show: Exhibition Catalogue • Del Mar College, TX, 2022
“Snapshots #1,” 3x3 International Illustration Annual No.18 • Featured Illustrator, Artisanal Media, 2021
“Blueish,” High Shelf (Issue 31) • Featured Illustrator, High Shelf Press, 2021
Villainous: An Inktober Illustration Book • Illustrator, Self-published, 2021
“Final Straw,” Osten Biennial of Drawing: Juried Exhibition Catalogue • National Gallery of North Macedonia, 2021
“Regrets” and “Final Straw,” Sand Hills Literary Magazine • Featured Illustrator, Augusta University, GA, 2021
“Folklore,” Brightness Illustration Award Annual • Featured Illustrator, Brightness Magazine, Iran, 2021
“Folklore,” I Am May Stories: Cheltenham Illustration Annual • Featured Illustrator, Pittville Press, UK, 2021
“The Ride,” 3x3 International Illustration Annual No.17 • Featured Illustrator, Artisanal Media, 2020
“No Man’s Land,” Coffin Bell Journal (Vol. 3, Issue 4) • Featured Illustrator, 2020
“The Hunter” and “Blowing Smoke,” Lines of Thought Catalogue • Czong Institute for Contemporary Art Museum, S. Korea, 2020
“Inked,” “Grey Area,” & “Empty,” ArtAscent Art & Literature Journal (Vol. 42) • Featured Illustrator, Skybase Publishing, 2020
“The Ride Burning Desire” Form, Line, Shape, Space Exhibition Catalogue • Todd Art Gallery, TN, 2020
The Ride: Burning Desire Collected Graphic Novel • Comic Anthology Illustrator, Image Comics, 2020
The Ride: Burning Desire (Issue 5) • Comic Book Illustrator, Image Comics, 2019
X-O Manowar #50 • Collector’s Card Illustrator, Valiant Comics, 2016
Holliday • Graphic Novel Illustrator, Oni Press, 2012
Glimpses of the Unknown: World of Darkness • Gaming Book Illustrator, White Wolf Publishing, 2011
Resurrection: End Was Only the Beginning • Comic Anthology Illustrator, Oni Press, 2010
Armory Reloaded: The World of Darkness • Gaming Book Illustrator, White Wolf Publishing, 2009
Resurrection: The Insurgent Edition • Comic Anthology Illustrator, Oni Press, 2009
Resurrection Annual #1 • Comic Book Illustrator, Oni Press, 2008
Ally: Negative Burn #19 • Comic Anthology Illustrator, Image Comics, 2008
Switch: Pantomime • Comic Anthology Illustrator, SCAD Press, 2008
Monte Cook’s World of Darkness • Gaming Book Illustrator, White Wolf Publishing, 2007
Urban Legends: World of Darkness • Gaming Book Illustrator, White Wolf Publishing, 2007
Not Quite Super: The Legend’s Granddaughter • Novel Illustrator, NQS Books, 2007

EXHIBITIONS & CONVENTIONS               
- JURIED -
Artist Alley • Heroes Convention, Charlotte Convention Center, NC, 2025 (forthcoming)
The Archive #43 • American Illustration/American Photography, Permanent Online Exhibition, 2024
International Illustration Show #21 • 3x3 The Magazine of Contemporary Illustration, Permanent Online Exhibition, 2024
CQ #75 • Creative Quarterly: The Journal of Art and Design, Permanent Online Exhibition, 2024
Breath • Czong Institute for Contemporary Art Museum, Gimpo-Si, South Korea, 2024
Artist Alley • Heroes Convention, Charlotte Convention Center, NC, 2024
Celeb Zone Exhibition • Nashville Comic Convention, Nashville, TN, 2024
The Episode Where a Gallery Exhibits Anime Art • Art Effect at Trolley Barn Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY, 2024
Illustration West #62 • Society of Illustrators West, Permanent Online Exhibition, 2024
3x3 International Illustration Show #20 • 3x3: The Magazine of Contemporary Illustration, Permanent Online Exhibition, 2023
Lore and Legend • Blue Line Arts, Roseville, CA, 2023
Artist Alley • Heroes Convention, Charlotte Convention Center, NC, 2023
Digital Art • Las Laguna Art Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA, 2023
Featured Guest Artist • FanX, The Salt Palace Convention Center, Salt Lake City, UT, 2022
The Archive #41 • American Illustration/American Photography, Permanent Online Exhibition, 2022
56th Annual Drawing and Small Sculpture Show • Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, TX, 2022
3x3 International Illustration Show #19 • 3x3: The Magazine of Contemporary Illustration, Permanent Online Exhibition, 2022
Color 2022 • Czong Institute for Contemporary Art Museum, Gimpo-Si, South Korea, 2022
Connections #11 • Leu Center for the Visual Arts, Belmont University, Nashville, TN, 2022
Connections #11 (Traveling Exhibition) • M & R Fogelman Galleries of Contemporary Art, University of Memphis, TN, 2022
Cheltenham Illustration Awards Exhibition • Chapel Arts Gallery, Gloucestershire, England, 2022
Pop Culture and Trashy • Shockboxx Gallery, Hermosa Beach, CA, 2021
3x3 International Illustration Show #18 • 3x3: The Magazine of Contemporary Illustration, Permanent Online Exhibition, 2021
The Archive #40 • American Illustration/American Photography, Permanent Online Exhibition, 2021
Toronto Comic Arts Festival • Toronto, Canada (virtual due to Covid), 2021
Osten Museum Permanent Collection • National Gallery of North Macedonia, Skopje, North Macedonia, 2021
CQ #62 • Creative Quarterly: The Journal of Art and Design, Permanent Online Exhibition, 2021
Connections #10 • Leu Center for the Visual Arts, Belmont University (virtual due to Covid), Nashville, TN, 2021
3x3 International Illustration Show #17 • 3x3: The Magazine of Contemporary Illustration, Permanent Online Exhibition, 2020
Lines of Thought • Czong Institute of Contemporary Art Museum, Gimpo-Si, South Korea, 2020
Osten Biennial of Drawing • National Gallery of North Macedonia, Skopje, North Macedonia, 2020
The Archive #39 • American Illustration/American Photography, Permanent Online Exhibition, 2020
Form, Line, Shape, Space • Todd Art Gallery, MTSU, Murfreesboro, TN, 2020
Brightness Illustration Awards 2020 Exhibition • Brightness Illustration Magazine, Permanent Online Exhibition, 2020
Don’t Touch Your Face • Shockboxx Gallery, Hermosa Beach, CA, 2020
CQ #58 • Creative Quarterly: The Journal of Art and Design, Permanent Online Exhibition, 2020
Connections #9 • Leu Center for the Visual Arts, Belmont University (virtual due to Covid), Nashville, TN, 2020
Artists of Grey • ArtAscent Art and Literature Journal, 2-Year Online Exhibition, 2020
CQ #56 • Creative Quarterly: The Journal of Art and Design, Permanent Online Exhibition, 2019
The Anne P. Baker Gallery 2019 Juried Art Exhibit • Glema Center for the Arts, Madisonville, KY, 2019
CQ #55 • Creative Quarterly: The Journal of Art and Design, Permanent Online Exhibition, 2019
Connections #8 • Leu Center for the Visual Arts, Belmont University, Nashville, TN, 2019
Open Studio • Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta, GA, 2015
Artist Alley • Heroes Convention, Charlotte Convention Center, Charlotte, NC, 2013
Artist Alley • Heroes Convention, Charlotte Convention Center, Charlotte, NC, 2012
Artist Alley • Heroes Convention, Charlotte Convention Center, Charlotte, NC, 2011
Artist Alley • Wizard World Convention, Cobb Galleria Convention Center, Atlanta, GA, 2010
Mail Me Art: Medium Without a Message • Red Gate Gallery, London, United Kingdom, 2010
Artist Alley • Heroes Convention, Charlotte Convention Center, Charlotte, NC, 2010
Artist Alley • Heroes Convention, Charlotte Convention Center, Charlotte, NC, 2009
- GROUP -
Biennial 2024: Faculty Exhibition • MTSU, Todd Art Gallery, Murfreesboro, TN, 2024
Biennial 2022: Faculty Exhibition • MTSU, Todd Art Gallery, Murfreesboro, TN, 2022
Osten Biennial of Drawing • National Gallery of North Macedonia, Skopje, North Macedonia, 2022
Fumetto Comics Festival • Lucerne, Switzerland, Open Exhibition, 2021
Graffiti Alley Exhibition Pop-Up • Church Street Gallery, Murfreesboro, TN , 2021
2C • Todd Art Gallery, MTSU, Murfreesboro, TN , 2021
Biennial 2020: Faculty Exhibition • MTSU, Todd Art Gallery, Murfreesboro, TN, 2020
Biennial 2018: Faculty Exhibition • MTSU, Todd Art Gallery, Murfreesboro, TN, 2018
Sketchbooks • Atlanta College of Art Library of SCAD, Atlanta, GA, 2016
In the Fold • Atlanta College of Art Library of SCAD, Atlanta, GA, 2015
In the Fold • Atlanta College of Art Library of SCAD, Atlanta, GA, 2014
Those Who Do • Foundations Center of SCAD, Atlanta, GA, 2013
From Panel to Page • Atlanta College of Art Library of SCAD, Atlanta, GA, 2013
Those Who Do • Foundations Center of SCAD, Atlanta, GA, 2012

ARTIST RESIDENCY             
South Porch Artist Residency • Summerville, SC, 2023

COMMERCIAL ARTWORK   
“King’s Reeve” Book Pitch Deck • Art Consultant and Colorist, 2024
“Pop Scars” Toy Packaging Illustration and Design • Punch Publishing, 2023
“For All People” Illustration Video Composite • Illustrator and Art Director, reThink Group, Inc., 2023
Van Halen: Concert Merchandise for South American Tour • Concept Illustrator, 2018
Metallica: Concert Merchandise for World Wide Tour • Concept Illustrator, 2018
“Says Who?” Animated Film • Illustrator and Creative Consultant, reThink Group, 2018
Ghost: Concert Merchandise for Ruth Eckerd Hall • Tour Poster Illustrator, 2018
Ghost: Concert T-Shirt for North American Tour • Concept Illustrator, 2018
Ghost: Concert Merchandise for Barclay Center • Concept Illustrator, 2018
Ghost: Concert Merchandise for The Forum • Concept Illustrator, 2018
Fallout • Feature Film Storyboard Artist, Abbas Steen, 2017
Troy-Bilt • Television Commercial Storyboard Artist, Mashable, 2017
Telomere • Independent Film Script Editor, Patrick Carr, 2016
John 5 and Doyle: Mad Monster Tour • Music Performance Merchandise Illustrator, 2015
Little Egg • Independent Film Storyboard Artist, David Moyes, 2013
The Hero’s Lot, The Staff and the Sword • Book Cover Concept Designer, Bethany House, 2012
A Cast of Stones, The Staff and the Sword • Book Cover Concept Designer, Bethany House, 2012
Frankenstein • Television Documentary Featured Illustrator, Discovery Science Channel, 2012
Bad Medicine • Comic Book Character Designer, Oni Press, 2012
Hunter: Deadly Prey • Board Game Card Illustrator, White Wolf Publishing, 2009
Bridgestone Tires • Television Commercial Storyboard Artist, Professional Golf Association, 2008
Jumper Griffin’s Story • Video Game Production Artist, Brash Entertainment, 2008

PRESENTATIONS                   
- ACADEMIC/PROFESSIONAL -
Sketch and De-stress Workshop for Faculty • MTSU, Murfreesboro, TN, 2025 (forthcoming)
Experiential Learning in the Arts • MTSU, Experiential Learning Institute, Murfreesboro, TN, 2024
Sketch and De-stress Workshop for Faculty • MTSU, Murfreesboro, TN, 2024
Capturing Service in Action, Collaborative Slideshow • TN Service Learning Consortium Conference, 2023
Comic Book Composition, Panel • FanX Convention, Salt Lake City, UT, 2022
Teaching Comics: Challenges and Best Practices for Integrating a Comics Course into University Programs • Pop Culture Association Conference, 2022
Doug Dabbs Artist Talk • Tennessee Art Education Association Conference, 2021
From Panel to Page, Presentation and Workshop • Tennessee Art Education Association Conference, 2020
Artist/Professor Lecture Series • MTSU, Murfreesboro, TN, 2020
Inking and Construction for Comic Book Illustration, Lecture • Heroes Convention, Charlotte, NC, 2013
Inking in Comics, Panel • Heroes Convention, Charlotte, NC, 2013
Creating Art for Comics, Lecture and Workshop • Heroes Convention, Charlotte, NC, 2012
Breaking Down Breakdowns, Lecture • Heroes Convention, Charlotte, NC, 2011
Comics and Higher Education, Panel • Wizard World Convention, Atlanta, GA, 2010

- PUBLIC -
Experiences in the Comic Book Industry, Presentation and Q&A • Linebaugh Library, Murfreesboro, TN, 2024
Creating Comic Books, Workshop • Technology Engagement Center, Murfreesboro, TN, 2024
Sketch and De-stress, Workshop • John P. Holt Brentwood Library, Brentwood, TN, 2024
Klik Klik Boom Creators Doug Wagner and Doug Dabbs • The QUESTionnaire Podcast (2023)
STEAM Create Lab, Multiple Workshops • Erma Siegel Elementary, Murfreesboro, TN, 2023
Rick’s Comic City Book Signing • Nashville, TN, 2023
How to Draw Animals, Lecture and Workshop • MTSU, Murfreesboro, TN, 2023
Learn to Draw Animals!, Workshop • Nashville Zoo, Nashville, TN, 2022
How to Draw Animals, Lecture and Workshop • MTSU, Murfreesboro, TN, 2022
Drawing Comics, Lecture and Workshop • MTSU, Murfreesboro, TN, 2022
Doug Dabbs Offers Advice for Making Comic Books • True North Country Comics Podcast, Ontario, Canada, 2021
Illustrating Comic Book Pages, Lecture and Workshop • MTSU, Murfreesboro, TN, 2020
Digital Illustration, Demonstration • MTSU, Murfreesboro, TN, 2019
Animal Anatomy for Creature Design, Workshop • MTSU, Murfreesboro, TN, 2019
Black and White Comics Inking, Workshop • MTSU, Murfreesboro, TN, 2019
Digital Illustration, Demonstration • MTSU, Murfreesboro, TN, 2018
Using Materials in the Illustration Process, Demonstration • MTSU, Murfreesboro, TN, 2018
Understanding Animal Anatomy, Workshop • MTSU, Murfreesboro, TN, 2018

MEMBERSHIPS                       
ArtsEd Tennessee • 2023 - Present
Popular Culture Association • 2022 - Present
New Media Caucus • 2019 - Present
National Art Education Association • 2018 - Present
Comic Book Legal Defense Fund • 2018 - Present
Tennessee Art Education Association • 2018 - Present
Portrait Society of America • 2018 - 2019