{"id":77,"date":"2019-10-09T01:10:57","date_gmt":"2019-10-09T01:10:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sassysparky.com\/?page_id=77"},"modified":"2024-08-16T20:44:13","modified_gmt":"2024-08-16T20:44:13","slug":"about-sparkys-creator","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/sassysparky.com\/?page_id=77","title":{"rendered":"About Sparky&#8217;s Creator"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-133 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/sassysparky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/DonSeattleBeach1000.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"http:\/\/sassysparky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/DonSeattleBeach1000.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/sassysparky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/DonSeattleBeach1000-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/sassysparky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/DonSeattleBeach1000-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/sassysparky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/DonSeattleBeach1000-800x600.jpg 800w, http:\/\/sassysparky.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/DonSeattleBeach1000-600x450.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>Don Gaddis<\/strong> is an Atlanta based artist and writer. \u00a0<em>Sparky the Sassy Android\u00a0<\/em>grew exponentially outside of a classroom character design, eventually evolving into an eclectic comic that combines Don&#8217;s affinity for space, cats, retro robots, and dinosaurs. \u00a0Another webcomic, <em>Dapper Men in Love<\/em>, followed shortly thereafter.<br \/><br \/>In addition to webcomics, Don&#8217;s work includes two poetry books, a prose novel, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/DonGaddis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Portraits of Familiar Strangers<\/em><\/a><\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/DonGaddis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">, <\/a>and a graphic novel, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/northwestpress.com\/shop\/a-home-without\/\"><em>A Home Without.<\/em><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0 At present, he is at work on the sequel to <em>Portraits of Familiar Strangers<\/em>, entitled <strong><em>All the World Aside<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Don loves stories, especially those by the likes of Tennessee Williams, D.H. Lawrence, Oscar Wilde, Scott Heim, and Armistead Maupin.\u00a0 A trip to the movie theatre at a young age fostered a love for art, books, films, plays, and music that has remained with him throughout life.\u00a0 He resides with his partner, Enda, in the Old Fourth Ward area of Atlanta, Georgia. \u00a0<br \/><br \/>Please feel free to connect with him on social media: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/sparkyartist7800\/\"><strong>Instagram<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(sparkyartist7800) or <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/don.gaddis.58\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a><\/strong>.<br \/><br \/><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Don Gaddis is an Atlanta based artist and writer. \u00a0Sparky the Sassy Android\u00a0grew exponentially outside of a classroom character design, eventually evolving into an eclectic comic that combines Don&#8217;s affinity for space, cats, retro robots, and dinosaurs. \u00a0Another webcomic, Dapper Men in Love, followed shortly&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-77","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/sassysparky.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/77","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/sassysparky.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/sassysparky.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sassysparky.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sassysparky.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=77"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"http:\/\/sassysparky.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/77\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1235,"href":"http:\/\/sassysparky.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/77\/revisions\/1235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/sassysparky.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=77"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}