Daniel Donche Jr.

Daniel Donche Jr. (born October 25, 1979) is an American author,[1] screenwriter, actor, artist, and game designer. He sometimes works under the pseudonym Janden Hale. As a published writer he is responsible for two novels, numerous short stories, and a post-apocalyptic series called Everwind. He was also one of the cofounders of Manarchy Magazine.[2][3]

Daniel Donche Jr.
Born (1979-10-25) October 25, 1979
Columbia, South Carolina, United States
Pen nameJanden Hale
Occupationwriter, screenwriter, actor, artist, poet, musician
EducationFull Sail University, CollegeAmerica, Natrona County High School
Genrespeculative, post-apocalyptic, subversive
Subjectrevolution, liberation
Website
totaldanarchy.com

As an artist, Donche is known mostly for his award-nominated tarot deck, the Darkana Tarot, and [4] Inappropriate Tarot Readings,[5][6][7][8][9] a collection of satirical tarot posts that appear throughout several social media outlets. Because of the success of Inappropriate Tarot on Facebook, he designed and produced all the art for the Darkana tarot deck, which won two awards[4][6][10] and was voted as one of the "Top 50 Essential Tarot Decks" by a group of over 13,000 members.[11] He is also the creator of the HexCam[12] and Octavum[13] camouflage patterns.

Life

Daniel Donche Jr. was born in Columbia, South Carolina. He graduated from Natrona County High School in Casper, Wyoming[14] in 1998. He joined the US Air Force in 2002, where he became a member of a Tactical Air Control Party.[15]

Bibliography

Published Novels and Novellas
  • Snowleaf (Everwind Series, 2012) [16]
  • Legion of Liberty (Everwind Series, 2012) [16]
  • The Facility (Everwind Series, 2012) [16]
  • Locker 6T3:A Punk Story [14](2004)
  • Jester's Down [14] (2003)

Published Short Stories
  • Smallerhouse - Slit Your Wrists!, November 2012[17]
  • Gift of the Rook - Solarcide, September 2012[18]
  • Terminal - Thunderdome Magazine, December 2011 [19]
  • Sterling Road - Thunderdome Magazine, October 2011 [20]
  • I, Jack - Nefarious Muse, September 2011[21]
  • Tampon - Red Fez, Issue 21 [22]
  • Revision - Why Vandalism?, February 2007 [23]
  • The Severence - Cherry Bleeds, Issue 123 [24]
  • Blue - Thieves Jargon, February 2005 [25]
  • Randy - Cherry Bleeds, Issue 122 [26]
  • The Guy Who Ate His Sister - Swill Magazine, Issue 1 [27]
  • The Search for the Haunted Skatepark - Automatic Magazine, Issue 36 [28]

Other works
  • Paper Walls - illustrated poems and quotes [16]

Darkana Tarot
  • The Darkana Tarot,[6] is a post-modern grunge tarot deck that was heavily influenced by the art of Banksy[7] which is known for its departure from the traditional tarot.[8][29] It was the subject of a collection of themed short stories on Thunderdome Magazine from June–July 2012.[30] It won the 2012 Pecto Award for Outstanding First Work of an Illustrator.[4] and won the Tarosophists Award for best self-published tarot deck of 2012.[10] The deck has been voted as one of the "Top 50 Essential Tarot Decks" by a group of over 13,000 people.[11]

Film

He has been involved in a number of unfinished film projects as both a screenwriter and actor - Proxy Influence, Dark Matter, Legacy of One - and he also had a brief extra role as a Lieutenant Garcia in the veteran-made film Range 15.

Interviews
  • Slit Your Wrists! eZine [17]
  • Books and Booze [31]
  • Solarcide [18]
  • Curiouser and Curiouser [32]
  • Beyond Worlds Tarot [6]
  • Personal Tarot Radio Episode #20 [7]
  • Talking with Ed and Victoria [9]

References
  1. "Amazon author bio".
  2. "Manarchy". Archived from the original on 2012-07-12.
  3. Presenters: Robb Olson and Livius Nedin (July 24, 2012). "Three Authors". Booked Podcast. 1:10:47 minutes in. Booked Podcast. Archived from the original on 2012-08-30.
  4. unknown, 2012 Pecto Awards, archived from the original on 2012-11-03, retrieved November 1, 2012
  5. Boyer, Janet (February 22, 2012), Dan Donche, Darkana Tarot and Public Support from the Head of the ATA
  6. "Darkana Tarot with Janden Daniel Hale".
  7. "Personal Tarot Radio".
  8. "Knight of Pentacles - Dan Donche - Darkana Tarot".
  9. Presenters: Ed Peterson and Victoria Evangelina Belyavskaya (2010-11-27). "Talking with TAROT JUNKIE DAN DONCHE". Talking with Ed and Victoria. 90:37 minutes in. Blog Talk Radio.
  10. Tarot Professionals. "The Tarosophists Awards (2012)".
  11. "Top 50 Essential Tarot Decks".
  12. "HexCam Official".
  13. "Octavum Camo".
  14. Unknown (January 1, 2003), "Young Storyteller Publishes Book", Casper Star Tribune, retrieved July 23, 2012
  15. Tolson, Lapreda P. (2005), ""X" Marks the Spot", Airman Magazine, archived from the original on March 12, 2005, retrieved July 23, 2012CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  16. "JDH Amazon author bio".
  17. Kitts, Laurance (November 30, 2012). "The Worlds of Janden Daniel Hale". Slit Your Wrists!. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016.
  18. Pettigrew, Nathan (September 18, 2012). "Ever So Dark". Solarcide.
  19. "Thunderdome Magazine, Dec 2011".
  20. "Thunderdome Magazine, Oct 2011".
  21. "Nefarious Muse, Sep 2011". Archived from the original on 2012-03-09. Retrieved 2012-07-24.
  22. "Red Fez, Issue 21".
  23. "Why Vandalism, Feb 2007". Archived from the original on 2014-07-26.
  24. "Cherry Bleeds, Issue 123". Archived from the original on 2013-01-19.
  25. "Thieves Jargon, Feb 2005". Archived from the original on 2008-02-07.
  26. "Cherry Bleeds, Issue 122". Archived from the original on 2013-05-21.
  27. "Swill Magazine, Issue 1".
  28. "Automatic Magazine, Issue 36".
  29. "The Darkana Tarot Deck".
  30. Unknown (June 2012). "June 2012: The Tarot". Thunderdome Magazine.
  31. Presenters: Sarah Taylor, Dakota Taylor, Renee Pickup (2012-09-27). "Books and Booze Ep 11". Books and Booze. 41:54 minutes in. Podbean.
  32. Gowin, Amanda (July 9, 2012). "Dan Donche (Janden Daniel Hale)". Curiouser and Curiouser.
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