After spending his informative years in his birthplace of Elgin, IL - Christopher Dearman has called Dundee, IL, Carbondale, IL, Orlando, FL & Huntley, IL "home" at certain points in his life... Graduating from St. Edwards High School (which is a story in and of itself), he took his talents to Carbondale, Illinois (with a Disney internship mixed in), where he spent five years nurturing his creative muse (while trying not to kill too many brain cells). Spending the last decade working as a banker & underwriter, Dearman decided it was finally time to confess some of his amusing life stories for all to read in SANTA'S VILLAGE GONE WILD! and the upcoming CARBONDALE GONE WILD!. As creator of the the full-color graphic novel BLACKOUT DRUNK & spin-off comic strip BLACKOUT SKUNK - Christopher Dearman continues to shun political correctness, while trying to entertain the masses with his precarious prose. Christopher Dearman or his creative endeavors have been featured in: USA Today, the Chicago Sun-Times, TimeOut Chicago, and authored the books: SANTA'S VILLAGE GONE WILD! & the upcoming CARBONDALE GONE WILD! He is also the the creator of a best-selling magic trick called BURNT!.