David Avallone

About The Author

David Avallone is a freelancer from a long line of freelancers, born to a pulp fiction writer (Michael) and women’s rights activist (Frances). Since graduating from Bard College in 1987, David has been involved mostly in independent film production (as a writer, editor, director, producer, actor, etc.), but in 2014 he branched out into comic book writing, mostly with Dynamite Comics. With them, he’s written LEGENDERRY: VAMPIRELLA, TWILIGHT ZONE: THE SHADOW, DOC SAVAGE: RING OF FIRE, BETTIE PAGE and ELVIRA: MISTRESS OF THE DARK. For American Mythology, he’s written ZORRO: SWORDS OF BLOOD, and for Kevin Eastman Studios he’s writes DRAWING BLOOD and THE RADICALLY REARRANGED RONIN RAGDOLLS. He lives in Hollywood, California with his delightful wife Augusta aka filmmaker, costumer and burlesque icon Penny Starr Jr. and three cats who may or may not be secretly radically rearranged.

Books by David Avallone

Yours Cruelly: Becoming Elvira

The Graphic Novel

In 2021, Cassandra Peterson (better known to the world as the horror hostess with the mostest Elvira, Mistress of the Dark) told the story of her personal life, her experiences in show business, and the creation of her iconic character, Elvira. Now it is available as a Graphic Novel that delve...
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