David Reddick

David Reddick (born April 14, 1971, in Anderson, Indiana) is an American artist, illustrator and cartoonist. He is the creator of comic strips Legend of Bill, The Trek Life, Gene's Journal and Rod & Barry at Roddenberry.com, and he is a full-time cartoonist at Paws, Inc., where he works on the Garfield property.

Reddick also worked as a staff cartoonist at a daily newspaper for 6 years where his editorial cartoons and single-panel cartoons were distributed to newspapers through Artizans Syndicate, Scripps Howard News Service and CNHI News Service. Reddick has also produced comics and cartoons for Star Trek Magazine, Knights of the Dinner Table, Renaissance Magazine, Nickelodeon and Scholastic's The New York Times Upfront, and has created comic book work for IDW Publishing and Tokyopop, has created product designs for Paramount Pictures, CBS Studios, Roddenberry Productions, Canson, Inc. and the NCAA, has created mobile content for CBSMobile and ROK Media in the UK, and his abstract and pop art paintings have been exhibited in galleries and museums in Indianapolis, Florida, Michigan, England and France, and he has painted wall murals in Japan. One of Reddick's original paintings and three original cartoons are also included in the permanent collection of the Muskegon Museum of Art.

Reddick began writing The Trek Life in August 2005 as a weekly strip for StarTrek.com. The Trek Life follows three childhood friends who are all Star Trek fans. Reddick's webcomic stopped in December 2007, though Reddick stated that the strip would continue in Star Trek Magazine.