... But The Damage Is Irreversible is a series of single-page surrealist adventures. My friend and collaborator Dale Beran writes the scripts, and I draw. We self-publish the results at www.alessonislearned.com. In the two years since its inception, A Lesson Is Learned has received increasing recognition from fans and critics alike. In 2006, A Lesson Is Learned was featured in Attitude 3: The New Subversive Online Cartoonists, a book by Ted Rall.

"MORNING, SLEEPY HEAD!"

"THIS WILL BE DECIDED
IN THE TRADITIONAL WAY"

"TINY, ALMOST MANAGEABLE"

LET'S NOT FORGET
THE SITE ITSELF

David designed, built and maintains www.alessonislearned.com. His distinctive style is found throughout the site, creating a unique atmosphere for each page.

A Lesson Is Learned received three Web Cartoonsts' Choice Awards this year: Outstanding Artist, Outstanding Layout, and Outstanding Use of Color – every category in which it was nominated.

A Lesson Is Learned received the Web Cartoonsts' Choice Award for Outstanding Layout in 2005.

Ted Rall's Attitude 3: The New Subversive Online Cartoonists includes a chapter on A Lesson Is Learned, with ten episodes reproduced in full, and an exclusive interview with David and Dale.

THE CRITICS REJOICE
PRAISE FOR A LESSON IS LEARNED

"A triumph of form and content, A Lesson Is Learned stands shoulder to shoulder with Kazu Kibuishi's Copper as astounding affirmations of the power of a single page to move mountains and reinvent the world."
The Webcomics Examiner

"A painterly hell ride through the depraved depths of youthful imagination."
Ted Rall, Attitude 3: The New Subversive Online Cartoonists

"It's become a favorite webcomic of mine over the last six months."
Warren Ellis

"A cool approach to storytelling."
Scott McCloud

"You couldn't ask for a more sublime pairing of talents than writer Dale Beran and artist David Hellman. Each is a daring, unconventional artist in his own right, and the head-on collision of their styles is a bracing dose of bravura webcomickry."
Joe Zabel, The Webcomics Examiner