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Details About Russ Braun
Russ Braun has been drawing comics for over 30 years, with time out for a 7-year stint with Walt Disney Feature Animation. Known for his expressive characters and storytelling on everything from Batman, Swamp Thing, Fables, and Jack of Fables, Russ is best known for his frequent collaborations with Garth Ennis, including The Boys, Night Witches, their creator-owned book, Jimmy’s Bastards, and its new sequel Jimmy’s Little Bastards.
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Details About Kevin Conrad
My lifelong dream was to illustrate for comics, and I grew tired of the lack of creativity in the commercial work that would come my way. My friend, Greg Capullo, included some sample X-Force pages that I inked over him to his editor, Bob Harras, at Marvel. The result was immediate work as a contributing inker on X-Force, working over Greg’s pencils as well as nearly all of Marvel’s ‘X’ titles and their spin-offs. I was promoted to regular inker of X-Force starting with issue # 38, teaming up with then up-and-coming penciller Tony Daniel, and, over the course of many years, continued to accent each other’s work. After our collaboration on X-Force, we were both hired by Todd McFarlane to be the creative talent behind the Spawn mini-series; Spawn: Bloodfeud.
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Details About Paul Harding
Paul Harding (born 1967) is an American author and former musician best known for winning the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for his debut novel, Tinkers (2009). A former drummer for the band Cold Water Flat, he studied at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and became a noted educator, teaching at Harvard and directing the MFA program at Stony Brook Southampton.
Details About John Hebert
Born in California on March 15, 1904. After graduating from UCLA, Herbert earned an M.A. degree at Columbia University. He taught art at Fresno State College from 1928 until 1966.
Details About Nikkol Jelenic
Nikkol Jelenic is an American horror illustrator, comic book creator & cover artist. While creating fantastic & gory tales for her own comics & freelancing pin ups & painted canvas works, she continues collaborating with other independent authors & artists that share the same genre interests.
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Details About Mark McKenna
Mark was born in Logan, UT in 1984 and has lived in the West most of his life. His work is inspired by what he loves, the beauty of the West. He grew up hunting, fishing, hiking, backpacking, and site seeing, and has personally experienced much of what the West has to offer.
Details About Paul Pelletier
Pelletier began working as a professional comic artist in the late 1980s. His first work appeared in Cosmic Steller Rebellers (Hammac Publications)[citation needed] and Wayward Warrior (Hammac Publications) later Zen: Intergalactic Ninja. He has worked for renowned comics publishers DC Comics and Marvel Comics as well as for the now out of business Cross Generation Entertainment. His portfolio includes stints as regular artist or guest artist on such series as Darkstars, Flash, Green Lantern, Guy Gardner, Legion of Super-Heroes, Outsiders,[1] Superboy and the Ravers, Superman, Superman: The Man of Steel, Titans, She-Hulk, Fantastic Four, Exiles, Negation and Negation War. Pelletier has drawn special projects such as the mini-series Green Lantern/ Sentinel: Heart of Darkness or the one-shots Flash: Secret Files, Green Lantern: Secret Files and President Luthor Secret Files.
Details About Paul Pelletier
Like I said before, 1992 was the year when I was able to start my career drawing comics professionally…that assignment was The Ex-Mutants for Malibu Comics. Up until that point, I had spent several years drawing black and white comics for small publishers in my home state of Maine; books like Zen: The Intergalactic Ninja, Totem: Sign Of The Wardog, Wayward Warrior, Chiron and others for Alpha Productions (formerly Hammac Publications…I was actually “art director” for both companies), and Demon’s Tails for Adventure Comics. Following my time at Malibu, I spent the next several years working primarily for DC Comics on titles such as Darkstars, The Outsiders, Green Lantern, Superboy And The Ravers, Flash, and Titans. During this time I managed to squeeze in a few assignments for Marvel, like The Incredible Hulk (back-ups and one full issue…..#412), Silver Surfer and other assorted issues. I also drew a strip called Megastar for Acclaim Comics (Adventure Zone), which was written by Dan Slott. All this work brought me up to the year 2000/2001, which brought my career to
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Details About Val Semeiks
Semeiks Graduated From College With Degrees In Chemistry And Mathematics, Before Pursuing A Career In Advertising, Working As “An Art Director For A Regional Ad Agency”. He Has Been Working In The Comics Field Since 1986, Mostly As A Penciller Although He Has Been Known To Ink His Own Work. His First Professional Credit Was With Marvel, Drawing King Kull Back-Up Stories For The Savage Sword Of Conan, Which Ultimately Led To Him Becoming The Monthly Artist On Conan The Barbarian, Allowing Him To Leave His Day Job And Forge A Fulltime Career As A Comics Artist
Details About Mark Sinnott
Mark Sinnott is a respected artist and inker who carries forward one of the most prestigious legacies in comic book history. As the son of the legendary Joe Sinnott—the man who defined the look of the Marvel Universe alongside Jack Kirby—Mark grew up immersed in the “House of Ideas.”
Mark has spent years working closely with his father, contributing to the long-running The Amazing Spider-Man Sunday comic strip for King Features Syndicate. His work is characterized by the classic, clean line-work and meticulous attention to detail that the Sinnott name is famous for.
Beyond his work on the Spider-Man strips, Mark is a fixture at comic conventions, where he shares his expertise in traditional inking techniques and keeps the golden age of comic artistry alive for new generations of fans. Whether he is working on iconic Marvel characters or private commissions, Mark’s work serves as a vital bridge between the foundational era of comics and the modern industry.
Details About Mark Sinnott
Jim Whiting (born 1951) is a renowned British artist and inventor celebrated for his surreal, mechanical sculptures and large-scale kinetic installations. He is best known for creating the robotic, “dancing” furniture and limbs in Herbie Hancock’s iconic 1983 music video for “Rockit,” which won the first-ever MTV Video Music Award for Best Art Direction.
Whiting’s work often explores the “life” of inanimate objects, turning everyday items like trousers, chairs, and beds into frantic, moving mechanical beings.