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Russ Braun

Artist

The Boys, Fables, Jimmy’s Bastards
 

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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Richard Clark

Artist

Richard has worked for the big comic houses—DC and Marvel—but also for a lengthy list of diverse clients including Dark Horse Comics, Moonstone Books, Wall Street Journal, Field & Stream, Vibe, HBO and Playboy. Richard has even created a slew of comic book characters in a series of health-related comic books intended to help those with HIV understand how the virus harms the body and how drugs work to combat it—no small feat.
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Keith Champagne

Artist

Champagne graduated from Montville High School in Oakdale, Connecticut in 1988, and from the Kubert School in 1994. Champagne began working professionally as a comic book inker during his second year at the Kubert School. Titles he has contributed to (as writer) include: JSA, Green Lantern Corps, and World War III. As an artist/inker, his work has appeared in many titles, most notably JSA, Firestorm, and Superboy. Champagne also wrote Adolescent Radioactive Black Belt Hamsters, when the license was acquired by Dynamite Entertainment. His other work includes Ghostbusters for IDW Publishing and The Mighty, a creator-owned title for DC Comics, co-written with Peter Tomasi. Champagne currently lives in Mansfield Center, Connecticut.
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Kevin Conrad

Artist

Kevin contributes to various DC and Image properties, while finding more and more penciling projects along the way with independent companies and his commission work. It seems Kevin has come full circle with a small resurgence in the commercial art field from agencies around the nation finding his comic illustration a viable commodity.
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Paul Harding

Sculpture

Paul Harding is a trained graphic artist that molded himself into a sought-after sculptor. He has created stunning works of art, action figures, statues and more for companies like Gentle Giant, DC Collectibles, Marvel, Sideshow Collectibles and so much more.

@PaulHardingStudios

John Hebert
John Hebert
Comic Book artist

From Wolverine and X-Men Adventures to Punisher, John’s legendary Marvel style has defined some of comics’ most iconic heroes. Whether it’s heroes, villains, or mash-ups, John will bring your vision to life.

@JohnHebertArt

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Nikkol Jelenic
horror illustrator,  artist
Nikkol Jelenic is an American artist who has painted and penciled comic book covers and pages, music albums, and game design art. Nikkol painted the cover art for Dynamite Entertainment’s Red Sonja vs. The Army Of Darkness series and is also a recent featured interior artist on the horror anthology The Haunted Box from Iron Age Comics as well as a frequent cover artist for Darby Pop Publishing’s Side-Kicked series. After working for AfterShock Comics as a sequential artist for After Dark, she co-created a graphic novel titled Midnight Rose with Jim Starlin, also published by AfterShock.
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Mark McKenna

Comic Book Artist

I’ve been a comic book artist for 38 years, having worked for both Marvel and DC comics on the likes of The X Men and Spider Man to Batman and The Justice League. There are almost 1000 comics that list my name in the credits and 12,000 pages that bear my ink lines on them.

www.markmckennaart.com

Mike McKone
penciller

McKone’s first published works for the major companies included Justice League of America and Justice League International for DC Comics and The Punisher War Zone for Marvel Comics. However, it was his work on Marvel’s Exiles which brought him instant attention, and led him to work on two of DC’s Teen Titans and Marvel’s Fantastic Four.

McKone is currently providing covers for Marvel, DC and Dynamite comics.

@michael2112mckone’

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Dan Orgill
Artist
I’m a professional artist located in Ontario, Canada. I specialize in traditional art, specifically gouache, focusing on comics, pop culture and sci-fi. But, it hasn’t always been my gig.
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Paul Pelletier
penciller
I have been drawing comics professionally since 1992, and it has finally come time to put up a site to showcase and sell my artwork. It’s been a long time coming! My many thanks to all who have followed my career and bought the books I’ve worked on. Without you, I might not have had the career I enjoy now.
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Christian St Pierre

Artist

St. Pierre is a freelance artist who did work for the BattleTech sourcebook, Historical: Operation Klondike. He also shows in gallery exhibitions, lectures, teaches art classes, plus develops and expands his independent brand of creator-owned properties, prints, comics, children’s books, and more
Val Semeiks
Val Semeiks
comic book artist
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
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Mark Sinnott
Joe Sinnot Foundation

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. 

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Jim Whiting
comic book artist
An illustrator, creator, designer, and publisher. Books include Margo Intergalactic Trash Collector, SCAB, Shriek, The Monster Art of Basil Gogos, Eerie publications: The Whole Bloody Mess, Gorgo Attacks!, Zombie War 2: Earth Must be Destroyed, Big-Head, Kill Me Slowly, Night of the Living Dead, Demons & Deviants, Clive Barker’s Pandemonium, and others.