- Alejandro Jodorowsky
Alejandro Jodorowsky or Alexandro Jodorowsky (born February 7, 1929, in Tocopilla, Chile) is an actor, playwright, director, producer, composer, mime, comic book writer, psychotherapist and father to musician Adan Jodorowsky and Brontis Jodorowsly. Born to Ashkenazi Jewish parents of Russian origin. In 1973 he adopted Mexican citizenship, but some years later he was naturalized as French. He is particularly known for having directed a handful of esoteric, … - Ed Tourriol
Edmond Tourriol is a French comic-book author. He was born in Talence, Gironde (France in 1974. He founded Climax Comics studios with his former partner Olivier Dejeufosse. He published with Climax Studios more than 50 fanzines and wrote some of his own comics Reflex and Zero Force. In 2001 he set up his advertising agency Clark System Innovation in partnership with Stephan Boschat. - Anonymous Boy
Anonymous Boy is the pen name of Tony Arena, an artist, writer and filmmaker who resides in New York City. "Anonymous Boy" is also the title of his self-published comics zine. The name 'Anonymous Boy' was given to him by G.B. Jones, the editor of "J.D.s", when his first contribution appeared in this zine in the late 1980's. His erotic and romantic drawings of punks garnered much attention and after the demise of "J.D.s", … - Carlo Giovanni Maria Misani
Bachelor in Fine Arts, i worked in an Art Gallery for four years. Now i am studying Marketing and Brand Communication. - Joss Whedon
Joss Hill Whedon (born Joseph Hill Whedon on June 23, 1964 in New York) is an American writer, director, executive producer, and creator of the well-known television series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", "Angel", and "Firefly". He has also written several film scripts and several comic book series. After finishing at Winchester College in England, he went on to receive a film degree from Wesleyan University in 1987. - Frank Miller
Frank Miller (born January 27, 1957, is an American writer, artist and film director best known for his film noir-style comic book stories. He is one of the most widely-recognized and popular creators in comics, and is one of the most influential comics creators of his generation. - Kevin Patrick Smith
Kevin Patrick Smith (born August 2, 1970) is an American screenwriter, film director and the founder of View Askew Productions. He has also enjoyed some success as a comic book writer and actor. Smith's films are often set in his home state of New Jersey, and while not strictly sequential, do feature crossover plot elements, character references, and a shared canon, the View Askewniverse. - Jack Kirby
Jack Kirby (August 28, 1917 - February 6, 1994) was one of the most influential, recognizable, and prolific artists in American comic books, and the co-creator of such enduring characters and popular culture icons as the Fantastic Four, the X-Men, the Hulk, Captain America, and hundreds of others stretching back to the earliest days of the medium. He was also a comic book writer and editor. His most common nickname is "The King". - Stan Lee
Stan Lee (born Stanley Martin Lieber on December 28, 1921) is an American writer, editor, was the Chairman Emeritus of Marvel Comics, and memoirist. Though no longer officially connected to the company, save for the title of "Chairman Emeritus", Stan Lee remains a visible face in the industry. With several artist co-creators, most notably Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko, he introduced complex, … - Brian Michael Bendis
Brian Michael Bendis is an American comic book writer and erstwhile artist. He has also won critical acclaim (including five Eisner Awards) and is one of the most successful writers working in mainstream comics; for over the last seven years, Bendis’s books have consistently sat in the top five best sellers on the nationwide comic sales chart. Though he started as a writer and artist of independent noir fiction series, … - David Lloyd
David Lloyd (born 1950) is a British comics artist best known as the illustrator of the graphic novel "V for Vendetta", written by Alan Moore. He started working in comics in the late 1970s, drawing for "Halls of Horror", "TV Comic" and a number of Marvel UK titles. With writer Steve Parkhouse, he created the pulp adventure character Night Raven. When former Marvel UK editor Dez Skinn set up "Warrior" magazine in 1982, … - Bill Sienkiewicz
Boleslav (William) Felix Robert Sienkiewicz (sin-KEV-itch), usually referred to simply as Bill Sienkiewicz, was born May 3, 1958 in Blakely, Pennsylvania, United States. He is a visual artist probably best known for his unique and recognizable work on various comic books, notably Marvel Comics' "Elektra: Assassin". He attended the Newark School of Fine and Industrial Arts in Newark, New Jersey. - Dave Gibbons
Dave Gibbons (born April 14, 1949) is a British writer and artist of comics. - Mark Hamill
Mark Richard Hamill (born September 25, 1951) is an American actor. Hamill is best known for his portrayal of Luke Skywalker in the original "Star Wars" films, Colonel Christopher "Maverick" Blair in the Wing Commander franchise, and as the voice of The Joker in "Batman: The Animated Series". After the "Star Wars" films, Hamill worked on Broadway, as a voice actor in animation and computer and video games, … - Mike Wieringo
Michael "Mike" Wieringo (born June 24, 1963 in Vicenza, Italy) is an American comic book artist. He first came to prominence in the comic book industry for his work on DC Comics' "The Flash" with writer Mark Waid in the early 1990s. After his short run on the "the Flash" Wieringo briefly worked on another DC title, this time "Robin" with writer Chuck Dixon, before leaving DC for Marvel Comics. - André Franquin
André Franquin was an influential Belgian cartoonist, whose best known comic strip creations are "Gaston" and "Marsupilami", created while he worked on the "Spirou et Fantasio" comic strip from 1947 to 1969, during a period seen by many as the series' golden age. - Stefano Raffaele
Stefano Raffaele (born March 15 1970) is an Italian comics book artist. Born in Milan, he debuted on "Lazarus Ledd" #4 in 1994. Starting from the following year he worked for United States comics series such as "New Gods", "Birds of Prey", "Batman", "X-Men Adventures", "X-Factor", "Conan the Barbarian" and others. In 2000 he pencilled "Arkhain", a science-fiction miniseries published by Marvel Italia. - Duncan Fegredo
Duncan Fegredo is a comic book artist born in Leicester in 1968. He first managed to get into comics after showing his portfolio around UKCAC in 1987 and meeting Dave Thorpe. Together they worked on a strip for a short lived British magazine called "Heartbreak Hotel". After this he worked for "Crisis" for Fleetway before working on "Kid Eternity" at DC Comics with writer Grant Morrison. He then worked with writer Peter Milligan on "Enigma", … - Josh Neufeld
Josh Neufeld (b. 1967 in New York City) is an alternative cartoonist and commercial illustrator known for his fact-based comics on subjects like international travel and finance, as well as his collaborations with writers like Harvey Pekar and David Greenberger. Neufeld was awarded a 2004 grant from the Xeric Foundation for his graphic novel, "A Few Perfect Hours (and Other Stories From Southeast Asia & Central Europe)", … - Jean Giraud
Jean Henri Gaston Giraud (born May 8, 1938) is a French comics artist. Giraud has earned worldwide fame, not only under his own name but also under the pseudonym Moebius, and to a lesser extent Gir. - Al Hartley
Henry Allan Hartley (born October 25, 1921, Kearny, New Jersey, United States; died May 27, 2003, Fort Myers, Florida) was an American comic book writer-artist known for his work on Archie Comics, Atlas Comics (the 1950s precursor of Marvel Comics), and many Christian comics. He received an Inkpot Award at the 1980 San Diego Comic-Con. Hartley was the son of Congressman Frederick Allan Hartley, Jr. (Republican from New Jersey), co-author of the Taft-Hartley Act of 1947. - Sam Grainger
Sam Grainger (March 18, 1924 - October 1986) was an American comic book artist best known as a Marvel Comics inker during the 1960s and 1970s periods fans and historians call, respectively, the Silver Age and the Bronze Age of Comic Books. Series on which he worked include "The Avengers", "The Incredible Hulk" and "X-Men". - Warren Ellis
Warren Girade Ellis (born February 16, 1968) is a British author of comics, novels, and television, well known for his sarcastic personality and sociocultural commentaries, both through his online presence and his writing. He is a resident of Southend-on-Sea, England. - Garth Ennis
Garth Ennis (born January 16, 1970 in Holywood, Northern Ireland) is a Northern Irish comics writer, best known for the DC/Vertigo series "Preacher", co-created with artist Steve Dillon. His work is characterised by extreme violence, black humour and profanity, but also by an interest in male friendship and an amused disdain for organised religion. Frequent artistic collaborators include Steve Dillon, Glenn Fabry and John McCrea. - Ed Benes
José Edilbenes Bezerra is a Brazilian comic book artist, better known as his pen name Ed Benes. He is best known for his work on DC Comics' "Birds of Prey", "Supergirl", and "Superman" titles. Benes originally specialized in drawing superhero pin-up girls, but has matured significantly as an artist since his debut pencilling Wildstorm Comics' "Gen¹³". His sister, Mariah Benes, is also a talented artist. - Frank Frazetta
Frank Frazetta (born February 9,1928) is one of the world's most influential fantasy and science fiction artists. He is one of the most emulated artists of these genres in the world. - Brian Bolland
Brian Bolland (born 1951, Lincolnshire) is a British comics artist, famous for his confident linework and eye-catching compositions. He is particularly known as one of the foremost Judge Dredd artists for British comic "2000 AD", and as a cover artist for many publications from "the big two", Marvel and DC Comics. - Parrish Baker
http://www.truespoon.com;. - Andy Diggle
Andy Diggle is a British comic book writer and former editor of "2000 AD". His most recent works include "The Losers", "Swamp Thing", "Adam Strange" and "Silent Dragon". As editor, Diggle is often credited (most frequently by David Bishop, who originally employed him) as having spearheaded a return to the old skool values of "2000 AD". He is currently working on "Batman Confidential". - John Byrne
John Lindley Byrne is a British-born naturalised American author and artist of comic books. Since the mid-1970s Byrne has worked on nearly every major American superhero. His best-known work has been on Marvel Comics' "X-Men" and "Fantastic Four" and the 1986 relaunch of DC Comics’ "Superman" franchise. During the 1990s he produced a number of creator-owned works including "Next Men" and "Danger Unlimited". - Walt Simonson
Walter or, usually, Walt Simonson is an American comic book writer and artist. After studying geology at Amherst College, he transferred to the Rhode Island School of Design, graduating in 1972. His thesis project there was "The Star Slammers", which was published as a black and white promotional comic book for the 1974 World Science Fiction Convention in Washington, D.C. (DisCon II). - Wally Wood
Wallace Allan Wood was an American comic book writer, artist and independent publisher, best known for his work in EC Comics and "Mad". Although much of his early professional artwork is signed Wallace Wood, he became known as Wally Wood, a name he claimed to dislike. Within the comics community, he was also known as Woody, a name he sometimes used as a signature. - Mark Millar
Mark Millar (born December 24 1969) is a Scottish comic book writer born in Coatbridge. A resident of Glasgow, Scotland, his most known works include "The Authority", "Ultimate X-Men", "Marvel Knights Spider-Man", "The Ultimates", and "Civil War" - Erik Larsen
Erik J. Larsen (born December 8, 1962) is an American comic book writer, artist, and publisher. He is best known for his work for Marvel Comics in the 1980s and as one of the partner owners of Image Comics since the early 1990s. - Floyd Gottfredson
Arthur Floyd Gottfredson (May 5, 1905-July 22, 1986) was an American cartoonist best known for his defining work on the "Mickey Mouse" comic strip. He has probably had the same impact on the Mickey Mouse comics as Carl Barks had on the Donald Duck comics. Two decades after his death, his memory was honored with the Disney Legends citation in 2003 and induction into the Comic Book Hall of Fame in 2006. - Chris Cunningham
Chris Cunningham is an acclaimed English music video film director and video artist. He was born in Reading, Berkshire in 1970 and grew up in Lakenheath, Suffolk. His DVD "The Work of Director Chris Cunningham" was released in November 2004 as part of the Directors Label set. This DVD includes selected highlights from 1995-2000. - Will Eisner
William Erwin Eisner (March 6 1917 - January 3 2005) was an acclaimed American comics writer, artist and entrepreneur. - Ryan Ottley
Ryan Ottley (also known as Uncle WYA) is an American comic book artist and penciller. He is best known for work on Image Comics' "Invincible". Artist and co-creator of webcomic strip "Ted Noodleman: Bicycle Delivery Boy", and it was through this webstrip that Robert Kirkman first encountered Ryan's work and then offered him the job of penciling "Invincible". - Adrian Tomine
Adrian Tomine (born May 31, 1974), a popular Gen X cartoonist, is best known for his ongoing comic book series "Optic Nerve" and his periodical illustrations in "The New Yorker". Despite heavy youth-culture exposure, (he is often referenced in mainstream publications such as "Entertainment Weekly" and teen TV dramas) Tomine remains a largely underground figure, placed demographically between "RAW" artists such as Art Spiegelman and Harvey Pekar, …
|
| |