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AZIM AKBERALI :: ARTIST
Born and raised in Dar-es-salaam, Tanzania, Azim made his artistic debut at a very early age. Currently, Azim works as a professional artist in his hometown, regularly holding exhibitions of his works at the local galleries. He has had work published in the United States comics market and was nominated for two Eagle Awards in 2008.
SITES: Personal Site |
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ALE ARAGON :: PENCILER / INKER
An artist from Argentina, Ale has done pinups and illustrations for a variety of small press publications going back to 2004. He does penciling as well as inking work and provides finished pages. He was the winner of the Zeroes2Heroes contest and worked on the initial series of Reboot. He just recently completed his first Image mini-series, Overlook.
SITES: MySpace Page / ComicSpace Page / Twitter
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JASON ARTHUR :: LETTERER
A professional letterer with credits from Dark Horse, Image, Devil's Due, and Top Cow (among others) Jason has been working in the field of comics in one capacity or another over the last 15 years.
SITES: Portfolio
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JOSE AVILES :: PENCILER
Jose is an artist from Spain. He is regularly published in his own country and has had some work published in the United States as well, including from IDW. His work has included such popular properties as Star Trek and CSI.
SITES: Professional Site / Twitter |
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STU BALES :: WRITER/ARTIST
Stuart has done cartoon strips and caricatures, as well as scripts, storyboards and finished art for a series of online animated advertisements. He is following his dream to write and draw his own fantasy based comic, Gathering of Nations, for VCS. He just recently finished his first professional paying job for Traphic Novel.
SITES: Deviant Art Page / MySpace Page / Twitter |
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KRIS BLACK :: LETTERER / LOGO DESIGN
Kris has been a professional graphic designer since 2000 and started lettering his first comic book in 2007. He letters with professional top quality fonts while applying creative design and techniques to deliver a unique and adaptive style to each individual comic. This is what he does. This is what he loves doing.
SITES: Professional Site / Facebook / Linked In Profile / Twitter |
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CHUCK BORDELL :: INKER
Chuck Bordell has worked for numerous comic publishers, including Malibu, Caliber, Brainstorm, and Silverline. He also has produced artwork for Steve Jackson Games, Dungeon Magazine, Neverworld RPG and the Superdeck Superhero Card Game. His most recent comic series is called Lunatic Fringe and recent gaming books include GURPS: Traveller and Earthdawn: Dragons.
SITES: Professional Site / ComicSpace Page / MySpace |
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PAT BRODERICK :: ARTIST
Starting his professional career back in 1973 Broderick has worked for just about all of the major publishers on such titles as Green Lantern, Detective Comics, Swamp thing, Firestorm, Captain Atom, The sword of the Atom, The Teen Titans, The Lords of the Ultra Realm, Micronauts, Doom 2099, Alpha Flight, The Punisher, Spiderman, and Captain Marvel. He then worked in advertising and video game design and now returns to comics. He recently has been working on a number of projects with BlueWater Productions
SITES: Finished Sequentials |
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OSCAR CAPRISTO :: ARTIST
Oscar Capristo lives and works in Quilmes, south of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Since 1991, his work has been published in the U.S., Spain, Italy and Argentina. He lectures at the Quilmes School of Fine Arts and the University of Palermo, Buenos Aires. His English-language work has been published in Heavy Metal, Judge Dredd Megazine, and Arcana's Dark Horrors anthology. Oscar's story, "Grynn & Barrett: Goatspell," was a finalist in the "Be a Visionary" contest sponsored by Visionary Comics Studios and AAM/Markoia.
SITES: Deviant Art |
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NEKTARIOS CHRISSOS :: WRITER
Nektarios Chrissos lives and works at Heraclion Crete, Greece. His stories have appeared in various Greek and American magazines and anthologies, and he is a member of the editorial board of the Greek fiction magazine Universe Pathways. He is also co-writing the Greek sword-and-sorcery comic "MYTHOS". He is also the creator of VCS' Aposperus Series, a haunting thriller.
SITES: ComicSpace Page / MySpace Page / Deviant Art |
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BRANT FOWLER :: LETTERER / LOGO DESIGN
In the industry in some form for 8 years, Brant (aka Gonzogoose) is best known as a letterer and logo designer with credits from Image, Arcana and various other independents.
SITES: Professional Site / ComicSpace |
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HERNAN FURLINO :: PENCILER
Hernan is a longtime professional in the international comics industry. His work has graced a number of projects of a wide variety, from fantasy to gritty street adventure. He brings an expertise and skill in both pencils and finished art to his work.
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NATHAN FURMAN :: INKER/COVER ARTIST
Nathan Furman has been a professional illustrator for the gaming industry for 4 years doing spot, promotional, conceptual, card and cover art for the such properties as Conan, Lord Of The Rings, DragonLance, Elric Of Melnibone, Hawkmoon, A Game Of Thrones, Babylon 5, Mr.T, Fafhrd And Greymouser, Runequest, Battlefield Evolution, ELFS, Glorantha, Runebound and many others.
SITES: Comic Space |
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JESSIKA GRAVEL :: COLORIST
Born in Beauport, Quebec, graduated from College of Outaouais with a Fine Arts diploma, and University of Quebec in Outaouais with a Bachelor's Degree in Arts and Design, or more specifically in the Graphic Novelist Program. Jess' first US published work is VCS' Headlocked.
SITES: Deviant Art |
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MICHAEL KINGSTON :: WRITER
Michael Kingston is the writer/creator of Headlocked, the dramatic series following the journey of a young theater actor and his search for art in the cutthroat world of professional wrestling. He currently resides in Clifton Park, NY.
SITES: Twitter / Facebook / MySpace
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BRIAN KOSCIENSKI & CHRIS PISANO :: WRITERS
Brian and Chris reside in south, central Pennsylvania. Their love for writing is pretty extensive, ranging from comics to novels, stories to articles. So enamoured with the medium, they started their own publishing company, Fortress Publishing, inc. They have even been known to pen a bawdy haiku every now and then...
SITES: Publisher Site / ComicSpace |
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A. DAVID LEWIS :: WRITER
A. Dave is the Harvey Award-nominated co-creator of The Lone and Level Sands and Some New Kind of Slaughter. In addition, he is a national lecturer on the comic book medium, and an Editorial Board member for The International Journal of Comic Art. He is the creator of VCS' Gangland Avalon, a fantasy-crime-drama.
SITES: Professional Site / Blog |
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JEFF LOEW :: WRITER
Jeff Loew lives and works near San Francisco, California. His work has appeared in the Judge Dredd Megazine, Arcana's Dark Horrors anthology, and eigoMANGA's Sakura Pakk anthology. Throughout 2006, Jeff wrote the weekly Crossing Borders column at Broken Frontier. Jeff's story, "Grynn & Barrett: Goatspell," was a finalist in the "Be a Visionary" contest sponsored by Visionary Comics Studios and AAM/Markoia.
SITES: Professional Site
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KRISTOPHER LOHMAN :: WRITER/ARTIST
Kristopher Lohman lives in Hawaii and is a lifelong comic enthusiast. He is able to draw in a variety of styles to properly capture the mood of the story being told. Though he loves superheroes, he is equally at home drawing contemporary or fantasy setting stories. He is presently working on a comic book prequel to the independent film Livelihood.
SITES: Professional Site
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GEORGIOS MARTZOUKOS :: ARTIST
George wishes to impress a high level of technical structure in his work, ranging from detailed hand painted or manipulated texturing to impressionistic fine art renders, making them work both as comics and quality art at the same time.
SITES: MySpace Page |
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CHRIS MCCAY :: WRITER
Chris McCay has been writing comics professionally for 7 years, including The Confessional, published internationally with Warpton Comics, named Britain's Small Press Book of the Month in September of 2004, and his original comic series, Alpha Omega. Chris is creator of Offspring and Midnight Run for VCS. He lives in Alexandria, Virginia with his wife and two sons.
SITES: ComicSpace / MySpace |
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MIKE MUNSHAW :: INKER
During the day a mild mannered Director of Digital Printing. At night, an aspiring artist with lots of close calls at almost getting published. He is currently inking The Offspring for Visionary Comics. Mike has a BA in Graphic Design with a minor in Illustration. He lives in Southern Maryland with his wife and two sons.
SITES: Art of M2 / ComicSpace |
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JOSEF RUBINSTEIN :: COVER ARTIST / INKER
Joe emigrated from Israel at 5. He met Neal Adams at 13 and asked to work at his and Dick Giordano 's Continuity Associates. In 1972 Joe joined and worked with many legendary artists, including Wally Wood, Russ Heath, Gray Morrow, Jim Starlin, Jeff Jones, Bernie Wrightson, and Klaus Janson. At 17, he went freelance and has worked for every major comics company, holding the Guinness record for having inked more pencillers. He is also an award-winning portrait artist and illustrator.
SITES: Comic Art Galleries and Portfolios |
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CLAUDE ST. AUBIN :: PENCILER
Claude has been a professional in the comics industry for several years. His resume includes such publishers as Marvel and DC as well as numerous other companies where he has done pencils, inks and even cover work. His style is energetic and fresh, with a very dynamic and expressive feel.
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CHRIS STUDABAKER :: LETTERER
Chris Studabaker works as a freelance designer, letterer, and writer. Chris lives in Indianapolis, Indiana. His story Under the Midnight Sun, a collaboration with Dusty Neal, was featured in the Fablewood anthology published by Ape Entertainment in 2008. The story was also a finalist for the Howard E. Day Prize, chosen and presented each year by Dave Sim and Gerhard at the annual SPACE convention.
SITES: Professional Site |
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LUIS VALENTE :: ARTIST
Luis Valente is an illustrator and comics artist from Amadora, Portugal. He studied graphic design at Beaux Arts Faculty of Lisbon, Portugal. He has designed and illustrated children's books to articles for magazines and newspapers. He is passionate about his work and continually strives for escellence in all aspects of his art.
SITES: Professional Site / Blog
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RANDY VALIENTE :: PENCILER
Randy Valiente is a prolific and established artist and one of the most active advocates for support and recognition for Philippine komiks in the country. He has worked as a game developer, character designer, and graphic artist. At the age of 14, Randy Valiente started as a comics illustrator in 1988 and became a full-time writer/novelist in 1995.
SITES: Blog / ComicSpace / Komiks Blog |
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GARY YAP :: INKER
Gary Yap began his professional career in comics, including titles for DC Comics. In 1997 he moved into animation including being involved with the hit shows "King of the Hill" and "The Simpsons". He currently runs Art Over Life Studios and continues to work on projects, including the upcoming Patriot Squad.
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