Who am I?
I am an artist/writer living in New York City.
Like many local aspiring artists, I attended High School of Art &
Design. From there, a Disney Scholarship landed me in California
Institute of the Arts. After two
years, I returned to NYC to pursue animating commercials, but
began at a time when the industry was going bust and business was
being farmed out to the eastern hemisphere. I decided to move
on to commercial art and comics.
Running a zine from the mid-1980's into the early 1990's forced
me into becoming a writer, thus adding an additional means of
self-expression to my repertoire. In 1995, I created my first
website with the aid of a software program. It was abysmal. Since
then, all my websites have been composed in plain editors such as
Notepad or Pico - this page included.
Influences in my drawing style come from two sides of the world.
The first and most lasting inspirations are Japanese manga from
the early 1970's: Ishimori Shotaro and Go Nagai. Yes, I collected
Manga long before it was trendy - or even known to more than
perhaps five Americans at the time. Some of the best Japanese
comic series were produced then, among them "What's
Michael?", a visual account of
the author's cats, and "Ash'ta no Joe," an epic about a poor
young boxer who makes the bigtime. Also of note are Ishimori
Shotaro's adaptations of Sentai series "Kamen Rider" (the first
one) and "Kikaida". They just don't make 'em like that anymore.
It was truly the Silver Age of Japanese comics.
HS of A&D was Marvel crazy in the mid-1970's, and I snapped up
some classic Silver Age titles to fill in my then-fledgeling
collection. You can still catch a bit of John Romita Sr. and
Gene Colan in my work. I also enjoy the work of Milo Manara, John
Bolland, Dave Stevens, Steve Rude, and Mike Allred. For painted
comics, no one can touch Alex Ross.
I thought I'd finally take The Big Step and put myself out there.
I mean here, in cyberspace. I've drawn professionally for
many
years, and still there's nothing more fulfilling than making
someone's day when you give them a drawing. I'm hoping that I can
revive my practices at conventions from way back
when, and draw pictures for people again.
In addition to privately commissioned work, you'll notice I'm
also
selling off some pre-existing pieces. In fact, part of the
proceeds from the sale of images made for a
recent website will be going to the Elizabeth Glaser
Pediatric Aids Foundation. So if you like what you see, consider
an original and make a difference.
Special thanks to fellow artist Ayperi Silverwolf, Dr Jekyl, Robert Albert,
Seven0fNine, and Dad.
Thanks for coming to see my gallery. Enjoy your visit!
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