Oklahoma Comic Creator directory
The oklahoma comic creator Directory Project
The Oklahoma Comic Arts Foundation couldn’t have started without a little bit of happenstance. In 2009, Soonercon hosted a packed-in panel of comic creators, and the question of the day was “How did we not know that there were so many people in Oklahoma trying to make comics?”
And so, a loose social group of creators formed. They traveled together, booted together, critiqued each other’s projects, and kept asking questions about how to better support the vast talent pool. One of the ideas that kept coming up was a database of comic creators to make it easier for creators and fans to find their next favorite creators.
The directory is open to all working creators, both past and present. Our only requirement is that you've helped create a comic, whether published traditionally or self-published.
Examples of creators we are looking for are:
Colorists
Designers
Editors
Educators
Illustrators
Letterers
Mentors
Publishers
Printers
Writers
If you’d like to be added to the directory, fill out this submission form.
The decision to include applications into the directory lies solely with the Oklahoma Comic Arts Foundation Board.
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Comics you've assisted in creating and in what capacity:
KHAN from Arcana Studios (colorist)
Seen from Platinum Studios (colorist)
Kung Fu Legume (creator/artist)
ZOR (Art/Co-Creator)
Hero Hiro (Art/Co-Creator) coming out in January 2025Social Media Handles: @geckoadams
Website:geckoadams.com
Portfolio Link:https://geckoadams.com
Brief Biography: Michael “Gecko” Adams, the mind behind the creation of the beloved KUNG FU LEGUME, is an established artist and colorist in the comic book industry. In 2022, Michael embarked on a new venture with Keenspot Comics, debuting his first ever creator owned book, KUNG FU LEGUME. Five issues of KUNG FU LEGUME were published from July 2022 to March 2023 with a graphic novel set to hit stores during the holiday season of 2023. KUNG FU LEGUME is also being developed as an animated series with SpongeBob SquarePants writer Richard Pursel and Executive Producer Kheng Hua Tan (Crazy Rich Asians). Michael is also releasing ZOR and Hero Hiro in 2024! In addition to his portfolio of published works, Michael’s artwork has also been showcased on HBO’s Entourage for Vanessa Angel’s character, Angel Quest, in Season 2, Episode 9.
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Art- Nadir's Zenith, Okie Comics, Glamorella's Daughter, Curbside Chronicle.
Art Director/ Graphic Design- OSU Library (Chilocco Indian Boarding School comic)Social Media Handles: @artistjerrybennett- Bluesky, Cara, IG, FB, Threads
Website:TheJerryBennett.com
Portfolio Link:TheJerryBennett.com
Jerry Bennett is a full time comic book artist, illustrator and art director currently drawing GLAMORELLA'S DAUGHTER with co-creator Charles J. Martin for Literati Press Comics, and also writing & illustrating his own graphic novels. He won the SCBWI Narrative Art Award in December. Jerry was the 2018-19 Paseo Arts Association artist in residence at the historic Skirvin Hilton teaching the comic art process and creating gallery comic art. He recently held a 2021-22 art residency at the University of Science and Arts in Oklahoma, where he taught illustration and mentored advanced students. Jerry is the SCBWI Global U.S. Illustrator Coordinator, immediately following a 12 year term as IC for the Oklahoma/Arkansas region, and a founding board member for the Oklahoma Comic Arts Foundation.
Are you open to freelance work?: Yes, covers and interiors.
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Comics you've assisted in creating and in what capacity: I started doing comics in 1993. I worked as editor, art director, artist and writer with a self-published comics collaborative called Burger. In 1993 everything was paste up and hand color separation so I was able to experience a very physical sense of layout. I've been printed in Top Shelf Comics#2, Legal Action Comics#1, Screw Magazine, and the New York Free Press. I have several graphic novels in the works and one complete book that is specifically about growing up in Oklahoma called, the Spirit Cave.
Social Media Handles: drew curtis art
Website:https://www.drewcurtisart.space/
Portfolio Link:https://www.drewcurtisart.space/
Is your artwork on your website and portfolio safe for all ages?: Some graphic nature
Brief Biography: I grew up in Oklahoma from 1961 to 1976. It is my family home and I reside there half of the year, helping to care for my 93 year old mother. The other half of the year I live in Brooklyn, where most of my experience in comics has been.
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Are you open to freelance work?: I prefer to do my own work but I am open to collaboration in a project of mutual interest with anyone as either a writer or artist.
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Comics you've assisted in creating and in what capacity:
Writer: Supergirl, Superman, World's Finest, Flash: Season Zero, Flashpoint: Kid Flash LostSocial Media Handles: sterlinggates.bsky.social
Website:www.sterlinggates.com
Portfolio Link:http://www.sterlinggates.com/comics.html
Brief Biography: Sterling Gates is an award-winning screenwriter and television producer, as well as a New York Times best selling comic creator. He was born and raised in Tulsa, OK, and currently lives and works in Los Angeles, CA.
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Are you open to freelance work?: Always looking for freelance comic writing work!
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Comics you've assisted in creating and in what capacity:
Three strips that appeared in OKIE Comics. A number of self published books on Amazon. Also, 31 Ghost Stories with writer Jeff Provine.
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https://www.lambiek.net/artists/g/goodson_ellis.htm
I usually pencil and ink and usually letter.Social Media Handles:https://www.instagram.com/realoldellis/https://www.x.com/russellgoodson1/https://weirdellis.tumblr.com/
Website:https://weirdellis.tumblr.com/
Portfolio Link:http://rpgbyelg.blogspot.com/
Is your artwork on your website and portfolio safe for all ages?: Cartoon Violence
Brief Biography: I'm 70 years old. I worked on video games dating back to the Sega Genesis. I worked for the company that sold the laser disc cabinet game of Dragon's Lair. Games were most of my career but I'm always dabbling in comics.
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Are you open to freelance work?: I have done comic work dating back to the back up feature in Ms Tree's Thrilling Det Comic. A character called The Scythe. I currently work in Procreate but do lettering and balloons in photoshop. If the project is fun and it pays and you like my work, I will do a comic book for hire.
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Comics you've assisted in creating and in what capacity:
Rough Cut 1&2 (editor, cover artist, writer, pencils, inks)
Bad Girls Volume 1 (editor, cover artist, pencils, inks)
Bad Candy 3 (cover artist)
Bad Candy 4 (cover artist, letterer, promotion)
Heaven's Rejects 4 (pinup but originally designed as cover art)Social Media Handles: @dirkhooperplus on X/Twitter, https://www.facebook.com/DirkHooperArtWorks, https://www.linkedin.com/in/dirkhooperplus/, @dirkhooperplus on Instagram
Website:https://rainkingstudios.com/about-us/dirk-hooper/
Portfolio Link:https://rainkingstudios.com/dirk-hooper-portfolio/
Is your artwork on your website and portfolio safe for all ages?: Something else (please let us know)
Brief Biography: Dirk Hooper is a professional artist, award-winning professional writer, award-winning photographer, audio talent, award-winning podcasting producer and host, journalist, mentor, and personal branding and marketing consultant. Hooper has cultivated a reputation as a fine-artist in established venues including the prestigious Fred Jones Jr. Art Museum and the Orange County Center for Contemporary Arts. His work has been shown in exhibitions like “the Dirty Show” in Detroit and around the world in Brussels, Belgium, Utrecht, the Netherlands, Hong Kong, China, Thailand and Bournemouth, England. Hooper has work in the permanent collection of The Kinsey Institute based at Indiana University and has participated in three shows curated by the Kinsey Institute. His work is also in the permanent collection of the Leather Archives and Museum in Chicago, Illinois and the Patpong Museum in Thailand.
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Oklahoma Time Quest in Okie Comics Magazine doing the line-art, color, and lettering of the comics. I collaborated on as the illustrator and colorist on Djinnball "Comics as Art" exhibit at Literati Press, Paseo Art District.Social Media Handles: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tk_elleri1/, Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TKElleri, Artsation: https://www.artstation.com/tkelleri1
Website:https://www.taylorkauppilaportfolio.com/
Portfolio Link:https://tkelleri1.artstation.com/
Brief Biography: I was born in Oklahoma City in 1992 and graduated from Oklahoma State University with a BA in Studio Art. I specialize in digital art, traditional illustrations, and comic art. I have always loved art and drawn since I was little. Storytelling is a great passion of mine and through my art I love to create stories. I'm especially inspired by anime styles which I incorporate into my own. I strive to make my own comic series and animations. I was a comic illustrator for "Oklahoma Time Quest" comics published in Okie Comics Magazine. I have a 2D Animation and Character Design Certificate from Francis Tuttle Technology Center. Two comics, one I created myself and another one I collaborated on as the illustrator, made it to the top rounds in the "Comics as Art" exhibit at Literati Press, Paseo Art District.
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Are you open to freelance work?: I specialize in illustrations, line-art, coloring, story-boarding, character sheets, and cover design. I can do lettering and graphic design as well. I hope maybe find some shorter projects first to get more work out.
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Comics you've assisted in creating and in what capacity:
- Strange Animals (Artist)
- Morgan's Organs (Colorist)
- My Friend Death (Writer and Artist)Social Media Handles: inkaftertaste
Website:https://inkaftertaste.com/
Portfolio Link:https://www.artstation.com/inkaftertaste
Brief Biography: Tyler is an Oklahoman artist who’s been creating comics since he was a wee little lad. After deciding to pursue his passion for the creative, he studied art and design at Oklahoma State University. When he’s not scarfing down extra spicy ravioli, Tyler works on his self-published comic My Friend Death. He also works as a colorist for the independently produced comic Morgan’s Organs.
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Are you open to freelance work?: Illustration, lettering, coloring, scripting, design, cover design, interiors, etc. All of it :)
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Comics you've assisted in creating and in what capacity:
In My Mind Graphic Novel (Everything done by me)
Zenny and the Earthlings Graphic Novel (Everything done by me)
The Big Blue Umbrella Picture Book (Everything done by me)
Fallen from Paradise Graphic Novel (Everything done by me)
Crusaders of Lornia Comic and Trading Card Game (Colors by me)
Okie Comics Magazine #4 'The Invention of the shopping cart' (Comic artist)Social Media Handles: @carileeart
Website:www.carileeart.com
Portfolio Link:www.carileeart.com
Brief Biography: Cari Lee Landrum is an illustrator and writer, based in Oklahoma. She fell in love with visual storytelling at a young age. Growing up, she would watch her dad draw and create comics which started the spark for her. That love for drawing stories only grew as she got older and has set her on the path she is on today, of making graphic novels for middle-grade readers.
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Creator: Glamorella's Daughter, We Promised Utopia, Literati Presents, Bastard Children of Route 66, Uforika
Editor: Heathen, The Rez Detectives, Silence, The Black-Jack Demon, There Once Was a Mouse, Blood Priestess, Aliengaged, Haunted BelovedSocial Media Handles: @cm_and_ww, @literatipress
Website:literatipressok.com
Portfolio Link:https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JitO7ynj9svVtnBRSSo6sBhbALYMSsT_/view?usp=sharing
Charles J. Martin founded Literati Press Comics & Novels in 2010 to give a platform to progressive storytelling in Oklahoma. In 2016, he took over as the gallery manager for the Paseo Plunge, later building out the Literati Press Bookshop which started with two modest bookcases by the front door and has since sprawled deeper and deeper into the building with no end in sight.
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Comics you've assisted in creating and in what capacity:
(A non-exhaustive list )
Self published comics:
Dead Frogs on the Ceiling 1-8 – writing/interior art/lettering - 1984-1989
Burp Boy and Upchuck, Dog Wonder 0-4 writing/interior art/lettering – 1992-1997
Displacements: Oasis 1-9 - Color covers/writing/color interior art/lettering – 2013-2016
For other publishers:
Misc! Comics 17-18, 20,23, 25, 27-28, 32, 38 - interior art/lettering - #34 – cover - 1986-1992
Heroic 7 – interior art/lettering 1988
Ka-Blam 1 – interior pencils (inked by Tim Corrigan) 1988
Herman Hanks Team Up Special 2 - interior art/lettering - 1991
Fantasy Theater 15 – Front and back color covers – 2004
Comic Eye – interior art – 2007
Cosmic Man 1 - Color cover – 2007
Boot Hill 1 - Color cover – 2008
Ack! 1 – Color cover – 2008
Dark Corridor 3 – Color cover – 2009
Zine of Bronze 5 – Color back cover - 2009
Cosmic Man 2 - Color cover – 2009
Boot Hill 2 - Color cover – 2010
*Ppfszt! 28 – Color cover 2010
The Attic 1 – Color cover 2011
*Ppfszt! Annual 2012 - writing/interior art/lettering
Okie Comics 1 - color interior art/lettering 2017
Okie Comics 2 - color interior art/lettering 2018
Matrix 19-20 – Cover/interior art/lettering – 2018
Okie Comics 6 - color interior art/lettering 2019
Brain Freeze 2 – illustration - 2020
Sunwing 5 - interior art/lettering – 2021
*Ppfszt 50 - illustration - 2022
Heroes Now #1 - Color back cover/art/lettering - 2022
Matrix Annual 1- Color cover – 2023
Attack of the Maniacal Monster-Bot from the Moon – online comic – color art - 2023
Peso Pluma give away comic - Color cover/color interior art - 2023Website: https://www.strangeartmedia.com/
Portfolio Link: https://www.facebook.com/samcclung/photos_by
Is your artwork on your website and portfolio safe for all ages?: Cartoon Violence
Brief Biography: I've been drawing as far back as I can remember. I made my first comic book when I was five. I got involved in self-publishing in the 1980's and have been involved in it off and on ever since doing comics, covers, and illustrations.
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Are you open to freelance work?: I am available for comic interiors - pencils and inking, lettering, and illustration
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The Enigma Machine, Hiro Doggie: Space Corgi, We Promised Utopia
Social Media Handles: JEO Creations on Instagram, X, Facebook, Blue Sky, and Threads
Website:www.JEOCreations.com
Portfolio Link (contains Graphic Violence, Cartoon Violence, Nudity):https://www.jeocreations.com/jeocreationsart
John Eric Osborn-(Artist/Writer/Creator-“We Promised Utopia”-by Literati Press, "Enigma Machine,” “Hiro Doggie:Space Corgi.”) John Eric Osborn loves sci-fi, action, and figure drawing. This Oklahoma-based Art Director of Literati Comics, artist, and designer, has artwork in comic shops, schools, newspapers and stores throughout the country. He is the co-creator of the sci-fi graphic novel “We Promised Utopia” through Literati Press, and the sci-if comic "Enigma Machine," as well as his all-ages book “Hiro Doggie:Space Corgi,” He is sells comics, t-shirts, art prints and commissions. He specializes in portraits, figure drawing, and sequential art. Check out www.LiteratiPressok.com or www.JEOcreations.com for products, art gallery and contact info.
Are you open to freelance work?: JEO Creations (Eric) is open for freelance work. He is proficient in Graphic Design and Illustration.
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The Academy cartoonist (2003-2013), Okie Comics editor and writer (2017-present), writer on comics like "Tag" and "More Dangerous Game"
Social Media Handles:www.facebook.com/AuthorJeffProvine
Website:www.jeffprovine.com
Portfolio Link:www.okiecomics.com
Jeff Provine is an English prof and writer living in Norman. He's done several collections of Oklahoma folklore including 'Haunted Oklahoma' and 'Haunted Oklahoma City.' In 2017, he teamed with artists and writers around the metro to found Okie Comics. In 2023, he again teamed up to help found the Oklahoma Comic Arts Foundation.
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Comics you've assisted in creating and in what capacity:
Artist: Literati Presents #8, Dream State
Colorist: Bastard Children of Route 66
Covers: Bastard Children of Route 66Social Media Handles: mellomemos on tumblr, twitter, and bluesky. Ravenhawk on artstation and raven-hawk on cara.
Website:https://linktr.ee/mellomemos
Portfolio Link:https://ravenhawk.artstation.com/
Is your artwork on your website and portfolio safe for all ages?: Graphic Violence, Obscenities
Brief Biography: Hiya! Rhiya Shepherd was born and raised in Oklahoma, they are a self taught artist whose work focuses on exploring horror, psychology, and LGBT themes, most of their work is smaller, personal projects made either by themselves or with their partner, such as their webcomic, Dream State. Their first published work was on an anthology comic (Literati Presents # 8), published by Literati Press. They have also worked as a colorist for Bastard Children of Route 66, another project from Literati Press.
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Yes! I am open to working as an artist or as a colorist as I have the most experience with these areas! Thank you for your interest! -
Comics you've assisted in creating and in what capacity:
2011 Equinox Genisis 2 – Pancils, inks, color assists on back up story. The Curse.
2012 Once upon a Time Machine, Pin up Colors.
2012 Chronicles of Rachel Strand One Shot: Enter Voodoo – Cover artist
2012 Winters Eye Anthology – Artist B&W (short Story)
2013 Chronicles of Rachel Strand: #-1 Double Cross - Cover Colors
2013 Chronicles of Rachel Strand Cover: # 0 - Cover Colors
2013 Emergency Exit anthology – Writer, artist (Short Story)
2014 Blank #1 – Interior colors
2014 Equinox Genesis 3 – Interior colors
2014 TS101#1 - Interior colors
2015 The Tribe #1 - Cover Colors
2015 DeadMage #2 – Interior colors
2015 TS101 #2 - Interior colors
2015 Bubba the Redneck Werewolf – Color Editor
2017 Phyre and Eyce – B&W artist
2018 The Grave: Big Bad Secret - Pencils and inks
2018 Tricks and Treats #1 - Writer, Artist, colorist, letterer, Publisher
2019 Tricks and Treats #2 - Writer, Artist, colorist, letterer, Publisher
2020 Tricks and Treats #3 - Writer, Artist, colorist, letterer, Publisher
2021 Tricks and Treats Volume 1 – Writer, Artist, colorist, letterer, Publisher
2022 Hammerella: Thunder smoke – Color assists
2023 Can’t Kill Cade#4 - Interior colors
2024 Tricks and Treats Volume 2 – Writer, Artist, Colorist, Letterer, Publisher
2024 The Well – Interior colorsSocial Media Handles:https://x.com/vehementstudios
Website:https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063487569804
Portfolio Link:https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.203881366768&type=3
Is your artwork on your website and portfolio safe for all ages?: Cartoon Violence
Brief Biography: I got into comics in the early 90's as a 12-year-old kid and grew up wanting to write for a living. Around age 13, I shifted from wanting to be a writer to wanting to be an artist. I pursued art through college, eventually meeting like-minded individuals with a local publisher, Equinox Comics, around 2008. Eager to create my own books, I teamed up with my brother around 2017 to begin self-publishing under the banner of Halloween Head Comics, where we mix our favorite genre (Horror) with our favorite medium (Comics). We've been doing it ever since. Over the past 16 years, I developed the skills I needed to create comics: writing, penciling, inking, coloring, lettering and a few things here and there that comes with self-publishing comics. I don’t know it all, but I know enough to get by. And what little I know, I’m more than happy to share. I do it all for the love of comics.
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Comics you've assisted in creating and in what capacity: The Blood Priestess - Writer, Colorist, Letterer
Anatomì - Writer, Letterer
Djinnball - Writer, LettererSocial Media Handles: @ebstarkwriting
Website:ebstarkwriting.com
Portfolio Link:ebstarkwriting.com
Is your artwork on your website and portfolio safe for all ages?: Sexual Situations, Graphic Violence, Physical Abuse, Nudity
Brief Biography: E. Blaze Stark is Zoning Analyst and aspiring writer / comic book creator from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. No, that is not a nickname. In between his day job and his creative ventures, Blaze enjoys playing pinball (and currently owns four machines). Having started writing at the age of fourteen, he has written short stories, screenplays, and has most recently settled into writing, lettering, and coloring comic books.
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Are you open to freelance work?: Open for writing, editing, coloring, and lettering work!
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Comics you've assisted in creating and in what capacity:
Illustrated and wrote the ongoing wild-west series "Desperados", featured on Okie Comics.
Illustrated comic panels and promotional artwork for Lunch Sack Leadership.Social Media Handles: Instagram: @monkeyhub_studio
Website:https://www.monkeyhubstudio.com/
Portfolio Link:https://www.monkeyhubstudio.com/home
Is your artwork on your website and portfolio safe for all ages?: Cartoon Violence
Brief Biography: I create multimedia art and work with inquiring commissions, as well as produces and publishes a range of personal and collaborative creative projects to tell stories, synergize sources of inspiration from a world-wide arsenal, and contribute artistic works back to the people for entertainment and inspiration.
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D.I.S.C.O.U.N.T. Force (artist)
Tears in Space (artist)Social Media Handles:https://www.instagram.com/swashburnillustration/
Website:https://washburnillustration.com/
Portfolio Link:https://washburnillustration.com/
Is your artwork on your website and portfolio safe for all ages?: Cartoon Violence
Brief Biography: Sam Washburn is an illustrator and designer who has been working professionally since 2009. An avid doodler since the age of five, Sam loves teaching and exploring new methods of art production. An MFA in Design, he splits time between illustrating, teaching at the University of Central Oklahoma as an Assistant Professor in design, and research while kicking around Oklahoma and the Midwest. Sam’s work has been recognized by Communication Arts, The Society of Illustrators (New York), American Illustration, 3×3, Creative Quarterly, the Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles, CMYK and the Oklahoma City American Advertising Awards.
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Comics you've assisted in creating and in what capacity:Creator of the Oklahoma Cartoonists Museum
Initiated the Okla Cartoonists Section in Okla. History Center/OKPOP comics section, initial contributor Holiday Out (syndicated comic strip, 5 years, 40 publications, 356 adventure strips, 519 funny animal for a total of 865 strips) Alley Oop (syndicated comic strip/500 newspapers)*Comics Buyers Guide/Holiday Out appearances and ACG series of articles Grafiske Dromme (Denmark/Holiday Out rerints) Cryptoc/Wildcat fanzine (editor, publisher, writer) Warped Magazine Holiday Out (comic book, 3 issues) Bloodtide (comic book)Poto Comico Primer Media Sight Complete Holiday Out (Grafiske Dromme-Denmark; Blue Moon Comics) Fangraphix (NOW Comics) Forbidden Adventures (text-book; republished in Alter Ego magazine)rbit Comics Scene Comics Interview Safe Comix Ocean Comics Mangazine Straw Men (graphic novel, 8 issues) Suspended Animation (4,000,000 readers, syndicated weekly comics review column, 20 years) Commander Battle and the Atomic Sub (introduction) Angel of Death (comic book; 4 issues) Black and White (comic book) Blue Moon Super Heroes (comic book) Vault of Shadows (comic book) The Adventures of Captain Nemo (comic book) ForEver Green (comic book)The Complete Holiday Out (Main Enterprises)f Vipers*The Adventures of Captain Nemo (graphic novel)*Fun Adventure Comics #12 (1st Dr. Fear story) Monty’s World #5 (Dr. Fear reprint)Fun Adventure Omnibus (#1 Dr. Fear story reprint)Portfolio Link:flikr.com
Brief Biography: Michael Vance was born in Oklahoma City. He was first published in The Professor's Story Hour chapbook at the age of eleven. He has been published in dozens of magazines and as a syndicated columnist and cartoonist in over 500 newspapers. His history book, Forbidden Adventure: The History of the American Comics Group, has been called a "benchmark in comics history." He briefly ghosted the internationally syndicated comic strip Alley Oop and his own strip for five years called Holiday Out that was reprinted as a comic book. Vance also wrote comic book titles including Straw Men, Angel of Death, The Adventures of Captain Nemo, Holiday Out and Bloodtide. Artists with whom he has worked include: Wayne Truman, Richard "Grass" Green, and Dave (Alley Oop) Graue.
His work has appeared in several comic book anthologies, and he is listed in three reference works, the Who's Who of American Comic Books, Comic Book Superstars and Who's Who in New Pulp.
His thirty short stories about a fictional town called "Light's End" have been published in Media Scene, Holiday Out Comics, Dreams and Visions, Maelstrom Speculative Fiction, Whispers From the Shattered Forum, On Spec, Lovecraft's Mystery Magazine and many others. They have also been recorded by legendary actor William (Murder She Wrote) Windom. One of these stories was nominated for the international 2004 SLF Fountain Award for Best Short Story.
He has also been published by Airship 27 with his horror trilogy Weird Horror Tales, Young Nemo and the Black Knights, "Snake: Nest of Vipers," and "Motor City Manhunt."
He also co-wrote the satiric novel, Global Star, with Mel Fox and R. A. Jones, as well as the suspense thriller, The Equation, with Frank Taucher and R. A. Jones.
His first Christian book published was "The Thief of Two Worlds", and James Kay Publishing released Vance's 2nd Christian Young Adult novel, "All In Color for a Time", and his 3rd in the series, "Klockwerks."
Will Lii published his comic book story "Dr. Fear" in the 12th issue of Fun Adventure Comics featuring a new comic book character who will, God willing, continue to be published for the foreseeable future in additional adventures.
Vance's weekly comics review column, Suspended Animation, was continuously published for more than twenty years in fanzines, newspapers, and on over eighty websites. At its peak, it was read by approximately 4,000,000 readers a year. It is the longest, continuously published, comics review column in the world.
In his career, he worked in newspapers for twenty-two years as an editor, writer and advertising manager, creating three successful newspaper magazines. He also worked as an advertising copy writer, journalist, novelist, historian, graphic designer, in public relations, as a grant writer, cartoonist and columnist.
Vance also created the Oklahoma Cartoonists Collection housed in the Toy and Action Figure Museum in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma, and was a keynote speaker at the "Uncanny Adventures of Okie Cartoonists" exhibit at the Oklahoma Historical Museum in Oklahoma City.
He is a frequent guest at SF & Fantasy conventions, and schedules about six book signings at year at regional bookstores. Vance was Communications Director of a nonprofit agency, the Tulsa Boys' Home for 16 years. He is a Christian.
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Comics you've assisted in creating and in what capacity: Knuckleheads Special Edition #1 (self-published), Knuckleheads #1-8 (Monkeybrain Comics), Knuckleheads: Fist Contact (IDW Publishing): Co-Creator/Writer
Bastard Road in Popgun vol. #2, vol. #3, vol. #4 (Image Comics): Co-Creator/Writer
Agent G (self-published): Co-Creator/Writer
D.I.S.C.O.U.N.T. Force (self-published): Co-Creator/Writer
Crudzo the Sewer Clown in BOO! Halloween Stories (Comixology): Co-Creator/WriterSocial Media Handles:https://www.linkedin.com/in/brianwinkeler/, https://bsky.app/profile/brianwinkeler.bsky.social
Website: I don't currently have a website for my comics work
Portfolio Link: I do not currently have an online portfolio of my comics work
Is your artwork on your website and portfolio safe for all ages?: Cartoon Violence, Obscenities
Brief Biography: Brian Winkeler is founder of OKC creative studio Robot House and co-creator of comic various comic & animation properties with artists Robert Wilson IV, Dave Curd, Trevor Fraley, Sam Washburn and Michael Anderson. He’s the only 10-time winner of the Jef Fontana Special Judges Award for Humor at the Oklahoma ADDY Awards. His favorite character is ’Mazing Man.
Portfolio Sample:
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