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February 1st, 2009 12:44 PM

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ComicsCareer.Com: 31 creator interviews in 31 days

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ComicsCareer.Com (http://www.comicscareer.com) is a new site devoted to the craft of creating comics. Discover why thousands of comic book and comic strip creators have added ComicsCareer.Com to their list of must-see websites.

Since the beginning of the year, we’ve published a new interview with a creator every day. The creators discuss their craft, their influences, and the best advice for new creators. So far we’ve featured:

January 1: Phil Hester, a prolific comics artist (Swamp Thing, Green Arrow, El Diablo) and writer (Firebreather, The Darkness, Masquerade)

January 2: Bobby Nash, the cartoonist of the strip Life in the Faster Lane and writer of comics including Demonslayer, Threshold, and Jungle Fantasy from Avatar Press

January 3: Brian Miller of Hi-Fi Colour Design, illustrator, colorist, and co-author of Hi-Fi Color for Comics (Impact Books).

January 4: Jimmie Robinson, the artist and writer behind Bomb Queen (Image Comics), Amanda & Gunn, Evil & Malice, and more.

January 5: Stephanie O’Donnell, creator of the webcomic The Original Nutty Funsters and artist for Only in Whispers and Jesus Hates Zombies.

January 6: Rob Davis, penciller of Daughter of Dracula, the upcoming Robyn of Sherwood, and various Star Trek series for Malibu Graphics and DC Comics.

January 7: B. Clay Moore, the scribe behind Hawaiian Dick, Expatriate, ‘76, Battle Hymn, Casey Blue Beyond, Superman Confidential, many others.

January 8: Loston Wallace who works as a licensing artist for DC Comics, has pencilled Elvira, Mistress of the Dark.

January 9: Shane White, a writer/artist/colorist with credits in Comic Book Tattoo, Hawaiian Dick, Sinbad Rogue of Mars, Fear Agent, and Negative Burn.

January 10: JM Ringuet, artist of Sparks and Transhuman and color artist for projects from Boom!, Top Cow, Silent Devil, Studio 407, and Devil’s Due.

January 11: Robert William “Will” Turner, the writer/producer of Reynard City.

January 12: Joshua Hicks who’s behind a whole slew of small press comics from Palm Productions.

January 13: Steven Philip Jones, who has written comics (Talismen, Reanimator, Alien Nation), novels (Spawn adaptations, King of Harlem), and non-fiction (”Writing Comic Books”)

January 14: Doug Klauba, a cover artist for Moonstone Books. His talents have been featured in The Phantom, Kolchak: The Night Stalker, Jack Hagee: PI, Zorro, The Spider, Doc Savage, Moonstone Monsters: Ghosts, General Jack Cosmo, and Project: Superpowers.

January 15: James Burns, cartoonist of Detached, Daemon Process, and the Real Magicalism anthology. He creates comic strip Grumbles.

January 16: Mike Bullock is the creator and writer of Lions, Tigers and Bears and Secrets of the Seasons: The Gimoles. He’s also written The Phantom, Zorro: Enemy of my Enemy, and Sonic X.

January 17: Roman Morales III has drawn Lynch Mob (Chaos Comics) and X-Men: Hardee’s Special. He’s currently drawing The 10th Muse for Blue Water Productions.

January 18: Martin Powell, the writer of Scarlet in Gaslight, The Verdict, A Case of Blind Fear, Necroscope, Return of the Devil, Gravestone, Disney’s Aladdin, Pilgrim’s Progress, Alien Nation, The Spider Chronicles, The Avenger Chronicles, Gaslight Grimoire, The Phantom Chronicles, The Hound of the Baskervilles, Red Riding Hood, Rumpelstiltskin, and more.

January 19: Ande Parks is known as one of best inkers in the business (Green Arrow, Ant-Man, Exterminators, El Diablo, etc.), and as a writer of the acclaimed graphic novels Union Station and Capote in Kansas. He’s also written comics as diverse as the superheroics of Daredevil and the political satire of Uncle Slam.

January 20: Al Bigley has drawn comics for DC, Marvel, Archie, Image, Golden Books, Hershey, Kenner, CTW, Disney, and more. He’s also written a new book, Draw Comics Like a Pro: Techniques for Creating Dynamic Characters, Scenes, and Stories.

January 21: Gary Reed has been writing and publishing comics since the late 1980’s. He has helped launch the careers of many of today’s top creators. He has written a wide variety of comics including Deadworld.

January 22: Joe Eisma is the artist of the “Dodge’s Bullets” short story in Dynamo 5 #18 (Image Comics), the OGN Serpo (Devil’s Due Publishing), and A Dummy’s Guide to Danger: Lost at Sea (Viper Comics).

January 23: James Lynch, writer/artist of several books from his Hero Universe Comics Group.

January 24: Hector Rodriguez is the artist of the kids book Mandie Pandie in the Curfew (Crazy Comics) a variety of short stories in GWP’s Psychosis and Comic Artists Guild anthologies.

January 25: Troy Little is the creator of the acclaimed graphic novel Chiaroscuro and the newly released Angora Napkin (both published by IDW). His new graphic novel is currently in development by Teletoon Canada as an animated pilot.

Januray 26: Sean Taylor is the writer behind Gene Simmons Dominatrix (IDW), Gene Simmons House of Horrors #1, Shooting Star Comics Anthology #1-6, and Fishnet Angel: Jane Doe #1-2.

January 27: David Flora is the talent behind the acclaimed pulp comic Ghost Zero from Moonstone Books.

January 28: Gerry Alanguilan is probably best known for his work inking comics including Superman: Birthright, Batman/Danger Girl, Wolverine, New X-Men Annual, High Roads, Silent Dragon, Wetworks, Grifter, X-Force, Fantastic Four Annual, and Tales of Darkness.

January 29: Robert Heske, writer of The Night Projectionist (Studio 407) and publisher of the anthology Cold Blooded Chillers.

January 30: Brent Schoonover has drawn Dead@17: Rough Cut Volume 2 (Viper Comics), Horrorwood mini-series (Ape Entertainment), and Astronaut Dad Volume 1 (Silent Devil).

January 31: Stan Yan is the artist of SubCulture, draws a semi-weekly SubCulture webcomic, writes and draws The Wang, writes and colors REVVVelations, is the illustrator for “The Wandering Eye” column in the Source Weekly, and was formerly the cartoonist for the Tickle Tape financial webcomic.

February 1: Keith J. Murphey is a penciller and painter who has tackled every facet of comics creation. He’s also the founder of the Comicbook Artists Guild (CAG) and has served as president since its inception in late 2000.

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