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Learn more about Translucent at Silver Bullet Comics. Purchase your copy of Translucent at Dimestore Productions.

My blog is at BlogSpot.

I'm the "Swiss army knife" of illustrators--versatile as all heck. As proof, check out my Grab Bag gallery.

I've produced packaging illustrations for All the Kings Men Toy Soldiers (the original artwork is in the Grab Bag gallery). You can check out Ken Cliffe's amazing miniature soldiers by clicking on the following patriotic image:



I've also produced artwork for Gallopade International. Check them out!

African American Heroes: Follow in their Footsteps!

All Aboard! The Underground Railroad

Celebrating Hispanic Heritage!

Eureka! Inventions & Inventors Change the World!

Famous Explorers: Discovering America!

The Golden Age of Piracy

Landforms: Earth's Amazing Face!

America's 16th President, Abraham Lincoln!

The Blue and the Gray: The Civil War

And my artwork is featured on nearly all of Gallopade's Biography Funbooks!

I can also write the devil out of anything, with over 20 years' experience as a copy editor and writer in multiple industries. Check out a bibliography of my role playing game experience at Pen & Paper.

I accept commissions and welcome opportunities to talk about comics. Feel free to drop me a line.

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Some comic-specific autobiographical tidbits...

I started life as an artist, and from an early age loved the combination of images and words. I became a comic reader when I got my first Disney and Little Lulu digests. I made the leap from "funnybooks" when I was 12 with Marvel's adaptation of Star Wars drawn by Howard Chaykin--becoming a fan of the medium in general and of Chaykin in particular.

Though I gave up comics in high school, I rediscovered them during my junior year of college--books like Chaykin's American Flagg, Walt Simonson's Thor, Frank Miller's Daredevil, Dean Motter's Mr. X, and Alan Moore's Swamp Thing. I was just in time. Within a few months, Chaykin's revamp of The Shadow hit the shelves beside Moore & Gibson's Watchmen, Miller's Dark Knight and Moore & Bolland's Killing Joke. It was mind-blowing, precedent-shattering stuff that redefined the industry. I haven't looked back since.

On and off, I've been reading comics now for over 30 years. I've seen trends and fads come and go. I've seen editorial choices made then reversed. And through it all, I've discovered that there's no end to the talent and artistry of the people involved in making comics--from the indies to the mainstream. There's room for everybody.

Currently, I am reading the following books: Boneyard, Castle Waiting, Daredevil, Doom Patrol, Fantastic Four, Hellblazer, Jonah Hex, Lone Ranger, Powers, and whatever version of Thor is currently being published. I also grab anything that stars Blackhawk or Adam Strange. If your favorite title or the book you're publishing isn't on this list, convince me.


I'm a fan of the following creators: Daniel Acuna, Art Adams, Mike Allred, Sergio Aragones, Brian Azzarello, Gabriel Ba, Chris Bachalo, Eduardo Barreto, Thomas Boatwright, Brian Bolland, Grant Bond, Philip Bond, J. Bone, Norm Braithewaite, Dan Brereton, Ed Brubaker, Rick Burchett, Kurt Busiek, Mitch Byrd, John Byrne, Frank Cammuso, J. Scott Campbell, John Cassady, Scott Chandler, Travis Charest, Howard Chaykin, Jim Cheung, Mark Chiarello, Matt Clark, Olivier Coipel, Darwyn Cooke, Jordi Bernet Cussó, Peter David, Alan Davis, Guy Davis, Ronnie del Carmen, Tony DeZuniga, Steve Dillon, Paul Dini, Luis Domingo, Tommy Lee Edwards, Warren Ellis, Garth Ennis, Gary Erskine, Glenn Fabry, Mark Farmer, Duncan Fegredo, Pascal Ferry, Dave Flora, Marcello Frusin, Neil Gaiman, Davide Gianfelice, Dave Gibbons, Keith Giffen, Michael T. Gilbert, Mike Grell, Steven Griffin, Paul Grist, Rebecca Guay, Jackson "Butch" Guice, Gene Ha, Tony Harris, Russ Heath, Phil Hester, Bryan Hitch, Adam Hughes, Stuart Immonen, Carmine Infantino, "Jock," J.G. Jones, Kelly Jones, Gil Kane, Leonard Kirk, Ladronn, Michael Lark, Jim Lee, J.P. Leon, Rick Leonardi, Jose Luis Garcia Lopez, Kevin Maguire, Alex Maleev, Leonardo Manco, Rick Mays, Dave Mazzuchelli, Dave McKean, Ted McKeever, Steve McNiven, Linda Medley, Carlos Meglia, Mike Mignola, Frank Miller, Alan Moore, Richard Moore, Grant Morrison, Dean Motter, Sean Gordon Murphy, Ted Naifeh, Paul Neary, Troy Nixey, Mike Avon Oeming, Ariel Olivetti, Carlo Pagulayan, Jeff Parker, Mike Parobeck, Jason Pearson, Dave Perillo, Sean Phillips, Bruno Premiani, Bill Presing, Steve Pugh, Frank Quitely, Eduardo Risso, Andrew Robinson, John Romita Jr., Alex Ross, Dave Ross, Greg Rucka, Steve Rude, P. Craig Russell, Jesus Saiz, Mark Schultz, John Severin, Bill Sienkiewicz, Walt Simonson, Steve Skroce, Barry Windsor Smith, Paul Smith, Ryan Sook, Chris Sprouse, Cameron Stewart, Ty Templeton, Jill Thompson, Bruce Timm, Greg Titus, John Totleben, Tim Truman, Rick Veitch, Neil Vokes, Matt Wagner, Mark Waid, Sean Wang, Adam Warren, Drew Weing, Mike Weiringo, Chris Weston, JH Williams III, Phil Winslade, Skottie Young, and Leinil Francis Yu.

Did I miss anybody?

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