| Brent Anderson | |
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 Anderson in 2018 | |
| Born | Brent Eric Anderson [1] June 15, 1955 San Jose, California, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Penciller, Artist |
Notable works | X-Men: God Loves, Man Kills Astro City |
| Awards | Inkpot Award, 1985 Harvey Award, 1996, 1997 Eisner Award, 1996–1998 |
| http://www.BrentAndersonArt.com | |
Brent Anderson (born June 15, 1955 [2] ) is an American comics artist known for his work on X-Men: God Loves, Man Kills and the comic book series Astro City .
In junior high school, Brent Anderson discovered the pantheon of characters in Marvel Comics. The first Marvel comic he read was Fantastic Four #69, "By Ben Betrayed" (Dec. 1967), [3] "They were a family who had super-powers and helped each other out. I wanted to be part of a family like that," he says. [4] Anderson began writing and drawing his own comics on school binder paper, creating a pantheon of his own that included "Radium the Robot" and "The Chameleon". [4] After doing fanzine illustrations, Anderson's first professional comics work appeared in the mid-1970s in independent/underground publications such as All-Slug, Tesserae, and Venture. [5]
Anderson was one of several artists to draw the comics adaptation of Xanadu in Marvel Super Special #17 (Summer 1980). [6] In 1981, Ka-Zar The Savage , written by Bruce Jones, became Anderson's first regular series. [7] The X-Men: God Loves, Man Kills graphic novel followed, [8] as well as artwork on a number of Marvel Comics series, including the heroic space-opera Strikeforce: Morituri . During this period, Anderson was active doing artwork for independent publishers Pacific Comics and Eclipse Comics, [7] including the innovative cinematic comic Somerset Holmes . [9]
In 1995, Anderson co-created with writer Kurt Busiek and cover artist Alex Ross, the award-winning Astro City . Other work included J. Michael Straczynski's Rising Stars: Untouchable spin-off series written by Fiona Avery covering the life story of special assassin Laurel Darkhaven. [7] Work continues on a 200-plus page graphic novel, Jar of Ashes, written by Shirley Johnston. Anderson worked with writer Marv Wolfman on a one-shot featuring Green Lantern and Plastic Man entitled Green Lantern/Plastic Man: Weapons of Mass Deception, released in December 2010. [10] A Phantom Stranger ongoing series written by Dan DiDio and drawn by Anderson began in September 2012. [11] In June 2013, Busiek and Anderson relaunched their Astro City series as part of DC's Vertigo line. [12] [13] The ongoing Astro City series concluded as of issue #52 in 2018. [14]
In April 2022, Anderson was reported among the more than three dozen comics creators who contributed to Operation USA's benefit anthology book, Comics for Ukraine: Sunflower Seeds, a project spearheaded by IDW Publishing Special Projects Editor Scott Dunbier, whose profits would be donated to relief efforts for Ukrainian refugees resulting from the February 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. [15] [16] Anderson and Kurt Busiek teamed up to contribute a new Astro City story to the anthology, which will harbor themes relevant to the events in Ukraine. [17]
Anderson's work fits into the category of "realism" defined by Neal Adams, one of Anderson's many artistic influences. [3] Anderson's work is known for its focus on character. "My greatest joy in drawing comics comes when I've added nuance to a character with just the right expression and illustrated a scene that captures the perfect moment of mood. When the characters come to life I feel alive. That's why I've dedicated my professional life to creating comics." [4]
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Kurt Busiek's Astro City is an American superhero anthology comic book series centered on a fictional American city of that name. Created and written by Kurt Busiek, the series is mostly illustrated by Brent Anderson, with character designs and painted covers by Alex Ross.
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The interior [art] was a group effort with over a dozen people credited with different aspects of the artwork (including layouts by Rich Buckler and Jimmy Janes, and finished pencils by Michael Nasser [Netzer], Brent Anderson, Joe Brozowski, Al Milgrom, and Bill Sienkiewicz).
Written by [Dan] DiDio with art by Brent Anderson, The Phantom Stranger will spin out of the character's recent appearances in Justice League and DC's Free Comic Book Day story.
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