| Cal Slayton | |
|---|---|
 Slayton at his drawing board in his home studio. | |
| Born | Arkansas |
| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Penciller, Inker, Writer |
Notable works | Shades of Blue, Texas Zombie Wars |
| http://www.calslayton.com | |
Cal Slayton is an American comic book artist and Graphic Designer. [1]
Slayton lives in Texas. [2] His most prominent work was on the indie comic book Shades of Blue published first by AMP Comics and then by Digital Webbing. [3] His work has also been seen in books such as Texas Zombie Wars, (Super) Hero Happy Hour, Dead@17 Rough Cut, Digital Webbing Presents and Champion of Children. [4]
His comic book debut was in 2000 with issue #3 of AMP Comic’s Shades of Blue. Writer/Creator James S. Harris asked him to take over the art duties after the departure of the original artist.
Shortly after, Cal wrote and illustrated the first story ever published by Digital Webbing in the anthology Digital Webbing Presents. The short was titled “Lost Child”, which followed a man search for a missing girl. He later published it in a mini-comic format through the creator-owned Hired Gun Comics [5]
Cal worked on the remaining AMP run of Shades of Blue, which ended with issue #10. He also drew all five issue of the book when Digital Webbing took over as publisher, as well as designing the new Shades of Blue logo.
In October 2002, Cal self-published the mini comic Spookytown under the creator-owned Hired Gun Comics. [5]
In 2003, Cal illustrated the Gail Simone-written back-up story "Part Time" for Geek Punk's Super Hero Happy Hour #4. Later that same year, he contributed artwork to the short "No Love" for Ghostwerks Comics' Champion of Children #2.
In 2004 he drew "Two Shots, Two Slugs" for Geek Punk's Hero Happy Hour Super Special.
In 2005, he contributed art to Dead@17 Rough Cut 2 published by Viper Comics. [6]
He designed the logo for the comic Hero Camp published by Image Comics.
He works on the comic book series Texas Zombie Wars, a companion series to the upcoming film of the same name. [7]
He is a frequent guest at the Dallas Comic Con.
Comics containing interior sequential illustrations [8]
Comics containing cover or pin-up illustrations [9]
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