| Geof Isherwood | |
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 Isherwood at the 2011 New York Comic Con. | |
| Born | December 4, 1960 Quantico, Virginia, U.S. |
| Area | Writer, Penciller, Inker |
Notable works | Doctor Strange |
Geof Isherwood (born December 4, 1960) [1] is an American painter, sculptor and comic book illustrator.
Geof Isherwood was born in Quantico, Virginia [2] and attended John Abbott College and received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Concordia University in 1982. [2]
Much of Isherwood's early work was done for Marvel Comics, including such titles as Silver Surfer , Conan the Barbarian , Daredevil , and Doctor Strange . [2] Since then, he has been involved in movies as a storyboard artist and a concepts/production illustrator, working with the likes of Bryan Singer, Richard Donner and Darren Aronofsky. [3] He has also painted and designed covers for Canadian publishers, including Ann Diamond's Dead White Males (2000) and Sand for Snow (2003) by Robert Edison Sandiford. In 2011, Isherwood illustrated and prepared the cover for the American novel Antiquitas Lost , by author Robert Louis Smith. A selection of his paintings based on the Greek gods were featured in issue #59 of the publication Matrix. In 1997, he created Lincoln-16 (Skarwood Productions), [2] a science fiction saga whose first two issues he wrote, drew, painted, and produced. Isherwood continues to work in the comic book field on a number of independent projects. As of 2025, he is collaborating with Sara Frazetta on a Fire and Ice: Nekron one-shot for Dynamite Entertainment. [4]
In June 1988, Isherwood married poet Sonja Skarstedt. [5] Sonja died in 2009 from cancer. [6] Isherwood is now married to Amanda Muise of Pubnico, Nova Scotia. [7]
Isherwood taught advanced comic book, figure drawing and concept art classes and workshops at Syn Studio Concept Art School from 2010 to 2013 an industry focused art school based in Montreal, Quebec. [8] In 2015, he began teaching part-time at Algonquin College in Ottawa, Ontario, in the School of Media and Design. [9]
In 1999, Geof branched out into film, and has been doing concept art for over 60 productions, doing everything from storyboards for movies and animation to prop design to set decoration paintings and posters.
Isherwood and his wife, Amanda Muise...
Geof Isherwood has worked with Marvel and DC Comics for 18 years on Spider-Man, X-Men, Silver Surfer, Suicide Squad, Thor and many more. He has also worked in the film industry as a concept and storyboard artist for several major blockbuster films (Battlefield Earth, Rollerball, Gothika, etc.)
Geof teaches in the Concept Art and Illustration program at Algonquin College in Ottawa, Ontario.
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