Geof Isherwood

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Geof Isherwood
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Isherwood at the 2011 New York Comic Con.
Born (1960-12-04) December 4, 1960 (age 61)
Quantico, Virginia, [1] U.S.
Nationality American
Area(s)Writer, Penciller, Inker

Geof Isherwood (born December 4, 1960) [2] is an American painter, sculptor and comic book illustrator.

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Career

Much of Isherwood's early work was done for Marvel Comics, including such titles as Silver Surfer , Conan the Barbarian , Daredevil , and Doctor Strange . 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), a science fiction saga whose first two issues he wrote, drew, painted, and produced. Geof continues to work in the comic book field on a number of independent projects.

Personal life

In June 1988, Isherwood married poet Sonja Skarstedt. [4] Sonja died in 2009 from cancer. In 2010, Geof met Amanda Muise of Pubnico, Nova Scotia. They were married September 30, 2011.[ citation needed ]

Teaching

Geof 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. [5] In 2015, Geof began teaching part-time at Algonquin College in Ottawa, Ontario, in the School Of Media And Design.

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References

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