Howard Porter (artist)

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Howard Porter
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 JLA
The Flash

Howard Porter is an American comic book artist from southern Connecticut.

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Education

Howard Porter graduated from Paier College of Art in Connecticut where he majored in illustration. One of his teachers there was Frank McLaughlin. McLaughlin also worked as a comic book inker and he began to give Porter work assisting him in his inking jobs which led Porter to assist other inkers and eventually find work for himself in the industry.

Biography

The cover to The Flash #225, cover art by Howard Porter. Flash225.jpg
The cover to The Flash #225, cover art by Howard Porter.

Porter worked as a penciller and his first major run on a title came with DC Comics' The Ray (vol. 2) (1994–1995), where he worked with writer Christopher Priest. Shortly afterward, Porter worked on DC's summer 1995 crossover event Underworld Unleashed , with writer Mark Waid, followed by the Justice League of America relaunch, JLA (1997–2000), with writer Grant Morrison and inker John Dell. [1]

Porter temporarily left comics to work in banking, doing graphic design work for Credit Suisse First Boston. He left that job in 2003 to open an artists' studio with comics artist Ron Garney. Porter returned to comics that year with a six-issue run of Marvel Comics' Fantastic Four , reuniting with writer Waid.

In July 2004, Porter signed a two-year exclusive contract with DC, and began as regular penciller of The Flash , with writer Geoff Johns and inker John Livesay.

In 2006, DC announced Porter would pencil the limited series The Trials of Shazam! , collaborating with writer Judd Winick. Unfortunately he was unable to finish the series because he severely injured his hand (severed a nerve and almost the entire tendon in his thumb) and had to take time out from comics for recovery. [2] Unable to draw, he worked as a school bus driver until his return in late 2008, when he drew DC Universe: Decisions #2. He became the regular penciller on Titans [2] and then was the first artist for the Doc Savage series. [3] He also drew an issue of The Brave and the Bold featuring a team-up between Static and Black Lightning. He then became the regular penciler on DC Comics' Magog for the series' first ten issues, before being replaced by Scott Kolins. [4]

As of 2016, Howard Porter is still drawing for DC Comics, with recent works including Superman Beyond, Justice League 3000, Superman and Scooby-Doo.

In September 2014, Porter was the artist put forward by DC to create the poster and key art for the UFC 181 MMA fight event. Porter - a huge fan of the UFC - created art featuring the main four fighters on the UFC 181 card as superheroes. [5]

Bibliography

Notes

  1. ↑ Manning, Matthew K.; Dolan, Hannah, ed. (2010). "1990s". DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle. Dorling Kindersley. p. 278. ISBN   978-0-7566-6742-9. JLA #1 hit the stands, enthralling readers with its compelling, fast-paced story by writer Grant Morrison, and showcasing the art of talented relative newcomer Howard Porter.{{cite book}}: |first2= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. 1 2 Off the DL: The Return of Howard Porter, Newsarama, October 1, 2008
  3. ↑ Segura, Alex (January 19, 2010). "The FIRST WAVE expands in April". The Source. DC Comics.com. Retrieved January 19, 2010.
  4. ↑ "Scott Kolins Talks "Magog"". Comicbookresources.com. 24 May 2010. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  5. ↑ "UFC teams up with DC Comics for special poster promoting UFC 181 | FOX Sports". Archived from the original on 2016-06-17. Retrieved 2016-05-23.

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