Colleen Doran is an American writer-artist and cartoonist. She illustrated hundreds of comics, graphic novels, books and magazines, including the autobiographical graphic novel of Marvel Comics editor and writer Stan Lee entitled Amazing Fantastic Incredible Stan Lee, which became a New York Times bestseller. She adapted and did the art for the short story "Troll Bridge" by Neil Gaiman, which also became a New York Times bestseller. Her books have received Eisner, Harvey, Bram Stoker, Locus, and International Horror Guild Awards.
Jason Shiga (born 1976) is an American cartoonist who incorporates puzzles, mysteries and unconventional narrative techniques into his work.
Valéry Grancher is a French Internet-based artist, performer, theorist, curator and lecturer.
Notable events of 2006 in comics.
Alternative Comics was an American independent graphic novel and comic book publisher most recently based in Cupertino, California. In addition to publishing creator-owned titles, Alternative Comics was also a noted publisher of anthologies such as 9-11: Emergency Relief, Hi-Horse, Hickee, Rosetta, and True Porn.
Joachim Koester is a Danish contemporary artist who primarily works in installation, photography, and sound art. His work can be found in major metropolitan museums including MoMA, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Tate Modern, and the Centre Pompidou.
Abdoulaye Konaté is a Malian artist. He was born in Diré and lives and works in Bamako.
Adel Abdessemed is an Algerian-French contemporary artist. He has worked in a variety of media, including animation, installation, performance, sculpture and video. Some of his work relates to the topic of violence in the world.
Johan Furåker is a Swedish/Danish artist. He lives and works in Denmark. His work circles around unlikely life stories and truths that are stranger than fiction.
Rochelle Feinstein is a contemporary American visual artist who makes abstract paintings, prints, video, sculpture, and installations that explore language and contemporary culture. She was appointed professor in painting and printmaking at the Yale School of Art in 1994, where she also served as director of graduate studies, until becoming professor emerita in 2017.
Born in 1973, near Paris, France, multimedia artist Stéphane Blanquet is a prolific figure in the contemporary art scene since the end of the 1980s.
Lumpen is an American magazine published since 1991, whose editor-in-chief is Edward Marszewski. The magazine covers topics of local and global politics, art and music and is published in Chicago, Illinois, United States. The magazine is often published under themes such as 'makers' or 'comics'.
Austin English is an American cartoonist and artist. He works with drawing, painting and comics. His published books include Christina and Charles, The Disgusting Room and the series which he also edited, Windy Corner Magazine published by Sparkplug Books. He recently completed the book Gulag Casual published by 2dcloud. His illustration work can be seen in many publications, including The New York Times. He runs the publishing house Domino Books and has written for The Comics Journal.
Greg Parma Smith is a New York-based painter. He is known for his precise painterly realism, which incorporates elements of academic figuration, representational painting, neo-pop, and appropriation art.
Gina Wynbrandt is an American comic book artist and illustrator.
Sparkplug Comic Books was a publisher and distributor of alternative comics founded by cartoonist Dylan Williams. Based in Portland, Oregon, the company operated from 2002 to 2016. The publisher's backlist was later handled by Alternative Comics.
Camila Oliveira Fairclough is a Brazilian and British artist who lives in Paris.
