Michael Komarck

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Michael Komarck
NationalityAmerican
Known for Fantasy art

Michael Komarck is a fantasy artist. His work has been featured in many roleplaying games, board games, book covers, and collectible cards. Komarck produced the official art and calendars for George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire .

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Early life

Michael Komarck was born in Louisiana and moved to Michigan as a child. [1]

Career

Komarck has worked as an illustrator on the Star Wars Galaxies Trading Card Game by Sony Online Entertainment. He has done illustrations for Magic: The Gathering [2] and Hearthstone . He has also illustrated comic books. [3]

Komarck has also worked as an illustrator for Dungeons & Dragons on third edition books.

He also provided the cover art for Voltaire's album, Raised by Bats .

Awards

Komarck was nominated for the Chesley Award for Best Cover Illustration – Paperback in 2009, for Dragonforge by James Maxey. [4] Komarck was also nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Professional Artist in 2012. [5]

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References

  1. Michael Komarck Illustration
  2. Card Search - Search: artist = "Michael Komarck" - Gatherer - Magic: The Gathering
  3. Michael Komarck (Person) - Comic Vine
  4. "2009 Chesley Awards Winners". Locus . August 12, 2009. Retrieved August 28, 2012.
  5. "2012 Hugo Awards". World Science Fiction Society. Archived from the original on 2012-04-09. Retrieved 2012-04-09.