Veronica Fish

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Veronica Fish
BornVeronica Hebard
June 12, 1985
Boston, MA
NationalityAmerican
Area(s) Cartoonist, Writer, Penciller, Artist, Inker, Letterer, Colourist
Notable works
Archie
Silk
Geeks & Greeks
http://www.veronicafish.com/

Veronica Fish is an American comic book artist and painter best known for her work with Marvel Comics [1] and Archie Comics.

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Early life

Veronica Fish attended the School of Visual Arts in New York City for two years and received a BFA from the Massachusetts College of Art and Design in Boston. Her style has been described as "ultra-expressive and playful." [2]

Career

Fish teaches at the Worcester Art Museum [3] and designed the Museum's mascot "Helmutt the Dog." [4]

Her paintings have been exhibited in Los Angeles, Boston, New York and London. [5]

In 2015 Fish took over regular artist duties on the rebooted Archie comic book series. [6] She also created the initial concept art for The CW TV show Riverdale , based on the Archie comics. [7]

In 2016 Fish was announced as the artist on Boom! Studios roller skating comic SLAM. [8]

Personal life

Fish lives in Worcester, Massachusetts and is married to fellow artist Andy Fish. [9]

Bibliography

Veronica Fish's comic and graphic novel work include: [10]

Marvel Comics

Archie Comics

Boom! Studios

Other publishers

Notes

  1. "Marvel Comics: Veronica Fish comics". Marvel.com. Retrieved 2016-07-25.
  2. Semon, Craig (2016-02-20). "Local artist, Auburn High alum draws reboot of 'Archie' comics". telegram.com. Telegram & Gazette. Retrieved 2016-07-25.
  3. May, Kelly (2013-07-03). "Trender: Artists Andy and Veronica Fish" . Retrieved 2016-07-25.
  4. "Worcester Art Museum - Meet Helmutt" . Retrieved 2016-08-03.
  5. "Artist A Day: Veronica Fish". 5 January 2012. Retrieved 2016-07-25.
  6. Towers, Andrea (2016-02-08). "Veronica Fish joins Archie as regular series artist". ew.com. Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2016-07-25.
  7. Biedenharn, Isabella (2015-07-10). "Archie TV pilot Riverdale moves to CW". ew.com. Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2016-07-25.
  8. "@BoomStudios". Twitter. 2016-07-23. Retrieved 2016-07-23.
  9. "Andy Fish official website" . Retrieved 2016-07-25.
  10. "Comic Book Resources - Comics by Veronica Fish". ComicBookResources.com. Retrieved 2016-08-03.
  11. "Geeks & Greeks - Creators". geeks-and-greeks.com. Retrieved 2016-07-25.

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