Brent Anderson

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For the country music singer, see Brent Anderson (singer). For the mayor of West Valley City, see Brent F. Anderson.
Brent Anderson
Born Brent Eric Anderson[1]
(1955-06-15) June 15, 1955 (age 68)
San Jose, California
Nationality American
Area(s) Penciller, Artist
Notable works
 X-Men: God Loves, Man Kills
Astro City
Awards Inkpot Award, 1985
Harvey Award, 1996, 1997
Eisner Award, 1996–1998
http://www.BrentAndersonArt.com

Brent Anderson (born June 15, 1955,[2] in San Jose, California) is an American comic book artist known for his work on X-Men: God Loves, Man Kills and the comic book series Astro City.

Biography

Early life

In junior high school, Brent Anderson discovered the pantheon of characters in Marvel Comics. The first Marvel comic he read was Fantastic Four #69, "By Ben Betrayed" (Dec. 1967),[3] "They were a family who had super-powers and helped each other out. I wanted to be part of a family like that," he says.[4] Anderson began writing and drawing his own comics on school binder paper, creating a pantheon of his own that included "Radium the Robot" and "The Chameleon".[4] After doing fanzine illustrations, Anderson's first professional comics work appeared in the mid-1970s in independent/underground publications such as All-Slug, Tesserae, and Venture.[5]

Comics professional

In 1981, Ka-Zar The Savage, written by Bruce Jones, became Anderson's first regular series.[6] The X-Men: God Loves, Man Kills graphic novel followed,[7] as well as artwork on a number of Marvel Comics series, including the heroic space-opera Strikeforce: Morituri. During this period, Anderson was active doing artwork for independent publishers Pacific Comics and Eclipse Comics, including the innovative cinematic comic Somerset Holmes.[6]

In 1995, Anderson co-created (with writer Kurt Busiek and cover artist Alex Ross), the award-winning Astro City. Other work included J. Michael Straczynski's Rising Stars: Untouchable spin-off series written by Fiona Avery covering the life story of special assassin Laurel Darkhaven.[6] Work continues on a 200-plus page graphic novel, Jar of Ashes, written by Shirley Johnston. Anderson worked with writer Marv Wolfman on a one-shot featuring Green Lantern and Plastic Man entitled Green Lantern/Plastic Man: Weapons of Mass Deception, released in December 2010.[8] A Phantom Stranger ongoing series written by Dan DiDio and drawn by Anderson began in September 2012.[9] In June 2013, Busiek and Anderson relaunched their Astro City series as part of DC's Vertigo line.[10][11]

Art style

Anderson's work fits into the category of "realism" defined by Neal Adams, one of Anderson's many artistic influences.[3] Anderson's work is known for its focus on character. "My greatest joy in drawing comics comes when I've added nuance to a character with just the right expression and illustrated a scene that captures the perfect moment of mood. When the characters come to life I feel alive. That's why I've dedicated my professional life to creating comics."[4]

Awards

  • Inkpot Award, 1985[5]
  • Eisner Award[5]
    • Best New Series, 1996
    • Best Single Issue, 1996, 1997, 1998
    • Best Continuing Series, 1997, 1998
    • Best Serial Story, 1998
  • Harvey Award[5]
    • Best New Series, 1996
    • Best Single Issue or Story, 1996
    • Best Graphic Album, previously released work, 1997
  • Don Thompson Award[5]
    • Best Achievement by Penciler, 1996
    • Favorite Single Creative Team (with Kurt Busiek), 1998
  • Xanadu Award, 1998

Bibliography

DC Comics

Vertigo

  • Astro City vol. 3 #1–11, 13-16, 18-20 (2013-2015)

Wildstorm

  • Astro City:
    • Astro City: A Visitor’s Guide #1 (2004)
    • Astro City: Local Heroes #1–5 (2003–2004)
    • Astro City: The Dark Age Book One #1–4 (2005)
    • Astro City: The Dark Age Book Two #1–4 (2007)
    • Astro City: The Dark Age Book Three #1–4 (2009)
    • Astro City: The Dark Age Book Four #1–4 (2010)
    • Astro City: Supersonic
    • Astro City: Samaritan (2006)
    • Astro City: Beautie #1 (2008)
    • Astro City: Astra #1–2 (2009)
    • Astro City: Silver Agent #1–2 (2010)
    • Astro City/Arrowsmith #1 (2004)
    • Astro City Special #1 (2004)

Eclipse Comics

Image Comics

  • Kurt Busiek's Astro City #1–6 (1995–1996)
  • Kurt Busiek's Astro City vol. 2 #1/2, #1–15 (1996–1998)

Marvel Comics

Now Comics

Pacific Comics

  • Somerset Holmes #1-4 (1983-1984)

Slave Labor Graphics

  • Spin World #1-4 (1997-1998)

References

  1. ↑ Per the cover of Marvel Graphic Novel #5: X-Men: God Loves, Man Kills (1982)
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External links

Preceded by
n/a
 Ka-Zar the Savage artist
1981–1982		 Succeeded by
Ron Frenz
Preceded by
n/a
 Strikeforce: Morituri artist
1986–1988		 Succeeded by
Huw Thomas
Preceded by
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 Phantom Stranger vol. 4 artist
2012–2013		 Succeeded by
Gene Ha
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