We were going to wait but Jim already announced it. If you missed him at Collectors Con MD, heres your chance to meet him again Can you imagine if your bio read like this and was completely TRUE? YES Legendary Comic Book Creator Jim Steranko is Coming to Collectors Corner Baltimore HQ for CC Baltimore HQ Free Comic Book Day May 3rd 2014 (9AM - 9PM)! Free Comic Book Day #FCBD #CollectorsCornerMD #CCMD #CollectorsCorner JIM STERANKO is one of the most controversial figures in contemporary culture, with multiple careers as a musician, author, photographer, carnival fire-eater, publisher, male model, art director, escape artist, and designer. As writer-illustrator of Marvel’s Nick Fury, Captain America, and X-Men, he infused elements of surrealism, op art, and a revolutionary narrative approach which generated 150 original innovations that changed the direction of the form. His mastery of visual storytelling led to collaborations with Francis Coppola, Steven Spielberg, and George Lucas, for whom, as production illustrator on Raiders of the Lost Ark, he helped define the look of Indiana Jones. As an author, illustrator, musician, art director, magician, designer, escape artist, filmmaker, pop-culture lecturer, and publisher, Steranko has cut a ferocious path through the entertainment arts. The more than 150 innovations he created as artist-writer on Marvels S.H.I.E.L.D., CAPTAIN AMERICA, and X-MEN revolutionized the comics form and, as an illustrator, he painted a multitude of book covers, including 30 SHADOW paperbacks. The Eisner Award Hall of Fame winner has shown his work at more than 300 exhibitions worldwide, including the Louvre in Paris and the Smithsonian Institution in Washington. His two volumes of THE HISTORY OF COMICS have sold more than 100,000 copies, and as editor-publisher of the international entertainment magazine PREVUE, he conducted hundreds of star interviews and penned more than three million words. As a filmmaker, he has collaborated with Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, and Francis Ford Coppola on some of their most popular movies, including RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (he designed Indiana Jones) and BRAM STOKERS DRACULA. Steranko has been cited by Michael Chabon as an inspiration for his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, THE AMAZING ADVENTURES OF KAVALIER & CLAY; by Jack Kirby as the source for Mister Miracle; and, by WIZARD magazine as one of the Top Five Most Influential Comicbook Artists of All Time. Recent projects include The Discovery Channels Comic Book SUPERHEROES UNMASKED documentary, writing an episode of Cartoon Networks Justice League series, and STARZ networks COMICBOOKS UNBOUND.
Posted on: Thu, 27 Feb 2014 00:15:20 +0000
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