Bill Holbrook
Bill Holbrook (born 1958) is an American comic strip & webcomic writer and artist. Born in Los Angeles in 1958, Holbrook grew up in Huntsville, Alabama, and began drawing at an early age.
Holbrook majored in Illustration and Visual Design at Auburn University in Alabama. During his college career, he served as the Art Director of the student newspaper, where he produced a weekly comic strip, as well as drawing the paper's editorial cartoons and being published regularly in the Huntsville Times and the Monroe (Ala.) Journal. After graduation in 1980, he joined the Atlanta Constitution as an editorial staff artist.
During a 1982 visit to relatives on the West Coast, Holbrook met legendary Peanuts creator, Charles Schulz. Following his advice and encouragement, Holbrook created a strip in the fall of that year about a college graduate working in a run-down diner. It did not stir syndicate interest, but what he learned on the strip helped him create his first winner, On the Fastrack.
Eleven days before Fastrack made its syndicated debut on March 19, 1984, Holbrook met Teri Peitso on a blind date. They were married on Pearl Harbor Day, 1985. They have two daughters, Chandler and Haviland. Peitso-Holbrook, whose novels were nominated for Edgar and Agatha Awards, is currently an assistant professor in literacy education at Georgia State University. The family lives in the Atlanta area.
In October 1989, Holbrook launched his second strip, Safe Havens, and his third strip, Kevin & Kell was begun in September 1995.[1]
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[edit] Comic strips
Holbrook currently draws three strips:
- On the Fastrack - About the misadventures at Fastrack, Inc., On the Fastrack has been distributed by King Features Syndicate since 1984. It now appears in 75 newspapers nationwide.
- Safe Havens - Initially about a day care center, this strip evolved into the adventures of Samantha Argus and her friends and is now syndicated nationally to over 50 newspapers.
- Kevin and Kell - Originally an online-only strip but now also published in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Kevin and Kell centers on the mixed marriage between a rabbit, Kevin and a grey wolf, Kell Dewclaw. The plot revolves around species-related humor, satire, and interpersonal conflict.
He also provided artwork for a story written by Ben Bova and Rob Balder:
- Duel In The Somme - A strip about a romantic rivalry between a computer-simulation designer and his boss.
[edit] Crossovers
As of May 2010, characters from On the Fastrack and Safe Havens are appearing in both strips.
[edit] Work style
Every week he writes the story line for the next three weeks for one of his strips and draws the next three weeks' worth of strips for another.[2][3]
[edit] References
- ^ "On the Fastrack by Bill Holbrook - About". http://www.onthefastrack.com/artist.html. Retrieved 2010-05-10.
- ^ "Ten Questions with Bill Holbrook of Kevin and Kell". Comixtalk. October 2004. http://comixtalk.com/ten_questions_with_bill_holbrook_of_kevin_and_kell. Retrieved 2007-12-22.
- ^ Geusz, Phil (September/October 2006). "Guess who's coming to dinner? Phil Geusz interviews Bill Holbrook". Anthro. http://www.anthrozine.com/itvw/itv.holbrook.html. Retrieved 2007-12-22.
- Rakoczy, Rebecca (April 3, 1989). "Cartoonist draws on experience". The Ledger. Gwinnett Daily News (Lakeland, FL): p. 5C. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=CcUwAAAAIBAJ&sjid=R_wDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1077,3101248&dq=safe-havens+holbrook&hl=en. Retrieved January 15, 2011.
- Purdom, Larry (September 12, 1998). "Cartoonist Bill Holbrook To Be Inducted In Cartoonist's Hall Of Fame". Waycross Journal-Herald: p. P8. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=i1ZaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wEwNAAAAIBAJ&pg=6556,4600217&dq=safe-havens+holbrook&hl=en. Retrieved January 15, 2011.
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