Ernie Chan
| Ernie Chan | |
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 Chan in May 2009 |
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| Born | July 27, 1940 The Philippines |
| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Penciller, Inker |
| Pseudonym(s) | Ernie Chua |
| Notable works | Batman Conan the Barbarian Detective Comics Kull the Conqueror Savage Sword of Conan |
| Official website | |
Ernesto "Ernie" Chan (born July 27, 1940)[1] is a Filipino-born American comic book artist.
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[edit] Biography
Chan migrated to the United States in 1970, and became a citizen in 1976.[2] For a number of years, he was obliged to work under the name "Ernie Chua" as that name had been wrongfully entered on his U.S. immigration documents, but he was later able to be credited under his given name.[2][3]
He is particularly known for his work on the Marvel Comics version of Conan the Barbarian, although he has also worked for other publishers such as DC Comics, with a long tenure on Batman and Detective Comics. He studied with John Buscema, and also worked with him as the inker on Conan during the 1970s. He also inked the art of Buscema's brother Sal on The Incredible Hulk.
Later, Chan pencilled several issues of Conan and Doctor Strange, and worked on Kull the Destroyer in 1977 and Power Man in the 1980s. For DC Comics, he did the Claw the Unconquered series in 1975-76.[4]
Chan (under the name Chua) was DC Comic's primary cover artist from approximately 1975 to 1977. He followed in an honored lineage that included Curt Swan, Murphy Anderson, Neal Adams, and Nick Cardy. One of Chan's fortés was his ability to compose covers that included multiple characters and yet did not seem "crowded."
Retired from 2002–2008, Chan came out of retirement in 2009 to do pencils and inks for an ongoing web comic series called The Vat.
[edit] Bibliography
Comics work (interior pencil art, except where noted) includes:
[edit] DC
- Adventure Comics (Spectre) #437-438; (Seven Soldiers of Victory) #441 (1975)
- Batman #262-264, 267, 269-270, 273-283 (1975–77)
- Captain Carrot #18 (1983)
- Claw the Unconquered #1-7 (1975–76)
- Dark Mansion of Forbidden Love (then, Forbidden Tales of Dark Mansion) #4, 8 (1972)
- DC Special Series (Tales of the Unexpected) #4 (1977)
- Detective Comics (Elongated Man) #444; (Batman) #447-449, 451-453, 456, 460-466 (1975–76)
- G.I. Combat #209 (1978)
- Ghosts #4, 10-11, 14, 21, 27, 30, 70 (1972–78)
- House of Mystery #203, 251, 254-257, 290 (1972–81)
- House of Secrets #117, 124, 126, 129, 133, 137, 141, 143-144, 147-148 (1974–77)
- Joker #3 (1975)
- Jonah Hex #6-9 (1977–78)
- Kamandi #49 (1977)
- Sandman #2-3 (1975)
- Secret Society of Super-Villains #4 (1976)
- Secrets of Haunted House #1, 5 (1975)
- Secrets of Sinister House #16 (1974)
- Superman (Fabulous World of Krypton) #282 (1974)
- Swamp Thing #24 (1976)
- Tales of Ghost Castle #3 (1975)
- Teen Titans (Lilith) #43 (1973)
- The Unexpected #134, 146, 149, 151, 170, 182, 188 (1972–78)
- Weird Mystery Tales #14 (1974)
- Weird War Tales #17, 24, 26, 29-30, 42, 44, 49, 53-54, 58-59 (1973–78)
- Witching Hour #40, 62 (1974–76)
- World's Finest Comics (Superman & Batman) #242 (1976)
[edit] Marvel
- Chamber of Chills #3 (1973)
- Conan the Barbarian (full art): #87, Annual #9-11 (1978); (inks over other artists pencils): #26-36, 40-43, 70-86, 88-118, 131, 134, 142, 144, 147-153, 156-157, 168, 175, 177-178, 181-185, 187-190, 249-250, 252, 254 (1973–92)
- Doc Savage #8 (1977)
- Haunt of Horror #1 (1974)
- King Conan #5, 10 (1981–82)
- Kull the Conqueror, vol. 2, #4 (1984)
- Kull the Destroyer (previously Kull the Conqueror, vol. 1) #21-29 (1977–78)
- Marvel Comics Presents #65 (1990)
- Marvel Two-in-One #35-36 (1978)
- Power Man and Iron Fist #94-100 (1983)
- Savage Sword of Conan #29, 35, 59, 68-69, 71, 76, 87, 111, 113, 116, 119, 122-123, 125, 137, 155, 158, 160-161, 164, 173, 177, 179, 183, 185, 187, 211-212, 214, 227 (1978–94)
- Spider-Woman #29 (1980)
- Tales of the Zombie #4 (1974)
- Thor #336 (1983)
[edit] Notes
- ^ Miller, John Jackson (June 10, 2005). "Comics Industry Birthdays". Comics Buyer's Guide. Archived from the original on October 29, 2010. http://www.webcitation.org/5trAbNQWw. Retrieved December 12, 2010.
- ^ a b "About Ernie Chan," biographical section in Chan's official website.
- ^ Ernie Chan interviewed by Barry Dutter in Marvel Age #109 (February 1992).
- ^ McAvennie, Michael; Dolan, Hannah, ed. (2010). "1970s". DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle. Dorling Kindersley. p. 163. ISBN 978-0-7566-6742-9. "David Michelinie's pen and Ernie Chan's pencils and inks provided the magic for this fantasy series that introduced Claw the Unconquered, a barbaric outlander with a deformed claw-like right hand."
[edit] References
- Ernie Chan at the Grand Comics Database
- Ernie Chua at the Grand Comics Database
- Ernie Chan at the Comic Book DB
- Ernie Chua at the Comic Book DB
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- Interview in 2009 by DarkBrain.com
