James A. Owen
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| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Writer, Artist, Publisher, Letterer |
| Notable works | Starchild Here, There Be Dragons |
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James A. Owen is an American comic book illustrator, publisher and writer. He is known for his creator-owned comic book series Starchild and as the author of The Chronicles of the Imaginarium Geographica novel series, that began with Here, There Be Dragons in 2006.
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[edit] Life and career
Owen self-published the black-and-white fantasy series Starchild under his Taliesin Press imprint in the 1990s. Follwing lawsuits claiming fraud by investors in Taliesin Press, Owen then incorporated with his brother, Jeremy, and changed his self publishing name to Coppervale Press for Starchild: Crossroads, under financial strain from years of legal battles, Owen went to Image Comics for the start of Starchild: Mythopolis. After the turn of the century Owen has tried to reinvented himself as a novelist as his comic book endeavors met with little enthusiasm. Creating a fantasy series titled Mythworld that has again met with little success. In 2003 Coppervale Press, under the helm of Jeremy Owen, relaunched two newsstand style magazines, the fine arts-oriented International Studio and the fiction periodical Argosy, these have also failed to inspire new investors and Owen has returned to working for Image Comics as an illustrator.
In 2006 Owen published Here, There Be Dragons, the first book in The Chronicles of the Imaginarium Geographica series.[1] The second book, The Search for the Red Dragon, was released in early 2008, closely followed by the third novel, The Indigo King in Fall of 2008. The fourth novel in this series, entitled The Shadow Dragons, was released on October 27, 2009. The fifth novel, The Dragon's Apprentice, was released on October 19, 2010.
Owen currently lives with his wife and children in Taylor Arizona.
[edit] Bibliography
His work includes:[2]
- 1986 Pryderi Terra Book One: Awakening
[edit] Starchild
- 0. 1993 Gatherum
- 1. 1992 Prologue: Markings and The Mad-Eyed Sorcerer
- 2. 1992 Children of the Storm
- 3. 1993 That Hideous Strength
- 4. 1993 The Wild Hunt
- 5. 1994 Toccata and Fugue
- 6. 1994 Autumn People
- 7. 1994 The Old Mill
- 8. 1994 A Fine Madness
- 9. 1994 Fool's Game
- 10. 1994 Spirits in a Material World
- 11. 1994 Tempest in a Looking Glass
- 12. 1994 Awakening
- 1995 Awakenings (retelling of the previous Starchild books)
[edit] Starchild: Crossroads
- 1. 1995 The Weaver's Tale
- 2. 1996 The Innkeeper's Tale
- 3. 1996 The Wanderer's Tale
- 4. 1997 The Bard's Tale
[edit] Starchild: Mythopolis
- 0. 1997 Prologue
- 1. 1997 Pinehead, Part 1
- 2. 1997 Pinehead, Part 2
- 3. 1998 Pinehead, Part 3
- 4. 1998 Fisher King, Part 1
[edit] Starchild: Mythopolis II
- 2007 Volume One
- 2008 (planned) Volume Two
[edit] Kai Meyers Mythenwelt (DE)
- 1. 2002 Die ewige Bibliothek
- 2. 2003 Der unsichtbare Mond
- 3. 2004 Der zeitlose Winter
- 4. 2004 Die verschollene Symphonie
[edit] The Chronicles of the Imaginarium Geographica
- 1. 2006 Here, There Be Dragons
- 2. 2008 The Search for the Red Dragon
- 3. 2008 The Indigo King
- 4. 2009 The Shadow Dragons
- 5. 2010 The Dragon's Apprentice
- 6. 2012 The Dragons of Winter
- 7. 2013 The First Dragon
[edit] Notes
[edit] References
- James A. Owen at the Grand Comics Database
- James A. Owen at the Comic Book DB
