Kazu Kibuishi
Kazu Kibuishi (born 1978 in Tokyo, Japan) is an American graphic novel author and illustrator. He is best known for being the creator and editor of the comic anthology Flight and for creating the webcomic Copper. He is also the author and illustrator of the ongoing Amulet series. The webcomic artist and noted critic Scott McCloud has said that some of Kazu Kibuishi's work is so beautifully drawn that "it hurts my hands when I look at it".[citation needed]
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[edit] Early work
While pursuing a degree in film studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, he drew the comic strip Clive and Cabbage for the student newspaper The Daily Nexus. After graduation, he worked as an animator for Shaded Box, the Los Angeles-based commercials and video game studio. He decided to leave animation to focus on comics, where he could spend more time writing and drawing stories.[1] He started producing the monthly comic Copper at his website, Bolt City.
[edit] Flight and other graphic novels
Flight was conceived by Kazu as a way of showcasing his and his friends' best work. They pitched the idea at the Alternative Press Expo, and it attracted the attention of Erik Larsen, then-new publisher of Image Comics. This in turn caused the project to explode, attracting talent from all over the industry.[2] The first two volumes were published by Image, but the third one is published by Ballantine Books.
While editing Flight Volume 1, he also created the 4-issue steampunk graphic novel Daisy Kutter: The Last Train, published by Viper Comics and selected by the American Library Association as one of the best books for young adults for 2006.
Kazu is also the creator of an ongoing series of graphic novels targeted at adolescents called Amulet; which as of September 2011 includes The Stonekeeper, The Stonekeeper's Curse, The Cloud Searchers and The Last Council for Scholastic.[3]
[edit] Personal life
Kibuishi lives in Alhambra, California, and is married to fellow illustrator and collaborator Amy Kim Ganter.
[edit] References
- ^ Hunter, T. Animator to Return for Career Panel. Daily Nexus, April 30, 2004
- ^ Weiland, J. Kazu Kibuishi and Friends Take "Flight" at Image, Comic Book Resources
- ^ Scholastic Gets Kazu Kibuishi's 'Amulet', ICV2 News, August 10, 2005
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