Tony Harris (comics)
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| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Writer, Penciller, Inker, Colorist |
| Notable works | Starman, vol. 2 Ex Machina JSA: Liberty File JSA: Unholy Three |
| Awards | Nominated for five Eisner Awards |
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Tony Harris (born 1969) is an American comic book artist, known for his work as series such as Starman, Iron Man, and Ex Machina. He has been nominated for five Eisner Awards for his work.
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[edit] Career
Harris began his comics career in 1989 and rose to prominence in 1994 with the publication of DC comics’ Starman. Co-created with James Robinson, Starman led the two to critical acclaim and eventually a Eisner Award for the "Sand and Stars" story arc.[1]
After four and a half years on Starman, Harris left to pursue other projects but remained as cover artist on Starman for another year and a half. During this time he was also one of the original members of Atlanta's Gaijin Studios.
Current projects include Ex Machina with Brian K. Vaughan, published by Wildstorm and War Heroes with Mark Millar, published by Image Comics.[2] In April 2010, Following the completion of Ex Machina, Harris announced that he and B. Clay Moore would produce a series called The Further Adventures of the Whistling Skull.[3]
In the late 1990s he moved on to form Jolly Roger Studio, in Macon, Georgia.
Other works include key frame animation and story boards for Chevrolet commercial, illustration for Cartoon Network, product design and illustration for Universal’s The Mummy.
[edit] Technique
Harris makes extensive use of models and photo reference in his work, and composes panels featuring multiple characters with models he uses to represent specific characters. Ex Machina: The First Hundred Days, the first collected trade paperback of that series, featured a "Cast of Characters" page showing the 12 models that starred as the characters in that storyline, followed by a gallery showing how several excerpted pages from that story progressed from photo to pencil art to inks to colors.[4]
[edit] Bibliography
Comics work (interior pencil art) includes:
[edit] DC
- Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #169-171 (2003)
- Ex Machina #1-50 (2004–10)
- Green Lantern Corps Quarterly #7 (1993)
- Hourman #22 (2001)
- JSA: All-Stars, miniseries, #4 (2003)
- JSA: Liberty File, miniseries, #1-2 (2000)
- JSA: Unholy Three, miniseries, #1-2 (2000)
- Legion: Secret Files 3003 (among other artists) (2004)
- The Legion #25 (among other artists) (2003)
- Starman, vol. 2, #0-33, 35, 37, 39-40, 43, 45 (1994–98)
- Superman: Lex 2000 (among other artists) (2001)
[edit] Marvel
- Darkhold: Pages from the Book of Sins #3 (1992)
- Dr. Strange, vol. 2, #1-2 (1999)
- Iron Man, vol. 3, #86-88 (2004)
- Punisher Summer Special #3 (1993)
- Spider-Man: with Great Power..., miniseries, #1-4 (2008)
[edit] Other publishers
- Blade #1 (Buccaneer, 1989)
- Down #1 (Image, 2005)
- Frank Frazetta Fantasy Illustrated #2 (Quantumm, 1999)
- Nightbreed #18-20 (Epic, 1992)
- Nightmare on Elm Street (Innovation Publishing, 1991)
- Obergeist: Ragnarok Highway #1-6 (Image, 2001)
[edit] Award nominations
- 1995 Eisner Award for Best Cover Artist (for Starman)[5]
- 1997 Eisner Award for Best Cover Artist (for Starman)[1]
- 1997 Eisner Award for Best Cover Artist (for Starman)[1]
- 1997 Eisner Award for Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team (with Wade Von Grawbadger, for Starman)[1]
- 2006 Eisner Award for Best Cover Artist (for Ex Machina[6])
[edit] Notes
- ^ a b c d 1997 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Nominees and Winners at the Comic Book Awards Almanac
- ^ A Week of War Heroes 1: The Art Side, Newsarama, May 5, 2008
- ^ Renaud, Jeffrey (April 19, 2010). "Following "The Further Adventures of the Whistling Skull"". Comic Book Resources. http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=25838. Retrieved April 19, 2010.
- ^ Brian K. Vaughn (w), Tony Harris (p), Tom Feister (i). "Ex Machina: The First Hundred Days" ' (2005), Wildstorm
- ^ 1995 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Nominees and Winners at the Comic Book Awards Almanac
- ^ 2006 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Nominees and Winners at the Comic Book Awards Almanac
[edit] References
- Tony Harris at the Grand Comics Database
[edit] External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Tony Harris |
- Jolly Roger Studio
- Tony Harris Talks About His 20 Years in Comics at TFAW.com, October 5, 2009
- Tony Harris at the Comic Book DB
