Greg Capullo

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Gregory “Greg” Capullo is an American comic book artist and penciller born in 1962, best known for his work on "Quasar" (1991-1992), "X-Force" (1992-1993), "Angela" (1994) and "Spawn" (1993-1999, 2003-2004).

Greg Capullo also had his own creator-owned, written and drawn comic "The Creech", published via Image Comics. These were two three-issue miniseries.

Currently (comicwise) he is the cover artist for the series "Spawn" and the artist (with Todd McFarlane) of the crossover "Spawn/Batman".

Apart from comics, he’s been involved in several projects such as pencilling for the Korn album "Follow the Leader" and the Disturbed album, "Ten Thousand Fists", and being part of the crew who worked on the animated sequences in the film "The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys" (2002).

Biography

Early life

Capullo started off as an aspiring self-taught artist. He was influenced by John Buscema who Capullo has referred to as “the master of the human figure.” Fact|date=August 2008 He began his artistic career with a job in commercial advertising but soon was noticed for his talent as an inker and penciller and began on projects involving his artwork. Fact|date=August 2008

Career beginnings

His first comic work was a publication called "Gore Shriek", which was picked up and published by a comic book store in Albany, New York, called Fantaco Enterprises. "Gore Shriek" was a horror comic book specifically labeled "Not Intended for Children" because of the violent and graphic nature of it. Due to the success of the small comic series, when it had ended, Capullo began work for Marvel Comics where he worked on "Quasar", "X-Force", and "What If?". He worked with Marvel Comics for three years on various works, before moving on to other publications and projects with different companies.

Briefly after Greg Capullo had started work with Marvel, he had began smaller indie projects away from the company. He had started involvement with separate labels and anyone who would hire him for miscellaneous odd-jobs that needed completion.

Todd McFarlane had left Marvel Comics to create an independent company called Image Comics and noticed Greg’s work on "X-Force". McFarlane convinced Capullo to leave Marvel Comics and execute the pencilling for McFarlane’s comic, "Spawn".

Current career

Capullo has illustrated for "Spawn" off and on for several years. He began with issue 19, then took over as pencil artist with issue 26.

Along with Todd McFarlane, Greg Capullo has been doing the cover-art and pencilling for many Image Comics publications including Capullo’s own miniseries, "The Creech", and various Spawn tie-ins and variants.

The Art of Greg Capullo

"The Art of Greg Capullo" is a hardcover book published by Image Comics to honor the work of their long-time artist. The book showcases all of Capullo’s artwork ranging from widely recognized cover art to unknown pencilling that was never released. The unreleased material was never seen because Capullo had deemed it “not good enough for print.” A lot of the works are personal sketches that haven’t been copied or altered in any way, so the viewers can see the artwork as Greg Capullo had envisioned it. Included are also doodles and comedic art that Greg had made and sent to Todd McFarlane.