Pat Lee

Infobox Comics creator


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caption = Patrick "Pat" C.K. Lee
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birthdate = birth date and age|1975|06|28
location = Canada
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nationality = Canadian
area = penciller, publisher
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notable works = "Bloodpool" "WildC.A.T.S." "Wetworks"
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Patrick "Pat" C.K. Lee (born June 28, 1975) is a Canadian comic book artist, publisher, former President and co-founder of the now defunct Dreamwave Productions.cite news|url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA496791.html?q=Dreamwave|title=DreamWave Folds; ComicsOne, Too?|first=Staff|date=1/17/2005|publisher=Publishers Weekly|accessdate=2008-05-29 [http://www.webcitation.org/5YBbu5RzU Archived] 2008-05-29.] [cite news|title=Transformers adapt to top today's charts|last=McCarthy|first=Sean|date=4/30/02|publisher=Daily Nebraskan]

Biography

At an early age of 16, Lee began his career in the comic book industry right after graduating in high school by sending over 150 pages of sample artworks to disinterested Marvel and DC editors. It took nearly a year before he finally caught the attention of then-Image creator Rob Liefeld at a Toronto convention in 1994. Four months later, he was hired by Image Comics and went off to train at Extreme Studios. There, he learned an invaluable skill: speed. In an interview with Wizard he states: cquote|When I was working there, I'd have work slapped down at me. It's gotta be done today. I'd hear, and I figured, okay, this is something I've gotta get used to. [Wizard Magazine #93 April Fools' Day issue, May 1999]

Lee worked on various titles such as "Bloodpool, Extreme Sacrifice, Black Flag, Glory, Darkchylde, Avengeblade, Extreme Prelude", and "Prophet". Soon after, he was hired in Wildstorm Productions to work on Jim Lee's "WildC.A.T.S., Allegra" and Whilce Portacio's "Wetworks". His career in comic books led him to work in Marvel Comics with a Wolverine/Punisher mini-series entitled "Revelation". [Golden, Christopher & Sniegoski, Tom (w), Lee, Pat (p), Lee, Alvin (i). "Wolverine/Punisher: Revelation". February 2000, Marvel Comics. ISBN 0785107290]

Dreamwave

A year later, he and his brother Roger Lee founded Dreamwave Productions. Though their first title, the mini-series "Darkminds" failed to attract an audience, the two secured comic licenses for the popular toyline "Transformers", which Lee would illustrate. While initially extremely popular and profitable for his company, Lee's work on "Transformers" drew much criticism for the style he used. Readership waned, and eventually, writers who worked on the series began claiming that Lee was not paying them for their work. [cite journal | last =Stump | first =Greg | title =Transformers Line Picked Up by IDW, Though Creators Still Have Reason to Gripe | journal = The Comics Journal | issue =269 | page=53 | date=July, 2005 | issn=0194-7869 ] Dreamwave then filed for bankruptcy on January 4, 2005, bringing the "Transformers" series and its related spin-offs to a halt. [ [http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=4429 Final Dreamwave press release declaring bankruptcy] ]

Work for Hire

With Dreamwave Productions closed, Lee formed a new production company known as "Dream Engine" and parlay his work on the "Transformers" franchise to land a string of jobs for Marvel and DC, most notably a "X-Men/Fantastic Four" mini-series and an arc on the "Batman/Superman" series for DC. He also contributed to a relaunch of "Cyberforce" for Top Cow Productions, another Image studio. Most of these new projects failed to bring Lee the high profile acclaim of his Transformers work, with the "Washington Times" in particular criticizing his ability to draw humans versus the larger than life robots from "Transformers". [cite news|title=Marvel gives Fantastic Four makeovers for new comics|last=Szadkowski|first=Joseph|date=30-JUL-05|publisher=Washington Times]

Footnotes

External links

* [http://www.angelfire.com/pa/infrarred/ Pat Lee] - Pat Lee's old personal site