Eric Shanower

Infobox Comics creator

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size=150px
caption=Eric Shanower in Paris in February 2007
birthdate = October 23
birthplace = Key West, Florida
occupation = comics artist and writer
nationality = American
awards = Eisner Award 2001, 2003
Gran Guinigi, 2006

Eric James Shanower (b. October 23) is an American comics artist and writer, best known for his Oz novels and comics and the on-going retelling of the Trojan War as "Age of Bronze".

Biography

Eric Shanower was born on October 23 [http://www.videosforfamily.com/eric.htm Interview with Eric Shanower, November 5, 2005] . Accessed June 16, 2008] and upon his graduation from Novato High School in 1981, he attended the Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art. [Comicdom blog. [http://www.comicdom.gr/interviews.php?id=23&lang=en Eric Shanower: An Epic in Progress] . Retrieved 2007-12-03.] [http://web.archive.org/web/20061206131111/http://www.toptwothreefilms.com/films/aidc/bts/interviews/f20040920/index.html Sébastien Dumesnil interviews Eric Shanower for "Top Two Three Films," September 20, 2004] . Accessed via Archive.org June 16, 2008] He has been a professional cartoonist since his graduation from the Kubert School in 1984.Shanower, Eric "Age of Bronze: Sacrifice" (Image, 2004), ISBN 1-58240-360-0] He lives in San Diego, California with his partner David Maxine, who runs Hungry Tiger Press, a publisher of Oz books, Oz-related comics and compact discs, which the two started in 1994.citation |title=Eric Shanower |first=Paul Dale |last=Roberts |date=2006-06-15 |accessdate=2007-09-08 |periodical=JazmaOnline.com |url=http://www.jazmaonline.com/interviews/interviews2.asp?intID=345]

Oz

His first major published works were the "Oz" graphic novels, which are "The Enchanted Apples of Oz", "The Secret Island of Oz", "The Ice King of Oz", "The Forgotten Forest of Oz", and "The Blue Witch of Oz" released by First Comics and Dark Horse Comics between 1986 and 1992. They are collected in a single large volume titled "Adventures in Oz", published by IDW.

He has also written and illustrated a full-length Oz novel, "The Giant Garden of Oz", and a collection of short Oz stories, "The Salt Sorcerer of Oz". As an illustrator, he has worked on books by Oz historians, including "The Wicked Witch of Oz" by Rachel Cosgrove Payes, "The Rundelstone of Oz" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw, "The Runaway in Oz" by John R. Neill, and "The Third Book of Oz" by L. Frank Baum. Other Oz projects include his illustrations for "Paradox in Oz" and "The Living House of Oz", by Edward Einhorn.

Age of Bronze

In February 1991, Shanower "conceived the idea to tell the story of the Trojan War in the comics medium," aiming to combine "the myriad versions of the Greek myth with the archaeological record" to showcase the tale in "authentic historical detail." This aim manifested in the ongoing comic book "Age of Bronze", debuting in late 1998 from Image Comics. As of 2007, the series had been collected in three (of a projected seven) volumes: "A Thousand Ships", "Sacrifice" and "Betrayal, Part One". The seven volumes in their entirety will cover the complete story of the war. The books contain extensive bibliographies, for the story, the setting and historical Troy, drawing on the excavation work Heinrich Schliemann (et al.) and the publication " [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studia_Troica Studia Troica] ".

Other work

He has also drawn a number of one shot comics, such as Ed Brubaker's "Prez" "Smells Like Teen President", An Accidental Death (also written by Brubaker) published by Fantagraphics in 1993. For Marvel's Epic line, he illustrated The Elsewhere Prince (1990), based on characters created by the French cartoonist Moebius. His work has appeared in magazines throughout the USA and Europe as well as in books and on TV.

Awards

Shanower won Eisner Awards for best writer-artist in 2001 and 2003, won a Gran Guinigi for Best Serialized Comic in 2006, and was nominated for the Ignatz Award for outstanding artist in 1999, for his work on "Age of Bronze".

References

External links

* [http://www.hungrytigerpress.com Hungry Tiger Press] ]
* [http://age-of-bronze.com/aob/index.shtml Age of Bronze] official site
* [http://www.prismcomics.org/profile.php?id=49 Eric Shanower] at Prism Comics
* [http://www.toptwothreefilms.com/films/aidc/bts/interviews/f20040920/index.html Interview with Top Two Three Films] ^{[http://web.archive.org/web/20061206131111/http://www.toptwothreefilms.com/films/aidc/bts/interviews/f20040920/index.html 1]}
* [http://www.videosforfamily.com/eric.htm Interview With Eric Shanower]
* [http://theaterofideas.blogspot.com/2008/09/interview-with-eric-shanower.html Another interview with Eric Shanower, focusing on Oz]