Paul Smith (comics)

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birthdate = September 4, 1953
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nationality = American
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Paul Smith (born September 4, 1953) is an American comic book artist.

Biography

Early life

Smith was born in Kansas City, Missouri, but only lived there three days. His father was a U.S. Naval aviator, and the family moved several times during his childhood. As a young comics fan, Smith particularly admired the work of Steve Ditko on "Spider-Man" and Neal Adams on "Batman".

Career

Smith had no formal art training aside from some course in airbrushing. Before becoming a professional comic book artist, Smith worked as an animator. In 1977, he began work on the animated adaptation of The Lord of the Rings produced and directed by Ralph Bakshi. He also worked on Bakshi's film American Pop.

He first came to attention at Marvel Comics in the early 1980s, where he filled in on a variety of Marvel titles, including "Marvel Fanfare" #4, cover dated September 1982, doing the final chapter of an X-Men story, and "Doctor Strange" #56, cover dated December 1982, pencilling a re-telling of his origin. The following month began his run on "Uncanny X-Men", then the biggest selling US comic. He drew the X-Men from #165 - #175 (with the exception of #171), replacing Dave Cockrum. A few months after leaving the X-Men, he returned as the regular artist on "Doctor Strange". He worked on that series from #65 - #73, drawing 7 of those issues. Smith's brief run on X-Men left a large impact, and most of it was later reprinted in the "From The Ashes" trade paperback. Eventually his entire X-Men run was reprinted in "Essential X-Men" Vol. 4. He bookended the "Marvel Fanfare" series, pencilling a short Daredevil story in issue #1, and writing, drawing and lettering a sequel to that Daredevil tale in #60, the final issue of the book. Smith would briefly revisit the X-Men, drawing the "X-Men / Alpha Flight" limited series as well as a brief stint on the X-Men spin-off "X-Factor". Since the mid 1980s Smith has worked as an artist on a range of comics titles, including work for the X-Men stable.

Perhaps his best-known work outside of the X-Men are "The Golden Age" and the young adults comic "Leave It to Chance", both collaborations with writer James Robinson. Smith has also contributed art to a number of First Comics titles including "American Flagg!", "Nexus", and "GrimJack".

Among Smith's most recent work is the "" limited series written by Akira Yoshida.

elected Works

Interiors

*"Amazing High Adventure" 2 ("Marvel Comics")
*"American Flagg!" 47, 48 ("First Comics")
*"Batman" Annual 9 ("DC Comics")
*"Bizarre Adventures" 34 ("Marvel Comics")
*"Buck Rogers" 1 ("TSR")
*"" 3
*"Doctor Strange" 54, 56, 65, 66, 68, 69, 71-73 ("Marvel Comics")
*"The Falcon" 1 ("Marvel Comics")
*"The Golden Age" 1-4 ("DC Comics")
*"GrimJack" 24 ("First Comics")
*"Hero Alliance" Annual 1 ("Innovation")
*"Howard The Duck" 32 ("Marvel Comics")
*"Iron Lantern" 1 ("Amalgam Comics")
*"Iron Man" 145, 159, Annual 10 ("Marvel Comics")
*"Leave It To Chance" 1-13 ("Image Comics")
*"Magnus Robot Fighter" Yearbook 1 ("Valiant")
*"Marvels Comics Fantastic Four" 1 ("Marvel Comics")
*"Marvel Fanfare" 1, 4, 32, 45, 60 ("Marvel Comics")
*"Nexus" 37, 38, 43, 44, 49, 51-55
*"Starman" 69 ("DC Comics")
*"Sun Runners" 2-4 ("Eclipse Comics")
*"Uncanny X-Men" 165-170, 172-175, 278 ("Marvel Comics")
*"Wild Times; Grifter" 1 ("Wildstorm ")
*"X-Factor" 43-46, 48, 49 ("Marvel Comics")
*"X-Men And Alpha Flight" 1, 2 ("Marvel Comics")

References

Thompson, Kim. "Maidens, Mutants, and

External links

* [http://marvel.com/catalog/?artist=Paul%20Smith Paul Smith on marvel.com]