Alex Milne

Infobox Comics creator


imagesize = 200px
caption = Alex Milne at the 2006 TransformersCon
birthname =
birthdate =
location = Canada
deathdate =
deathplace =
nationality = Canadian
area = penciller and inker
alias = MarkerGuru
notable works = " Transformers" ""
awards =

Alex Milne is a Canadian comic book artist, best known for his work on various Transformers comic books.cite web | url=http://lambiek.net/artists/m/milne_alex.htm | title=Comic creator: Alex Milne | publisher=Lambiek Comiclopedia]

Biography

Graduating from Sheridan College, Milne debuted on the comics scene after being picked up by Dreamwave Productions to pencil their ' series. He would also work on ', and the box art for the Alternators Jazz and Grimlock during his time there. After the collapse of Dreamwave, Milne was hired by UDON to work on Devil's Due Publishing's . After its completion, Milne was hired by IDW Publishing to pencil and ink the official adaptation of the 2007 Transformers movie, released in June, 2007, a month before the release of the movie.cite web | url=http://www.animecons.com/guests/bio.shtml/1318/Alex_Milne | title=Alex Milne Biography | publisher=AnimeCons.com] Other major projects have included IDW's ' and the ' issue on Arcee as well as "Transformers Timelines" for Fun Publications and the TFcon Toronto 2007 "Alternated Masterpiece" lithograph. He recently created the artwork for the 2008 BotCon box art and is currently working on the Transformers Movie Sequel comic: The Reign of Starscream.

Controversy

Comic Book Resources disclosed that much of the work credited to Dreamwave founder Pat Lee was in fact drawn by Milne, who received only a fragment of Lee's payment for work on "Cyber Force". When Top Cow discovered this, Lee stopped paying Milne entirely.cite web | url=http://www.comicbookresources.com/columns/index.cgi?column=litg&article=2581 | title=Lying in the Gutters: Just what are they paying Pat Lee for anyway? | publisher=Comic Book Resources | date=2006-09-11] Milne later confirmed all this in an interview. cite web | url=http://hombreimaginario.deviantart.com/art/Interviews-06-Alex-Milne-64254823 | title=Interview with Alex Milne | date=2007-09-06]

References

External links

* [http://markerguru.deviantart.com/ MarkerGuru] - Alex Milne's DeviantArt page
* [http://www.transformerscon.com/guests-2007.php TransformersCon] - 2007 guests