Paul Maybury

Paul Maybury (born 1982 in Boston) is an award winning illustrator and comic book artist living in Austin, Texas.

Biography

Maybury worked for the city of Boston under Mayor Menino as a muralist for several years before pursuing a career in comics.

Paul collaborated with writer Mark Andrew Smith on their graphic novel Aqua Leung published by Image Comics April 9th 2008. Paul currently works on his new graphic novel titled Grace, along with his webcomic Party Bear for webcomics collective ACT-I-VATE. His webcomics have also appeared on the DC Comics site Zuda.

Party Bear was originally created in 2000, but was resurrected by Paul Maybury in 2006 when he was invtited to join ACT-I-VATE's third wave at the 2006 Mocca convention in NY.

Chris Arrant covered the third generation's debut on Sept. 10th on [http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=83542 Newsarama]

[http://act-i-vate.com ACT-I-VATE] 2006..

Bibliography

Comics

* "Elks Run" #2: "All the wrong choices" (with writers Chris Fabulousand Jason Rodriquez,for Hoarse and Buggy, 2005)
* "24seven": "Things Run Amuck" (with writer Mark Andrew Smith, Image Comics, 2006)
* "The Wicked West 2": "A Man With A Stake In His Hand" (artist,writer Image Comics, 2006)
* "Put the book back on the shelf": "Ninja No!" (with writer Mark Andrew Smith, Image Comics, 2006)
* "24seven volume 2": "Give Me Some Colour" (artist,writer Image Comics, 2007)
* "Popgun": "Aqua Leung, Ambush" (with writer Mark Andrew Smith, Image Comics, 2007)
* "Aqua Leung" (with writer Mark Andrew Smith, graphic novel, for Image Comics, 2008)
* "Popgun 2": "Prey On You" (writer/colorist with artist Nikki Cook, Image Comics, 2008)
* "Popgun 2": "Little Known Fact" (with writer Benito Cereno, Image Comics, 2008)
* "Comic Book Tattoo": "Crucify" (artist,writer Image Comics, 2008)

Web comics

* "Party Bear" (artist/writer, ACT-I-VATE, 2006-2007)
* "Adventures of Maxy J. Millionaire" (artist/writer, Zuda, 2007)

Illustrations

Paul Maybury has contributed illustrations to the following projects
* "Winter Survival Guide", "Columbus day special cover" and "2006 Election special" and various others for "The Weekly Dig"
* various illustrations for Yikes Toys
* "Premenanda" Closter Still album cover for "Soul Spark Records"

Awards

* Association of Alternative Newsweeklies Award: Best Editorial Layout, Weekly Dig ("Slumber Party") (2007)

External links

* [http://www.deliciousbrains.com/ His homesite]
* [http://www.zudacomics.com/node/205 The Adventures of Maxy J Millionaire]
* [http://www.chrisarrant.com/?p=589 Chris Arrant coverage on grocery store art]
* [http://www.pulpsecret.com/the-stack/episode/STK_20080314 The Stack review of Aqua Leung]
* [http://blog.newsarama.com/2007/11/13/more-aqua-leung-preview-art/#more-6096 Newsarama blog preview of Aqua Leung]

Interviews

* [http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?s=a05e5c17e8c8d222bd3fe29540e754af&threadid=58831 l4 Up and coming Newsarama interview]
* [http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=142808 Newsarama interview on Aqua Leung]
* [http://dickhatesyourblog.blogspot.com/2008/02/interview-mark-andrew-smith-and-paul.html Dick Hyacinth interview on Aqua Leung]
* [http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=13203 CBR interview on Aqua Leung]
* [http://fanboyradio.libsyn.com/index.php?post_category=Indie%20Shows 2005 Indie show]
* [http://fanboyradio.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=294777 2008 Indie show]
* [http://planetcomicbookradio.com/content/view/125/32/ planetcomicbookradio interview]
* [http://www.weeklydig.com/arts-entertainment/words/200804/paul-maybury Weekly Dig interview]
* [http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=15959 CBR commentary track]
* [http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/cr_sunday_interview_paul_maybury_mark_andrew_smith/ Comics Reporter interview]
* [http://www.comicrelated.com/video/20080416.html Comics Related interview]
* [http://www.wizarduniverse.com/041808activate.html NYCC panel coverage]