- Grant Bond (cartoonist)
Infobox Comics creator
name = Grant Bond
imagesize = 150 px
caption = Grant Bond at theSan Diego Comic-Con 2006
birthname = Grant Eldon Bond
birthdate = birth date and age|1970|07|6
location =Kansas City, Kansas
deathdate =
deathplace =
nationality = American
area = artist and writer
alias =
notable works = "" [ [http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=6982 Comic Book Resources - CBR News - The Comic Brief ] ]
awards =Grant Bond is a
comic book artist and writer living inKansas City, Kansas . [ [http://www.newsarama.com/Alias/Revere/Revere.htm Newsarama.Com: Lavalle And Bond On Revere ] ]Biography
Grant Bond was born and raised in
Kansas City, Kansas . His love forart was a predominate fixture in his youth and early adult life due to the support and influence of his grandmother. He studied under Russian painterSergei Davydov (artist) for many years. Bond has credited comic creatorAnde Parks for personally sparking an early interest of his in creating comics. He left the creative world behind to successfully manage a business for most of the 1990s. In late 2006 he returned to comics with his first book originally published withAlias Enterprises . As a relative newcomer to comics, Bond'sanimation -influenced art style has already amassed a heavy fan base.In 2007 Bond illustrated a comic book adaptation of the 2008 movie "Trick 'r Treat", [ [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0862856/ Trick 'r Treat (2008) ] ] which will be published by DC/Wildstorm.
In 2007 he illustrated his first creator owned title, "
Archibald Saves Christmas ", a one-shot which was written byDwight L. MacPherson and published byShadowline . [ [http://www.myspace.com/shadowlinecomics MySpace.com - Shadowline - 26 - Garçon - OREGON - www.myspace.com/shadowlinecomics ] ]Partial Bibliography
*"
Archibald Saves Christmas " (Shadowline , 2007)*"Trick 'r Treat" (DC/Wildstorm, 2007)
*" Hardcover" (
ASP Comics , 2007)(ISBN 1-93238-659-9 ; Released 7/28/07)*"
Gene Simmons House of Horrors Anthology" (IDW Publishing , 2007)*"
The Astonishing Clockwork Girl " (Arcana Studio , 2007)*"" (
Alias Enterprises , 2006)Film
* Grant Bond was an uncredited extra in the 1989 movie "
No Holds Barred " staringprofessional wrestler Hulk Hogan . [ [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097987/ No Holds Barred (1989) ] ]Trivia
* Grant Bond holds the record for 1st place awards as an
editorial cartoonist fromAssociated Collegiate Press in the state ofKansas .References
External links
* [http://www.grantbond.com Grant Bond's official site]
* [http://comicbookdb.com/creator.php?ID=9558 Grant Bond: Comic Book Database entry]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlelEl7zBIQ Grant Bond: Youtube interview]
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