Bart Sears

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birthname = Bart Whitman Sears
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location = Ithaca, NY
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nationality = American
area = Penciller, inker, writer
alias = Wittman


notable works = Justice League Europe, Ominous Press, X-O Manowar
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Bart Sears is an American comic book artist, originally from upstate New York.Bart Sears has been a comic artist since as far back as 1986, working on such popular titles as Justice League Europe, X-O Manowar, The First, and more recently, Warlord.Bart ran his own comic company briefly in 1994, called Ominous Press, in which three creator owned comics were produced.Sears' work has appeared in comic books published by DC Comics, Marvel Comics and CrossGen. At CrossGen he also served as one of that company's art directors.

Early Work

Bart's career began in 1986, after completing one year at the Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art. He produced the art for the mini comic that came with the Sectaurs Skulk and Trancula toy. He also worked on various role-playing game titles, including Gamma World, Marvel Super-heroes adventure game books 3 & 4 and a few others. He started producing comic art for several smaller companies, including work on Hero Alliance and several dozen covers for Quality Comics. Bart eventually moved over to DC Comics, where he produced work such as pencils on The Spectre #21, a few C.O.P.S. issues and all three covers in addition to interiors to the third issue of the Invasion! series, before becoming regular pencil on Justice League Europe.

The Boom

Bart achieved doses of both great success and failure during the 1990's. After critically acclaimed runs on Legends of the Dark Knight, X-O Manowar, Turok and Violator (the last of which was the #1 selling comic of 1994), Bart set up his own company, Ominous Press. Ominous Press (affectionately 'OP' for short) is considered by most fans to be the height of Bart's career. Although only three actual comics were produced - 'It Begins,' 'Mael's Rage' and 'Infinity,' as well as a few other pieces of merchandise, this period will always remain fondly in the minds of fans. After Ominous Press went under, Bart returned to X-O Manowar for the Birthquake re-launch. Then moving on to Penthouse Comix and eventually Marvel Comics. Bart worked primarily Blade the Vampire Hunter and Spider-Woman at Marvel.

Recent Years

Bart moved to Tampa, Florida in 2000 to join the fledgling comic company CrossGeneration Comics. Bart worked on both The First and The Path. During this time, he also took up the role of Assistant Art Director, then moved to Art Director.After CrossGen's demise, Bart was offered work at several comic companies, but opted for Marvel Comics, where he produced a variety of work, including Captain America and the Falcon, Sabretooth: Open Season and Weapon X: Days of Future Now. Bart then moved to DC Comics, where he produced work on several things, but most notably the relaunch of Warlord.Bart then went freelance again, before landing at Dark Horse Comics, where he produced work for The Scream and The Helm.Bart is currently not working on any comic titles, as family commitments have lead him away from the comic industry. Hopefully not for ever!

Reference

* [http://bartsearscollector.blogspot.com/ Bart Sears collecting site]
* [http://www.bartsears.com/biography.html Bio from Bart Sears official site]