Archive for October, 2011
2011 Challenger: Jessica Kirby
Hello, my name is Jessica (Jess is fine) and I draw stuff. I did the 30 character challenge last year for something different. I tried my best to work digitally and I’m horrible at it. This year I’m going to take advantage of the challenge and actually draw characters that I can use. Â I’m hoping to make this less painful for everyone this year so I’m sticking to pencils and inks.
That’s me with my ruler and pencil getting ready to throw down.
2011 Challenger: Marshall Couture
Hello everyone my name is Marshall and I will be participating in this challenge officially this year. I say officially because last year Art & Story Forum members also participated but some like myself didn’t sign up for the challenge in time her at Tyler’s site.
A little about me I’m a lover of Hip Hop and Comic Books and I work at developing projects in those two passions as often as I can. This past year I created my first Comic Glyf and the Terror of Tusk and last year my first solo album Solar Wind Theory.
My goal with this challenge this year is to create characters for a webcomic idea im working on as well as characters for a standard format Hip Hop related idea. Good luck to all of you on this challenge! Can’t wait to see everyones awesome characters!!!
God Bless,
-Marshall aka Calmplex
PlexHop.com , @MarshallPlex , My Facebook
2011 Challenger: George Ward
Well, it’s almost November and that means another month of character drawing. Last year I was working on some projects that required a lot of characters so it wasn’t too hard to create the 30 characters required for the challenge. This year, I don’t really have any projects in mind so I will likely create a lot of random characters. I want to create a few weird looking characters, maybe a few robots, some monsters, and a few cute girls.
I’m the creator of the webcomic, Dungeon Legacy, so I can always use a few monsters as adversaries of the party. I also draw Art Animals but I haven’t finished introducing all the characters I created for that strip last year. However, if I’m running out of ideas near the end I may create a few more animal people for the strip.
If you’re seen my entries from last year, then you know what to expect. I also put up regular sketches on my Tumblr blog, so you can see how much my art has improved since then. I will be trying different styles and techniques as I experiment with different ideas just to keep things interesting.
Challenger: Mandy France
Greetings! My name is Mandy France and I am a children’s book illustrator. I know this is mostly a comic book challenge, but I am using this as practice for character designs. You can’t have a children’s book without characters!
During the day I am a graphic designer for Disney and I’m a children’s book illustrator at night. I’m vegan, I run marathons, and I am a world traveler.
To view my work, please visit:Â www.DesignerMandy.com
2011 Challenger: Saad Azim
Uhhh… Hi. Like the title states, my name is Saad Azim. I’m a freelance artist from Dhaka, Bangladesh. I have waaaaaay more interest in cartoons, comics and videogames than I probably should. So much so, I spent a decent part of last year understanding the image “format” supported by the 8-Bit Nintendo Entertainment System; because really, if you can’t create artwork that can theoretically run on an NES, what’s the point of creating it?
I found out about the 30 Character challenge from Vito Delsante, and figured it would make for an interesting challenge. I’m aiming for … something different? Weird as it may sound, I’d prefer not to think about this until November starts. I mean if I’m thinking about the characters before November 1st, they no longer fall under the 30-day-30-character rule, do they…?
What else… my single biggest artistic influence is Sergio Aragonés. Don’t know if it shows though. Errr… that’s all.
2011 Challenger: Antoine “Guerlot” Gagnon
Can anyone please tell me where the bar is?
Name: Antoine Gagnon
Nickname: Guerlot (means “drunk” in French Canadian Slang)
Height: 5′ 10″
Weight: 180lbs
Sex: yes please!
Interests: Music, Movies, Golf, Comics!
Comic: The Drunken Fools
Other Project: The Webcomic Alliance
You know when a guy would buy a sport car or a motorcycle for his mid-life crisis? Well, I didn’t. Instead, I bought a bunch of pens & pencils and decided to learn how to draw. That was three years ago. Now enjoying the life of an artist, after work hours!
Now today, when someone is asking me “You do a comic?”, I like to pretend that I do. I do a digital comic available here: The Drunken Fools .Â
I am also very proud of being part of the Webcomic Alliance, providing tips, tutorials and entertainment to the webcomic community.
What brought me to the 30 Charcaters Challenge? Â Tyler’s good look.
Okay, not really! I want to try drawing outside my comfort zone, which is my current comic. Hopefully, I’ll make it to the end!
Cheers!
2011 Challenger: Alex Holt
Hello!  As the title of this post suggests, my name is Alex Holt, and I currently live in Northamptonshire in the UK. I’m a “Game Art Design” Graduate from De Montfort University in Leicester and while I’m not (yet at least) working in any kind of artistic job, alongside some paid work to get by, I do have a project or two in the works to hopefully change that. My hobbies, in addition to painting, include wildlife photography, reading, writing and overthinking things.Â
As an artist, these days I tend to use photoshop for most of my work, although I should really get back into the habit of using traditional mediums a bit more.  Some of my main influences/favourite artists include Justin Sweet, Caspar David Friedrich, David Mack and a range of others.
I found out about the 30Character30 challenge last year but had missed the signup deadline, as I thought it sounded like a fun challenge. This year I managed to get signed up nice and early, although I’m going to have to deal with being away on holiday in Spain for the first 5 days of the month – hopefully, if I bring along a sketchbook that will at least give me somethign to do in the airport and on the plane.Â
My aim is to create a group of characters who aren’t necessarily all big dramatic heroes and villains, but are interesting characters that would fill out the background of worlds, while still being weird and wonderful in their own right. I’m considering writing a list of everyday sort of jobs beforehand as starting points with the aim of creating interest on a foundation of normality.
Finally, here is a pair of recentish works just to give people an idea of my normal sort of style.
2011 Challenger: Michael J Patrick
Hey there.  I’m Michael J Patrick.  I’ve been making comics off and on for way too  many years.  In 2012 I’m releasing a webcomic called “Ka-Paz!”  It involves the reality-bending adventures of a girl named Magpie who collects objects found in universes with “doomed timelines”.  She meets a pair of kids from our(?) Earth and they begin travelling the multiverse together.
I’ve already created the major characters, but I thought it would be fun to use 30 Characters as a launching point for the various “aliens” and other strange beings  that will appear in the comic.
2011 Challenger: Vito Delsante
Tyler, Tyler, Tyler…what have you created?
I’m at a loss for words as to where I should start. It’s not for lack of enthusiasm; it’s just…where do you start?
Before I get all meta, let me check out some other posts…
…Back.
Ok. Start with a greeting…
Hello everyone. My name is Vito Delsante. I’m a writer…at least is says so on my website and on my business cards. I participated in the 30 Character Challenge last year and actually exceeded expectations and produced 35 characters in 30 days. Not too shabby, huh?
Oh! You might recognize my name…maybe, maybe not. I’m the maniac that gave all 35 characters away. Yep, I put them in the public domain using a Creative Commons license. It got a little bit of press, but honestly, who remembers what happened a year ago?
Here’s the thing; I actually took Tyler’s idea and multiplied it. Beginning on January 1, 2011, I actually started a 100 Characters Challenge. The idea was simple; I would continue the creating I started last year and try to create 100 characters by the end of the 2011 30 CC. Right now, as of this past Monday, I’m at 76, so I’m actually on pace to go OVER 100. And there are more public domain characters in that list too.
Ok…introduction over…a little bit about myself…what’s everyone else writing? Goals. Ok, goals for the 2011 Challenge.
Other than completing my own 100 character goal, I’m hoping to create some real lasting characters. It’s harder than it sounds. The thing I’m really trying to do is create mythology, because that’s what lasts. Star Wars, the Matrix and comics…all create a mythology that sticks in the brain. Can I do that? Don’t know, but it’s worth challenging myself over.
Some details – I can’t draw to save my life. Last year, I used Hero Machine, but there’s an odd caveat in their Terms of Service that prevents me from doing that again. This year, I’ll be using Eduardo Reis’ Hero-O-Matic. NOTE: No, I don’t know Portuguese. NOTE 2: Yes, it should be funny to see what I come up with.
That’s all the news that’s fit to print. See you in November.
2011 Challenger: Koko Sou
Hi everyone. I’m Koko Sou. I’m an Account Executive by day and artist by night. I live and work in NYC. I participated in the 30 Character Challenge last year, but didn’t come close to completing. Hopefully this year I will finish all 30 characters. I write and draw my own webcomic. Some of the characters in my webcomic were created in last year’s challenge. The first issue is available here, End Game or at Graphicly.com.
2011 Challenger: Josh Heusinkveld
Howdy to all, I’m really glad come back to do it again and hope can complete all thirty characters this year. I didn’t complete last year due a lot of stuff going on at work and home. I’m very busy family man, dad of two children, two golden retrievers River & Simon and husband to my beautiful wife. I work full time at State of Michigan and always find spare time to draw much as I can. I draw most time during a hour lunch break at work and sometime in evening after kids goes to bed.
And I finally found balance of time to work on my upcoming project graphic novel “Lucky Lady.” So I came up thirty characters need to create for my GN and goal is will to get published. Here is a hint what’s about – Lucky Lady = Men In Black + The Chr0nicles of Narnia + Wizard of Oz
You may find me at twitter – @JHeusinkveld79
Blogspot – Josh’s Another Day of Paradise
DeviantArt – http://www.joshheusinkveld.deviantart.com
Biggest highlight of me this year was I appeared in Aha Moments at Mutual of Omaha website and here is link of video – http://ahamoment.com/moments/2158
<– This is Superman as myself watercolor painting I did for Michael Meyer to cheer him and we care about him. Makes me feel good do something awesome to him.
See all of you on Nov 1st and let’s fun begins…. Josh
2011 Challenger: Emily R. Gillis
Em making faces at SPX 2011
Greetings! My name is Em (or M for the particularly lazy typist).  I work as a graphic designer by day and by night (and pretty much all time between work and sleeping) I work on my webcomic, Jikoshia, as half of comic creation team that is Wayward Studios.  I just published my first comic (chapter one of Jikoshia), which made its debut at Small Press Expo this year, and am working on getting my next one ready for Katsucon.  In addition to Jikoshia, I am developing two other  fantasy/adventure stories tentatively named Storm and The Game.
Last year, I thought I’d give this challenge a try, but flunked out. Â With two new stories in need of a cast, I have high hopes for this year’s challenge.
2011 Challenger: James Riot
Ahoy-hoy, I’m James Riot. I’m an illustrator and comic creator living in southern California. I founded a small press studio called Old Dying Kitty and currently self publish two of my own comics, The Path and Bastard Who. Most of my work is horror/sci-fi-related, and I rather like it that way. Never a dull moment and a wide berth of influences to draw from. I’ve had artwork published by both Marvel Comics and Dark Horse, and am currently doing sketch cards for The Avengers movie and Marvel Beginnings 2 through Upper Deck.
I found out about the 30 Character Challenge completely by chance, and I wish I’d known about it last year as well. It sounds like a great exercise, and a lot of fun to boot! I’ve successfully finished the last two 24hr Comic Day challenges, and I’m hoping to get through this one as well…though it definitely sounds a bit more daunting. Â Looks like a lot of talented small plress folks are entering, so the results should be pretty awesome all around.
That’s about it. I never know what to say in things like this, so good luck everyone!
-James Riot
 
 
2011 Challenger: Shannel Gaddy
Hello, I’m Shannel. I’m a recent graduate of The art Institute of Tampa, and I’m a storyboard artist and illustrator. I actually stumbled onto the 30 Day challenge a few months back when I saw a tumblr post of someone who completed all 30 drawing last year. It seems really fun and a greatway to get a few good (and bad XD) ideas out and on paper.
Here’s an old drawing of mine. I want to start doing a bit more characters since I mostly domore realistic drawings. I will also probably try out drawing these characters in different ways/styles; try to really loosen me up some.
2011 Challenger: Kristin Bowles
Hey there, people-who-are-reading-this!
I’m Kristin Bowles. I’ve got a fancy-schmancy website (www.kristinbowles.com), a fancy-schmancy blog (www.kristinkreates.wordpress.com), and a fancy-schmancy degree (BFA in Game Art & Design).
As a recent graduate from the Art Institute of Tampa, I’ve managed to network with a whole bunch of cool people, several of which showed this event to me, and at least one of which told me I’d better participate, or else.
That aside, I used to draw random characters all the time. Y’know, before I went to college, back in the days when I had time. And I’d like to get back to doing it, and having time.  And I need a huge kick in my drawing butt. So, here I am. Woo!
Tyler James instructed me to put up some pictures. So, here you go.
- Whoa, it’s my logo!Â
- Ugh, it’s me. Sums things up pretty well, anyway.
And here are some tiny thumbnails of some stuff that’s decent enough for me to share!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Oh, and some stuff I plan to do, or at least I’m mulling over in my brain:
- using a random word generator
- revisiting old character designs and improving them
- using a predetermined list of theme words (including months, seasons, and holidays)
- drawing more men, because all I seem to draw are ladies!
2011 Challenger Dan Monroe
 Though most people know me as Dragonbrush, my real name is Dan Monroe.  I am the creator  of the webcomic Ye Gawds! which is about the adventures of Thor, Morrigan and Hercules who  are thrown across the Universe to a strange planet.  There they must unravel a mystery of epic  proportions.  I have been an artist my entire life, having been published by the age of twelve,  and attending art school, then teaching at a University, selling paintings in art galleries,  teaching some more, then drawing every day.  Along with drawing the adventures of a mythic  trio, I am also involved in illustrating a series of childrens books written by Dustin Warburton  and Kostya Tszyu, the former welterweight champion of the world.
I first heard about the thirty day challenge on twitter, I think I found out about it last year  after it was all over and thought to myself that it looked like great fun.  So, this year I made  sure to sign up as soon as I saw the opportunity.
I can be found on twitter: @dragonbrush
My webcomic Ye Gawds! can be found here: Ye Gawds!
2011 Challenger: Corey Davies
hey guys/gals/other,
I’m Corey, I’m 16 and English (I also enjoy long walks on the beach and having fun…sorry, couldn’t help myself), since May I’ve been posting a comic over at my site, the feedback I’ve got has been positive so far, so it looks like it’s going to be sticking around for the foreseeable future. I’ve started moving my comic from a random to a story based comic recently so I reckon this’ll be a good way of getting my creativity going. I’m also fairly new to drawing people (which has been annoying in the comic let me tell you) and my skills have improved massively since I started out but I’m thinking that this will help me work on improving myself further, hope to talk to some of you later
-Corey
2011 Challenger: Ben Ivey
Hi there. I’m a 27 year old graphic designer living and working in Mississippi. In addition to overseeing the graphic design needs of these guys, I also teach a weekly illustration class for these folks. Even though I’ve worked on a few publications and I dabble in fine art from time to time, I don’t consider myself an full-time illustrator. I just love art. I love making things and learning about the process along the way.
The first thing I teach my students is to practice what you love every day. I can’t teach something if I don’t do it myself. That’s what attracted me to the 30-Day Challenge. This will give me the opportunity to focus my skills on one task. Maybe, by the end, I’ll have learned something.
I’m a big fan of mixing digital with traditional techniques. So expect to see a variety of styles, software, and media used to create my characters. Along the way, I’ll try to document my process.
You can find me here. But I hang out here most often.
2011 Challenger: John Graham
Hi everyone, my name is John Graham and I live in central Pennsylvania. While I have a somewhat normal job, my true passion is writing in a variety of forms. I have published children’s books that I enjoy reading at local schools and organizations, I’ve written a couple of comic books that you haven’t heard of….yet, and I like writing short stories for the more mature folks out there.
I’m going to be honest with you, I can’t draw. When I saw the post for this challenge, it didn’t occur to me that it would involve drawing of any type, so I’ll be a little behind the curve. I’ve decided to stick it out because the idea of creating 30 characters in 30 days intrigues me and I want to see if I can do it. I have recently come up with a cool idea for a Young Adult novel series and I will need characters galore, so what better way to start out than discovering a ton of characters hiding in my brain.
Another great reason for jumping at this challenge is to hang with a variety of great artists using a variety of styles, so I’m excited to see what comes from it. As a writer and self publisher, I am dependent on great artists to bring my visions to life, so I like to see what’s out there. I don’t want to bore you with a super long bio, so if you want to know a little more about me, my work, or how I try to help creative people, please leave a message on this post or visit my two websites: www.nosweetsforsanta.com and www.FIGIDPress.com.
Best of luck to you all!
2011 Challenger: Sarah Clark
Hi Guys!
My name is Sarah and I’m a professional illustrator and animator working in the Bay Area. I have a lot of artistic interests ranging from digital and traditional illustration, mask making, costume design, and sculpture, but the thread that holds as these interests together is my desire to create compelling and exciting stories and characters. I’m really excited about the 30 Characters Challenge because I’m looking for a good kick in the pants to jump start my personal practice, and I’m looking for an opportunity to start pumping out ideas for a children’s book that I’m developing. I’m also excited about getting to work in conjunction with a community of other passionate artists, and I’m interested in putting more of my work out online for the world to see. You find out more about me and see more of my work online at:
My personal website: www.sarahclarkart.com
My (currently on hold) 3D webcomic: www.robotsin3d.com
Twitter: @sjeanetteclark
2011 Challenger: Zoë Kirk-Robinson
Zoë and some of her characters
Greetings, mortals!
I am Zoë Kirk-Robinson, who some of you might know from my daily chats on Twitter; or maybe even from The Webcomics Company Podcast.
I draw two daily comics, The Life of Nob T. Mouse (which is 15 years old in December!) and All Over the House plus I will be re-launching Ink Proof Cannon as a third daily comic in November. It’s going to be an epic drawing fest!
I’ve been looking forward to this year’s 30 Characters Challenge because I haven’t drawn nearly enough wacky things this year and I need to beef up my quota. Last year I got about half way through the challenge before failing it but this year I want to push on, get to the finish line and do a funky dance of joy.
Oh, and I’m also doing NaNoWriMo this year, so expect a few of my drawings to be of characters I’m going to introduce in that novel. Yay for merging projects!
I’m going to stop writing now because if I don’t, I’ll end up ranting about stuff you don’t want to know about. I rant almost daily over at my blog, so if you really want to read this drivel, go there. 🙂
See you at the starting line with pencils at the ready! 😀
2011 Challenger: Jande Rowe
Hi all. I’m the author of the online graphic novel “Aedre’s Firefly“. This will be my second year of doing this challenge. On Twitter I’m @EccentricOrbits. Do say hello.
Of the thirty characters I created last year, I have only just introduced one of them to my storyline. But what the heck. The world always needs more characters, right?
Since having a medical problem with my eyes, I’ve started drawing in a more simplified style, sticking to black and white mostly except for covers. Also I won’t have time to do detailed storylines like last year.
Looking forward to seeing what everyone creates this year!
Colour Cover for "Aedre's Firefly Chapt. VI: Awakenings"
2011 Challenger – Jose A. Gonzalez
Hello. My name is Jose Gonzalez, and I’ve been drawing since I was a baby, but just got more serious with it, a two or three years ago. It is not what I do for a living, but you never know. I just let my passion for drawing take over some times. I like sharing with online art communities.
Last year I missed entering the 30 Character Challenge, but played along “underground”. Learned a lot, and had an excellent educational experience. More importantly, had loads of fun, and at the other end of the journey I feel like I stepped up a level.
You can usually find me on twitter, as @gonzalexx. The Mad Scientist’s Art Laboratory, Impulsive Sketching Journal, and most of your common haunts (using gonzalexx as a handle most everwhere online)..
hello cyber world
My name is Derail Howery. I love to draw. I enjoy trying to tell a story when I have a chance. I’m so happy and thrill to be in this wonderful fun event. I did the 24 hour comic this year and it was a blast. This is my first time doing the 30 character challenge and it want be the last with the grace of god. I want to keep this creative energy going and keep challenging myself. I really hope to meet so cool people and see some wonderful art work. I’m ready to get this party started. one….
2011 Challenger: Carlos Cuesta Dolz
Hey there! I’m Carlos Cuesta, a comic artist and illustrator from Valencia, Spain. My main webcomic is Odiolitos (in Spanish, mind…), which stars my two cats Musi and Nina and myself. I have been meaning to enter 30 characters for a couple years, but never got the confidence to go for it, so I’m really excited to get started this year.
I’m a huge fan of drawing animals, so you can expect plenty of animal- based designs from me. I’m also thinking of organizing my characters into groups to make things easier in case I run out of ideas. 
2011 Challenger:Travis Surber
I’m Travis Surber,Creator of the webcomic Hainted Holler which updates 5 days a week,and follows Southern Geeks in a Redneck town.I was attracted to the Challenge because I’m constantly drawing or writing down strange little characters and ideas.Since I started the webcomic a lot of these ideas have made their way into various strips,but more than a few still rattle around in my head.For me this is a chance to give them physical form while stretching my abilities as a self-taught cartoonist.My style tends to be loose and cartoony,but I’m going to be trying out some new ideas,giving people a first look at NEW characters for the strip,and just random general silliness.
And as if maintaining a M-F webcomic and the challenge wasn’t enough,my first child was born recently as well,so extra challenge as well.
Webcomic:Â http://www.haintedholler.com/
DeviantArt:Â http://hainted.deviantart.com/
2011 Challenger: David R. Vallejo
Hello
My name is David, aka graphiteman. Â I am an artist who is interested in way too many things. Â My current art projects are portrait commissions, religious paintings and pursuing illustration (mostly editorial). Â I’m also kicking around several graphic novel ideas. Â To supplement my income, I also do a bit of art instruction with grade schools.
I’m not sure where I fist heard of the 30 Characters Challenge, but I recently came across it on Twitter and thought it would be a good feat to take on. Â I’m always looking into challenging myself and have participated in several online challenges, such as Illustration Friday, 30 Days of Creativity, and Everyday in May. Â I find these challenges get my creative juices going and help build my portfolio. Â The kind of stuff you might expect from me will be characters that will be used in a novel writing contest challenge http://www.nanowrimo.org/Â that I will be taking on at the same time during the month of November. Â So as if designing 30 characters wasn’t enough, I will be writing an at least 50,000 word novel by November 30th that uses all 30 characters. Â I don’t think I’ll be getting much sleep in November.
You can find my work on my website:
and my very current art projects on my blog:
http://tactilblog.blogspot.com/
While you’re at it, you can also ‘LIKE’ my fan page:
http://www.facebook.com/davidrvallejoillustration
Look forward to seeing all the interesting characters for this year’s challenge.
Peace!
2011 Challenger – Ran Brown
Hello! My name is Ran Brown, and I am a freelance Illustrator/Graphic Designer/Cartoonist working out of my home in Ontario, Canada.
I’m the illustrator and webmaster behind the webcomic The End (currently on hiatus for the next week and a half while I am deeply involved in  making one of my best friends’ weddings awesome), the illustrator/writer for Strike The Earth!, which is a webcomic about Dwarf Fortress, and a member of the fairly new (but still awesome) collective called Open Fire!. You can also find my portfolio here, or follow me on Google+ or Twitter.
Last year I participated in this challenge, but only made it 14 characters in. I think my main issue, aside from time, was that I was focusing on making quality pieces and getting lost in that versus focusing on the actual design aspect of the challenge. I hope to remedy this and actually finish this year by doing most (if not all) of my entries in the style of the self-portrait to the left of this text. Yeah, they’re muppet-tastic, but I’ve used this method to redesign a bunch of characters for later chapters of The End with some pretty great success so far. There’s something about the simplicity and lack of lines that’s let me put together some really neat designs and focus on colours and shapes and asymmetry that how I traditionally work just can’t do.
Click for a more detailed view!
Anyhow, I’m really excited about the challenge this year. I’ve got a lot of ideas that I’ve done precisely no design work for, as well as characters for The End that I need to design but haven’t even started on as of yet. Â I very rarely get to work on things that aren’t The End, and the thought of being able to do some work on some ideas that have really taken the back-burner in my brain sounds so, so awesome.
Good luck, all! Can’t wait to see your entries!
2011 Challenger: Melanie Dawn McGreevey
Hello! My Name is Melanie Dawn McGreevey, and i am so excited to actually give another shot at the 30 in 30 challenge, I didn’t quite make it last year. 🙁  I did enjoy every minute of the creative process, and seeing what other people have come up with.  This promises to be (at least for for me a self exploration).
  You see, since last year i have been creating and “publishing” my own webcomic; Beautiful Tragedy.  While not completely autobiographical, it has helped me as Tyler helped me grasp many moons ago, “The story i HAD to tell”.  In the interest of full disclosure, and the fact that i am an open book, you see, I am a male to female transsexual.  Two years in to transition,a nd have been living full time as the person i was supposed to be born as for well over a year.  The life i live, and the predjudices people like me face is not easy, and very few understand what it’s like.  I won’t get all preachy here, i do that enough on my FB page.
Anyway, I look forward to the 30 in 30 challenge, and can’t wait to get started! Â Good luck to all of you. Â And to anyone reading this who is not in the challenge… what wrong with you!? just try it!
Melanie Dawn
2011 Challenger Barry Linck
Barry Linck has been producing and publishing comic books for 3 decades. As writer, artist and creator, he has continued to produce his fan favorite Phineus: Magician for Hire and Gil: The Walking Dead (or Vampires Suck), a monthly comic strip. Barry served as artist on Khozyain Protocol, and contributed artwork for The Creators and Reverie. Barry collaborated with Brian Babyok on such titles as Pan, Phineus: The Glamour, and Dark Time. An avid fan of role playing games, Barry co-created Backwaters of Mysticism with John Burris. Barry currently is doing the art chores on the webcomic Weirdlings and working on his third volume of Phineus: Magician for Hire and Creephunter & The Pocket Pulp Project with Mike Wood all while raising a family in Pittsburgh. I hope to some day sell out and have really bad Saturday morning cartoons of my stuff.
I was attracted to the challenge because of how much comics I do. With that many comics, you need a lot of characters!
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