Brent Anderson

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Brent Eric Anderson (b. 1955) is an American comic book artist.

1 Biography
2 Career
- 2.1 Astro City
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Biography

Brent Anderson was born on June 15, 1955 in San Jose, California. Growing up, his favorite comics (when he was allowed to read them) included Archie, Stumbo the Giant, Hot Stuff, and Dennis the Menace. His mother favored him reading classical children's literature.

In junior high school Brent discovered the wonderful pantheon of characters in Marvel Comics. The Fantastic Four were his favorite. "They were a family who had super-powers and helped each other out. I wanted to be part of a family like that," he says. Brent began writing and drawing his own comics on school binder paper, creating a pantheon of his own that included Radium the Robot and the Chameleon.

[edit] Career

His professional career took off in 1979. Ka-Zar The Savage, written by Bruce Jones, was his first regular series. The X-Men graphic novel "God Loves, Man Kills" followed. Since then he has created an impressive list of notable series, including the innovative cinematic comic, Somerset Holmes, the heroic space-opera, Strikeforce Morituri, his co-creation (with writer Kurt Busiek and cover artist Alex Ross), the award-winning Astro City and Spinworld.

[edit] Astro City

He is currently the regular artist on Kurt Busiek's Astro City, having just completed Astro City: The Dark Age Book Two, a four-issue story arc for DC/Wildstorm and J. Michael Straczynski's Rising Stars: Untouchable spin-off series covering the life story of Laurel Darkhaven, Special assassin, written by Fiona Avery. Work continues on a 200-plus page graphic novel, Jar of Ashes, written by Shirley Johnston.

Brent's work is well known for its focus on character. "My greatest joy in drawing comics comes when I've added nuance to a character with just the right expression and illustrated a scene that captures the perfect moment of mood. When the characters come to life I feel alive. That's why I've dedicated my professional life to creating comics."^[1]