Illustrators 23 - 27

27. Though born in Maryland (Jan 27, 1957), Frank Miller grew up on the East Coast. In 1978 he did drawings for "Twilight Zone" and "Spectacular Spider-Man." "Daredevil" was his first great accomplishment, which he drew and/or wrote for from '79 to the late 80s. He introduced the series "Batman: The Dark Knight Returns" and "Batman: Year One." After bouncing between Marvel and DC, Miller went to Dark Horse, then back to Marvel. He worked with Dave Gibbons on "Give Me Liberty." He's done work for the silver and small screens, including "Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot," "Spawn," and "Sin City."


26. Joe Kubert was born on Sept. 18, 1926 in New York. At 12, he was inking for "Archie," and at 16, he was working for Police Comics, Smash Comics, and Speed Comics. In '42 he started working for DC Comics. He served in the military from '50 to '52, and came home to become managing editor of publisher St. John. Working alongside brothers Norman and Leonard Maurer, he created the first 3-d comics. 23 years later he brought the Joe Kubert School of Cartooning into existence. He has penciled and inked more comics than this blog can support, and his sons Andy and Adam Kubert are both accomplished comic artists.


25. Dave Gibbons was born April 14, 1955 in the United Kingdom. Fantasy Advertiser published his work when Gibbons was only 15. A few years later he started work at Fleetway, drawing for "Judge Dredd," "Dan Dare," and "Doctor Who." He started working for DC Comics in the 80s, for titles like "Green Lantern," "The Flash," and "The Legion of Superheroes." His most famous comic is "Watchmen," written by Alan Moore. He also partnered with Frank Miller, Andy Kubert, Steve Rude, and Mike Mignola. "Beneath a Steel Sky" was a computer game he designed characters for.


24. Jim Davis was born on July 28, 1945 in Marion, Indiana. He was a farm boy with asthma, so instead of doing chores, he drew cartoons. He had the lowest GPA at Ball State University, where he majored in Art and Business. He worked for an ad company before assisting on the strip "Tumbleweeds." He had a local strip called "Gnorm Gnat," which was declined by national syndicates. His greatest achievement, "Garfield," began on June 19, 1978 in a syndicate of 41 papers. Now, Davis has his own company called Paws, Inc. and Garfield is the most widely published Sunday strip to date. Davis still works on it, with assistants, and he lives in Indiana, but he has no cats. His wife is allergic to them.


23. Tim Bradstreet was born February 16, 1967 in Maryland. He started his self-taught career directly after high school by joining Fantasmagraphics. He did illustrations for role-playing games under his tutor Steve Venters. Some of his games include Twilight 2000 and Shadowrun. Some comics he's drawn include "Star Wars," " Age of Desire," "Blade," "Punisher," and "Hellblazer." He did concept art for the movie "Blade 2." He resides in San Diego, CA.