Chuck Austen
Chuck Austen | |
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Born | Chuck Beckum |
Nationality | American |
Area(s) | Writer, Artist |
Children | 3 |
Chuck Austen (born Chuck Beckum)
Early life
Chuck Austen was born Chuck Beckum.
Career
Austen began his career as an artist in the 1980s. Due to not knowing many comics fans he developed a habit of
Subsequently he drew the first five issues for the short-lived series
Austen returned to comics in 2001, feeling burnt out after finding little success in the film and television industry. He began looking at comics again and sent samples of his art to
In 2002, Austen took over
In 2003, Austen wrote a brief run on
Also in 2003, Austen returned to
In 2004, Austen began self-publishing
In 2006, Austen wrote
Austen spent most of the 2010s working in various capacities in animation on such shows as The Cleveland Show, Steven Universe, Dawn of the Croods and The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle. Most recently, he served as the co-showrunner on She-Ra and the Princesses of Power.[3]
In 2007, Austen released his first prose novel, Like Warm Sun on Nekkid Bottoms.[42] In 2011, writing as Charles Olen Austen, he released the three-book series Pride and Nakedness, followed by Something Old, Something New in 2013.[43]
In 2020, Austen returned to comics with
Reception
During his stint at the Big Two, Austen used the expression "Seven Deadly
Influences
Austen has expressed admiration towards such comic book creators as
Techniques
Austen creates his art
Personal life
Austen is divorced.[6] He has two daughters[4] and a son.[3]
He identifies himself as humanitarian and anti-racist.[5] In Austen's view, the Republican Party discriminates against women, and he especially disliked the Bush administration.[4]
Bibliography
Early work
- Eclipse:
- Alien Encounters (as artist, anthology):
- "I Shot the Last Martian" (written by Mark Borax, in #2, 1985)
- "Another Man's Shoes" (written by Tim Burgard, in #5, 1986)
- "Freefall!" (written by Len Wein, in #6, 1986)
- "Picture Me and You" (written by Bruce Jones, in #7, 1986)
- ISBN 1-56060-036-5)
- In 2014, Marvel re-released these stories in Miracleman #7–8 (where Moore is credited as "The Original Writer") as part of the series' reprint with remastered and recolored art.
- The remastered and recolored versions of the stories are collected in Miracleman: The Red King Syndrome (hc, 224 pages, ISBN 0-7851-5464-7)
- ISBN 0-0615-3727-6)
- ISBN 0-9130-3591-2)
- Alien Encounters (as artist, anthology):
- The Badger (written by Mike Baron, First Comics):
- The Complete Badger Volume 4 (tpb, 144 pages, 2008, ISBN 1-6001-0235-2) includes:
- The Badger #20–22 (as inker on Bill Reinhold, 1987)
- The Badger #23: "Bob" (as artist, 1987)
- The Complete Badger Volume 4 (tpb, 144 pages, 2008,
- Slave Labor Graphics:
- Samurai Penguin (written by Dan Vado):
- Samurai Penguin #3–4 (as layout artist, finishes by Mark Buck (#3) and Basilio Amaro (#4), 1987)
- Samurai Penguin #5 (as letterer, 1987)
- ISBN 0-9431-5106-6)
- ISBN 1-59362-013-6)
- Sidney Mellon's Thunderskull (as artist, with Norman Felchle; co-written by Gerard Jones and Will Jacobs, one-shot, 1989)
- Samurai Penguin (written by Dan Vado):
- The Final Cycle: Part One #1–2: "Cecilia and Garrison" (as layout artist, finishes by Basilio Amaro; co-written by Mark Clegg and Charlie Boatner, co-feature, Dragon's Teeth, 1987)
- Open Season #6: "There is Stress in This Room" (as artist, written by Jim Bricker, co-feature, Renegade Press, 1988)
- Comico:
- The Trouble with Girls vol. 2 #3–7 (as inker on Tim Hamilton; co-written by Gerard Jones and Will Jacobs, 1989)
- Elementals vol. 2 #4: "Into the Belly of the Beast" (as artist, written by Bill Willingham, 1989)
- Buck Rogers Comics Module #1–2 (with Mick Gray, as inker on Frank Cirocco; co-written by Flint Dille and Buzz Dixon, TSR, 1989)
- Strips #1–12 (script and art, with issues #1–9 published by Rip Off Press in 1989–1991 and #10–12 self-published as White Buffaloein 1997)
- In 1997, White Buffaloe also began reprinting the early issues with additional material as Strips: The Special Edition, but stopped only after two issues.
- The only other publication by White Buffaloe besides the five issues of Strips was White Buffaloe HomePage, written and drawn by Austen, also in 1997.
- Hardball #1–4 (script and art, Aircel, 1991)
- Disney's The Little Mermaid #1 (as artist, written by Peter David, W. D. Publications, 1992)
- Cherry:
- Cherry's Jubilee #1: "Double Your Trouble" (as artist, written by Jim Pitts, anthology, Tundra, 1992)
- Cherry Poptart #14 (as inker, with Reed Waller; written and drawn by Larry Welz, Kitchen Sink, 1993)
- Bangs and the Gang: "Hair of the Wolf" (as artist, written by Stu Wilhelm, anthology one-shot, Shhwing Comics, 1994)
Pin-ups
- Journey: The Adventures of Wolverine MacAlistaire #6 (Aardvark-Vanaheim, 1984)
- Who's Who (DC Comics):
- Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe #21: "Sportsmaster" (1986)
- Who's Who Update '88 #2: "Midnight" (1988)
- Fantagraphics Books, 1987–1988)
- The Trouble with Girls Christmas Special (Eternity, 1991)
Covers
- Miracleman #8 (Eclipse, 1986)
- The Griffin #1 (as inker on Norman Felchle, Slave Labor Graphics, 1988)
- Fantagraphics Books, 1988)
- Lizard Lady #1, 4 (Aircel, 1991)
DC Comics
- Barbara Randall, co-feature, 1988)
- Mary Bierbaum, anthology, 1988)
- Action Comics Weekly #636–641: "Phantom Lady" (as artist, written by Len Strazewski, anthology, 1989)
- Superman:
- Superman: The Man of Steel #129: "You Can't be Everywhere at Once" (with Pascal Alixe, 2002)
- Superman vol. 2 #188: "Kicking the Dog" (with Tom Derenick, 2003)
- Superman: Metropolis #1–12 (with Danijel Žeželj and Teddy Kristiansen, 2003–2004)
- Action Comics (with Ivan Reis, Joe Prado (#819), Carlos D'Anda (#820) and Luke Ross (#821), 2004–2005) collected as:
- Superman: The Wrath of Gog (collects #814–819 and co-features from #812–813, tpb, 160 pages, 2005, ISBN 1-4012-0450-3)
- Superman: In the Name of Gog (collects #820–823, tpb, 160 pages, 2005, ISBN 1-4012-0757-X)
- Superman: The Wrath of Gog (collects #814–819 and co-features from #812–813, tpb, 160 pages, 2005,
- ISBN 1-4012-6342-9)
- ISBN 1-40120-336-1)
Marvel Comics
- Elektra vol. 2 (as artist, written by Brian Michael Bendis (#1–6) and Greg Rucka (#7–8), Marvel Knights, 2001–2002) collected as:
- Elektra: The Scorpio Key (collects #1–6, tpb, 160 pages, 2002, ISBN 0-7851-0843-2)
- Ultimate Collection: Elektra by Greg Rucka (includes #7–8, tpb, 384 pages, 2012, ISBN 0-7851-6393-X)
- Elektra: The Scorpio Key (collects #1–6, tpb, 160 pages, 2002,
- Marvel MAX):
- U.S. War Machine #1–12 (script and art, 2001–2002) collected in U.S. War Machine: Unbound (tpb, 288 pages, 2002, ISBN 0-785-10854-8)
- U.S. War Machine 2.0 #1–3 (with Christian Moore, 2003)
- U.S. War Machine #1–12 (script and art, 2001–2002) collected in U.S. War Machine: Unbound (tpb, 288 pages, 2002,
- ISBN 1-302-90765-4)
- ISBN 0-7851-2856-5)
- The Call of Duty:
- The Call of Duty: The Brotherhood/The Wagon (tpb, 160 pages, 2003, ISBN 0-7851-0971-4) collects:
- The Call of Duty: The Brotherhood #1–6 (with David Finch, 2002–2003)
- The Call of Duty: The Wagon #1–4 (with Danijel Žeželj, 2002–2003)
- The Call #1–4 (with Patrick Olliffe, 2003)
- The Call of Duty: The Brotherhood/The Wagon (tpb, 160 pages, 2003,
- X-Men:
- Uncanny X-Men (with Ron Garney, Sean Phillips (#413–415, 428), Kia Asamiya, Philip Tan, Steve Kim (#427), Takeshi Miyazawa (#434) and Salvador Larroca, 2002–2004) collected as:
- X-Men: Unstoppable (collects #410–424, tpb, 440 pages, 2019, ISBN 1-3029-1612-2)
- Includes X-Men Unlimited #44–45 (written by Austen, art by Romano Molenaar (#44) and Pop Mhan (#45), 2003)
- X-Men: Trial of the Juggernaut (collects #425–436 and ISBN 1-3029-2037-5)
- Includes the "Animals" short story (art by Clayton Henry) from X-Men Unlimited #40 (anthology, 2003)
- Includes the "Control" short story (art by ChrisCross) from X-Men Unlimited #48 (anthology, 2003)
- ISBN 1-302-92401-X)
- Also collects New X-Men #155–156 (written by Austen, art by Salvador Larroca, 2004)
- Also collects X-Menvol. 2 #157–164 (written by Austen, art by Salvador Larroca, 2004)
- X-Men: Unstoppable (collects #410–424, tpb, 440 pages, 2019,
- X-Men 2: The Movie Adaptation (tpb, 144 pages, 2003, ISBN 0-7851-1162-X) includes:
- X-Men 2 Movie Prequel: Wolverine (with Karl Kerschl, one-shot, 2003)
- X-Men 2 Movie Adaptation (with Patrick Zircher, one-shot, 2003)
- Exiles (with Clayton Henry and Jim Calafiore, 2003–2004) collected as:
- Ultimate Collection: Exiles Volume 2 (includes #26–30, tpb, 440 pages, 2009, ISBN 0-7851-3888-9)
- Includes the "Dark and Scary Things" short story (art by Skottie Young) from X-Men Unlimited #41 (anthology, 2003)
- Ultimate Collection: Exiles Volume 3 (includes #38–40 and 43–45, tpb, 496 pages, 2009, ISBN 0-7851-3889-7)
- Ultimate Collection: Exiles Volume 2 (includes #26–30, tpb, 440 pages, 2009,
- Uncanny X-Men (with Ron Garney, Sean Phillips (#413–415, 428), Kia Asamiya, Philip Tan, Steve Kim (#427), Takeshi Miyazawa (#434) and Salvador Larroca, 2002–2004) collected as:
- Guard Force (with Ben Lai, promotional giveaway one-shot packaged with the Daring Eagleboard game, 2003)
- Eden's Trail #1–5 (with Steve Uy, 2003)
- Captain America vol. 4 (scripted by Austen from plots by John Ney Rieber, art by Trevor Hairsine and Jae Lee, Marvel Knights, 2003) collected as:
- The Extremists (includes #8–11, tpb, 120 pages, 2003, ISBN 0-7851-1102-6)
- Ice (collects #12–16, tpb, 128 pages, 2003, ISBN 0-7851-1103-4)
- Marvel Knights: Captain America Volume 1 (includes #8–16, tpb, 408 pages, 2016, ISBN 0-7851-9633-1)
- The Extremists (includes #8–11, tpb, 120 pages, 2003,
- 411 #1: "Blow Up" (co-written by Austen and Bill Jemas, art by Phil Winslade, anthology, 2003)
- The Eternal #1–6 (with Kev Walker, Marvel MAX, 2003–2004)
- Tutenstein (with Ron Lim, promotional giveaway one-shot, 2004)
- , 2004) collected as:
- Lionheart of Avalon (collects #77–81, tpb, 120 pages, 2004, ISBN 0-7851-1338-X)
- Once an Invader (collects #82–84, tpb, 152 pages, 2004, ISBN 0-7851-1481-5)
- Includes New Invaders #0 (co-written by Austen and Allan Jacobsen, art by C. P. Smith, 2004)
- Includes
- Lionheart of Avalon (collects #77–81, tpb, 120 pages, 2004,
Other publishers
- ISBN 1-5824-0731-2)
- WorldWatch #1–3 (of 6 planned;[46] Austen is credited as "Sam Clemens" in issue #3) (with Tom Derenick, self-published as Wild and Wooly, 2004)
- bandes dessinées):
- L'infini (published in French by Les Humanoïdes Associés):
- La citadelle du vide (46 pages, 2004, ISBN 2-7316-1624-5)
- Mémoire interdite (46 pages, 2005, ISBN 2-7316-1714-4)
- Organic transfer (46 pages, 2008, ISBN 2-7316-1822-1)
- La citadelle du vide (46 pages, 2004,
- Flywires (collected in English by ISBN 1-5946-5004-7)
- L'infini (published in French by Les Humanoïdes Associés):
- ISBN 1-5981-6545-3)
- Volumes 2 and 3 were published in 2019 in eBook format.
- Volumes 2 and 3 were published in 2019 in
- Kirby and Dad (retitled Kirby and Me; script and art, webcomic, 2010–2011)
- ISBN 1-5067-2834-0)
- ISBN 0-7440-4282-8)
Filmography
- King of the Hill (storyboard artist, 1998–1999; 2007)
- Tripping the Rift (co-creator, 2004–2007)
- The Cleveland Show (assistant director, 2009–2010)
- Steven Universe (supervising producer, 2013–2014)
- Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero (director, 2015)
- Dawn of the Croods (supervising producer, 2015–2017)
- The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle (supervising producer, 2018–2019)
- She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (executive producer, 2018–2020)
- Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts (consulting producer, 2020)
- Dragons: The Nine Realms(executive producer, 2021–2022)
References
- ^ a b c d e Chuck Austen (USA). Kees Kousemaker's Lambiek Comiclopedia. Retrieved November 14, 2011.
- ^ a b Singh, Arune (February 15, 2006). "IN DEPTH WITH CHUCK AUSTEN (PART 2)". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on February 17, 2006.
- ^ a b c White, Cody (March 2, 2020). "A Dream of a Job: An Interview with Chuck Austen". ComicWatch. Archived from the original on March 14, 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g Giles, Keith (September 6, 2001). "Austen in the Machine: Chuck Austen Interview". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on December 20, 2001.
- ^ a b c d e f Singh, Arune (February 14, 2006). "IN DEPTH WITH CHUCK AUSTEN (PART ONE)". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on February 20, 2006.
- ^ ISBN 9781605490274.
- ^ "Bush: 'Leave Iraq within 48 hours'". CNN. March 17, 2003. Archived from the original on March 20, 2003.
- ^ a b Singh, Arune (March 21, 2003). "MAX Muscle: Austen talks 'War Machine 2.0' & 'The Eternal' & 'World Watch'". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on July 2, 2003.
- ^ Singh, Arune (October 22, 2002). "WELCOME TO 'UNCANNY X-MEN' CHUCK AUSTEN, HOPE YOU SURVIVE THE EXPERIENCE". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on November 10, 2002.
- ^ Constantine, Percival (April 16, 2013). "X-Men: 5 Best and 5 Worst Writers". WhatCulture!. Archived from the original on April 19, 2013.
- ^ a b c Sims, Chris (January 13, 2012). "Ask Chris #89: The Rise and Fall of Chuck Austen". ComicsAlliance. Archived from the original on January 15, 2012.
- ^ a b Dunman, Jacob (June 14, 2010). "Top 5: Chuck Austen X-Men Moments". Comicdom Wrecks. Archived from the original on April 14, 2011.
- ^ "'Graphic' Novels: 10 Shocking Superhero Hookups". Newsarama. September 21, 2011. Archived from the original on September 24, 2011.
- ^ Cornwell, Jason (June 11, 2003). "Uncanny X-Men #424". Silver Bullet Comics. Archived from the original on June 27, 2003.
- ^ Austen, Chuck (w). Uncanny X-Men #414. Marvel Comics (New York)
- ^ Austen, Chuck (w). Uncanny X-Men #417. Marvel Comics (New York)
- ^ Austen, Chuck (w). Uncanny X-Men #412. Marvel Comics (New York).
- ^ Austen, Chuck (w). Uncanny X-Men #415. Marvel Comics (New York)
- ^ Austen, Chuck (w). Uncanny X-Men #412. Marvel Comics (New York).
- ^ Austen, Chuck (w). Uncanny X-Men #410. Marvel Comics (New York).
- ^ Austen, Chuck (w). Uncanny X-Men #416. Marvel Comics (New York)
- ^ Austen, Chuck (w). Uncanny X-Men #427. Marvel Comics (New York)
- ^ Brice, Jason (July 2, 2004). "Chuck Austen Leaves Xavier's School For Gifted Youngsters". Silver Bullet Comics. Archived from the original on August 13, 2004.
- ^ Moreels, Eric (July 9, 2004). "Post MARVEL-OUS X-IT: THE CHUCK AUSTEN INTERVIEW". ComiX-Fan Forums. Archived from the original on November 19, 2004.
- ^ Austen, Chuck (w). New X-Men #155-156. Marvel Comics (New York)
- ^ Austen, Chuck (w). X-Men #157. Marvel Comics (New York)
- ^ Austen, Chuck (w). X-Men #160-163. Marvel Comics (New York)
- ^ Aronson, Michael (November 15, 2006). "Uncanny X-Men v1: Hope". Silver Bullet Comics. Archived from the original on November 30, 2006.
- UGO Entertainment. Archived from the originalon November 14, 2010.
- ^ Brady, Matt (December 19, 2002). "RIEBER OFF CAP, AUSTEN ON". Newsarama. Archived from the original on February 23, 2003.
- ^ Austen, Chuck (w). The Avengers #78. Marvel Comics (New York)
- ^ Austen, Chuck (w). The Avengers #83-85. Marvel Comics (New York).
- ^ Austen, Chuck (w). Invaders #0. Marvel Comics (New York).
- ^ Ong Pang Kean, Benjamin (March 28, 2004). "WATCHING AUSTEN'S WORLD". Newsarama. Archived from the original on April 2, 2004.
- ^ Singh, Arune (May 2, 2002). "A 'CALL' TO ARMS: BRUCE JONES DISCUSSES 'THE PRECINCT'". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on September 12, 2002.
- ^ Singh, Arune (November 15, 2002). "KEEPING IT 'REAL:' CHUCK AUSTEN, ANDI WATSON & TERRY MOORE TALK ABOUT 'NON-SPANDEX' COMICS". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on January 30, 2003.
- ^ De Blieck, Augie (July 30, 2013). "Pipeline: Revisiting Steve Uy's "Eden's Trail" and "Feather"". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on August 19, 2013.
- ^ Yarbrough, Beau (October 4, 2002). "CITY LIFE: CHUCK AUSTEN INVESTIGATES THE SECRET LIFE OF CITIES IN 'SUPERMAN: METROPOLIS'". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on October 21, 2002.
- ^ a b c Ong Pang Kean, Benjamin (July 10, 2008). "Whatever Happened to Austen's Boys of Summer?". Newsarama. Archived from the original on August 30, 2008.
- ^ Ong Pang Kean, Benjamin (June 21, 2004). "WATCHING AUSTEN'S WORLD". Newsarama. Archived from the original on June 22, 2004.
- ^ Cha, Kai-Ming (December 19, 2006). "Top Ten Manga and Manhwa for 2006". Publishers Weekly. Archived from the original on January 14, 2007.
- ^ Stout, Tim (April 6, 2011). "Q&A with Chuck Austen – Wild and Wooly Press". Archived from the original on February 1, 2012.
- ^ Austen, Chuck (22 March 2013). "My Books - Charles Olen Austen". Archived from the original on August 10, 2021.
- ^ Averdon, Jon (September 10, 2020). "Edgeworld: Chuck Austen and Patrick Olliffe Team Up for Sci-Fi Western comiXology Original". CBR.com. Archived from the original on August 10, 2021.
- ^ a b Naso, Markisan; O'Shea, Tim (April 8, 2004). "Chuck Austen: Lionheart". Silver Bullet Comics. Archived from the original on May 8, 2004.
- ^ a b Contino, Jennifer (August 17, 2003). "CHUCK AUSTEN, THE LAST INTERVIEW". COMICON.com. Archived from the original on May 27, 2006.
External links
- Chuck Austen at IMDb
- Chuck Austen at the Grand Comics Database
- Chuck Austen at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)