Howard Porter (artist)

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Howard Porter
NationalityAmerican
Notable works
JLA
The Flash
[1]

Howard Porter is an American

comic book artist
from southern Connecticut.

Education

Howard Porter graduated from

Paier College of Art in Connecticut where he majored in illustration. One of his teachers there was Frank McLaughlin. McLaughlin also worked as a comic book inker
and he began to give Porter work assisting him in his inking jobs which led Porter to assist other inkers and eventually find work for himself in the industry.

Biography

The cover to The Flash #225, cover art by Howard Porter.

Porter worked as a

Justice League of America relaunch, JLA (1997–2000), with writer Grant Morrison and inker John Dell.[1]

Porter temporarily left comics to work in

banking, doing graphic design work for Credit Suisse First Boston. He left that job in 2003 to open an artists' studio with comics artist Ron Garney. Porter returned to comics that year with a six-issue run of Marvel Comics' Fantastic Four
, reuniting with writer Waid.

In July 2004, Porter signed a two-year exclusive contract with DC, and began as regular penciller of The Flash, with writer Geoff Johns and inker John Livesay.

In 2006, DC announced Porter would pencil the

Magog for the series' first ten issues, before being replaced by Scott Kolins.[4]

As of 2016, Howard Porter is still drawing for DC Comics, with recent works including Superman Beyond, Justice League 3000, Superman and Scooby-Doo.

In September 2014, Porter was the artist put forward by DC to create the poster and key art for the UFC 181 MMA fight event. Porter - a huge fan of the UFC - created art featuring the main four fighters on the UFC 181 card as superheroes.[5]

Bibliography

Notes

  1. ISBN 978-0-7566-6742-9. JLA #1 hit the stands, enthralling readers with its compelling, fast-paced story by writer Grant Morrison, and showcasing the art of talented relative newcomer Howard Porter. {{cite book}}: |first2= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link
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  2. ^ a b Off the DL: The Return of Howard Porter, Newsarama, October 1, 2008
  3. ^ Segura, Alex (January 19, 2010). "The FIRST WAVE expands in April". The Source. DC Comics.com. Retrieved January 19, 2010.
  4. ^ "Scott Kolins Talks "Magog"". Comicbookresources.com. 24 May 2010. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
  5. ^ "UFC teams up with DC Comics for special poster promoting UFC 181 | FOX Sports". Archived from the original on 2016-06-17. Retrieved 2016-05-23.

References

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