J. David Spurlock
| J. David Spurlock | |
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 Spurlock in 2015 | |
| Born | November 18, 1959 Memphis, Tennessee |
| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Writer, Penciller, Editor |
Jess David Spurlock (born November 18, 1959) is an author, illustrator, editor, and artist's-rights advocate best known as the founder of Vanguard Productions, a publisher of art books, graphic novels, and prints.
Early life
J. David Spurlock was born on November 18, 1959, in
Career
He has taught art at
As a
Spurlock founded Vanguard Productions in 1993,
In an article on the Fort Worth, Texas, comics artist Pat Boyette, Don Mangus, who assisted Spurlock during this time, wrote of the early Vanguard comics that,
David was showcasing top-flight magazine illustrators and comic book talents in his Tales from the Edge comic book title[, in which he] either reprinted underexposed, hard-to-find 'gems', or debuted intensely personal (and thus unseen in the staid, traditional illustration markets) projects that the creators were eager to see displayed for public distribution. The initial concept ... was to combine the modern, cutting-edge illustrators such as Barron Storey, Marshall Arisman, Bill Sienkiewicz, George Pratt, etc., legends in the editorial realm of magazine illustration, with the more traditional and mainstream graphic storytelling by comic book veterans such as Pat Boyette, Wally Wood, and Howard Nostrand (often through reprints). Bridging this mix was to be David Spurlock's own quasi-retro, 1950s-styled space-western [feature], "Rick Montana, Space Cowboy", which he would draw in a genre-appropriate [Al] Williamson/'Fleagle'-homage art style.[12]
Philanthropic works
Spurlock co-created the Wally Wood Scholarship Fund with Wood's brother, Glenn Wood, for students of the School of Visual Arts.[13][14] In a joint venture with Marvel Comics and Diamond Comic Distributors, Vanguard Productions in 2002 sponsored artist Jim Steranko's "The Spirit of America" benefit print,[15] created to fund an art scholarship "for victims of anti-American terrorism".[16]
In 2008, Spurlock, with artist and publisher
Awards and nominations
Vanguard Productions'
Vanguard's Wally's World: The Brilliant Life and Tragic Death of Wally Wood, the World's Second-Best Comic Book Artist (2004), by Spurlock and Steve Sarger, was nominated for a 2007 Eisner Award for "Best Comics-Related Book".[20]
The original self-published limited edition of The Art of Nick Cardy by John Coates (Coates Publishing, 1999), which was reissued in a wider edition by Vanguard in 2001, was nominated for a 2000 Eisner Award for "Best Comics-Related Book".[21][22]
In March 2011, he was named Inkwell Awards Special Ambassador. He still holds that recognition at present.[23]
Bibliography as author, editor and/or publisher
- Steranko, Jim. Steranko: Graphic Prince of Darkness (1998)
- Spurlock, J. David, ed. The ISBN 978-1-887591-03-4
- Schumer, Arlen, compiler, The Sketch Book a.k.a. Neal Adams: The Sketch Book (1999): ISBN 978-1-887591-05-8
- Spurlock, J. David, and Bill Pearson, compilers. Wally Wood Sketchbook (2001): ISBN 978-1-887591-08-9
- ISBN 978-1-887591-12-6
- ISBN 978-1-887591-10-2
- ISBN 978-1-887591-14-0
- Coates, John. The Art of ISBN 978-1-887591-22-5. Originally Coates Publishing limited edition, 1999
- Spurlock, J. David, and ISBN 978-1-887591-19-5
- Zeno, Eddy. ISBN 978-1-887591-40-9
- Kane, Brian. ISBN 978-1-887591-25-6
- ISBN 978-1-887591-57-7
- Spurlock, J. David, and ISBN 978-1-887591-29-4
- RGK: The Art of ISBN 978-1-887591-52-2
- Sarger, Steve, and J. David Spurlock. Wally's World: The Brilliant Life and Tragic Death of ISBN 978-1-887591-80-5
- The Thrilling Comic Book Cover Art of ISBN 978-1-887591-66-9
- Spurlock, J. David, compiler. Grand Master of Adventure Art: The Drawings of ISBN 978-1-887591-61-4
- ISBN 978-1-887591-72-0
- Korshak, Stephen D. The Paintings of J. Allen St. John: Grand Master of Fantasy (2008 limited edition): ISBN 978-1-887591-88-1
- Spurlock, J. David, compiler. Mythos: Fantasy Art Realms of ISBN 978-1-887591-92-8
Footnotes
- ^ Miller, John Jackson (June 10, 2005). "Comics Industry Birthdays". Comics Buyer's Guide. Archived from the original on February 18, 2011. Retrieved December 12, 2010.
- ^ a b Spurlock, J. David "The J. David Spurlock – Edgar Rice Burroughs Connection", Volume 2195, n.d.
- ISBN 978-1-4012-1698-6
- ^ a b J. David Spurlock. Grand Comics Database
- ^ Baker, Bill. "In Praise of Great Men", Comic Book Marketplace #111 (April 2004), p. 29
- ^ Badge, Vanguard Productions, 1981 Series at the Grand Comics Database
- ^ Tales from the Edge at the Grand Comics Database
- ^ Baker, pp. 29–30
- ^ NealAdams.com: News: "Neal Adams Monsters Book Proofs Just Arrive. Wow!" Archived 2011-06-06 at the Wayback Machine, n.d.
- ^ Baker, p. 30
- ^ Vanguard Productions at the Grand Comics Database
- ^ Mangus, Don. "A Tribute to Pat Boyette", Comicartville Library, n.d., 2003. Archived 2011-05-19 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ Vanguard Productions, Wally Wood Scholarship Fund
- ^ Baker, p. 31
- ^ "The Spirit of America", Vanguard Productions, 2002. Archived 2011-07-21 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ "New York Comic Con Releases Expanded Guest List for their February Show", New York Comic Con press release, January 20, 2009, via Comic Book Resources. WebCitation archive (requires scrolldown).
- ^ Open Letter from Neal Adams & J. David Spurlock for Holocaust Survivor Archived 2013-12-05 at the Wayback Machine, ComicsBulletin.com, September 24, 2008
- ^ Independent Publisher, 2003 Independent Publisher Book Awards Results
- ^ Hahn Library, "2002 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards"
- ^ "2007 Eisner Nominations" Archived 2011-07-26 at the Wayback Machine, ComicsBeat.com, April 19. 2007
- ^ Hahn Library, "2000 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award Nominees and Winners"
- ^ Vanguard Productions, The Art of Nick Cardy page
- ^ "Inkwell Awards Ambassadors"
References
External links
Media related to J. David Spurlock at Wikimedia Commons
- J. David Spurlock at Library of Congress, with 2 library catalog records
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