Larry Stroman

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Larry Stroman
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Larry Stroman is an American

The Uncanny X-Men, X-Factor, Ghost Rider (vol. 2) and Punisher, as well as work for other companies, such as DC Comics' Darkstars and Dark Horse Comics' The Mark. He briefly published a creator-owned series called The Tribe with Image Comics
in the early 1990s.

Career

Peter David and Larry Stroman at a comic book signing for X-Factor in the early 1990s.

Stroman was interested in comic books from a very young age; until he could afford to buy them himself he would read comics handed down to him from his brother or loaned from friends.

draftsman, before moving to New York City and working as a portrait artist for a few years.[1]

While working on comics, Stroman prefers the

Marvel method of creation. To avoid pacing problems at the end of a comic (due to running low on space), he would draw the last few pages of each story immediately after drawing the first page, drawing the middle pages last.[1]

Stroman's earliest work in the American comic book industry was in 1985, when he illustrated back-up stories in

Fleetway-Quality. These jobs sometimes consisted of sharing art contributions with other artists on certain issues, such as drawing a small number of pages of Uncanny X-Men #273 and providing spot illustration for the reference series Who's Who in the DC Universe
#9, both of which were published in 1991.

That same year, following the "Muir Island Saga" storyline that altered the status quo of the X-Men family of books, the series X-Factor embarked in a new direction, with a new cast and storyline, on which Stroman joined writer Peter David. Initially he was brought on as a fill-in artist, but was soon offered X-Factor as a regular assignment and given approval to redesign the characters' costumes and overall appearance as he saw fit.[1] Stroman was the regular artist on the series from issue 71 to issue 81. Following the end of his run on that title, he drew a number of other books, such as Wolverine, Punisher and Darkstars.

In 1993, Stroman and writer

Axis Comics to continue publication of Tribe, but the company closed after publishing only nine issues. In a press release, Stroman cited a change in his working relationship with Johnson, and "increased production costs, creator apathy, and unforeseen market factors."[3]

Stroman's subsequent work in the 1990s included illustrating WildC.A.T.s: Covert Action Teams Annual #1 for

X-Men: The Early Years, Excalibur and Heroes Reborn: Iron Man
.

Stroman's 2000s work includes various installments of the recurring

X-Men: The Times and Life of Lucas Bishop miniseries, and Thunderbolts
#144, both in 2009.

Notes

  1. ^
    Fictioneer Books
    . pp. 24โ€“33.
  2. ISBN 978-1-893905-71-9
    .
  3. ^ Benton, John (July 1994). "Axis Comics Gets the Ax: Larry Stroman Announces Axis to Be Dissolved". Hero Illustrated. pp. 17โ€“19.
  4. ^ "X-Factor Week: Larry Stroman Returns" Marvel Comics, March 12, 2008

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