Richard Bruning

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Richard Bruning
Born (1953-02-07) February 7, 1953 (age 71)
United States
NationalityAmerican
Area(s)Graphic designer, cartoonist, editor, writer
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Richard Bruning (born February 7, 1953)

comics creator
.

Biography

In 1979, Richard Bruning opened a

Capital Comics, he was editor-in-chief and art director for such publications as Nexus, Badger and Whisper until the company ceased operation in 1984.[citation needed
]

After a year of

Shattered Visage.[2] He designed the branding of and logo design for DC's Vertigo (comics) mature-readers imprint. [citation needed] He also oversaw the development and packaging of graphic novels and DC's first collected editions.[2]

In 1990, he left DC to form

King Features
.

He returned to DC full-time in 1996 as vice president-creative director. He was promoted to senior vice-president in 2002.[2] He helped create DC's new company logo, known colloquially as the DC Spin, in 2005.[3] In 2010, Bruning left DC to return to freelancing with a primary focus on cartooning.

During 2016 he wrote and drew a twice-weekly online comic strip called "Bob! the Presidential Atheist" which dealt with politics, atheism and social issues.[citation needed]

Starting in 2017, he became art director[citation needed] for Berger Books, an imprint of Dark Horse Comics headed by his wife, Karen Berger.[4]

Beginning in 2020 he became art director, designer & letterer for Lapid Children's Books.

Personal life

Bruning is married to former-DC Comics senior vice president-Vertigo executive editor Karen Berger.[5]

Writing

In 1990, Bruning wrote the

Eisner-nominated Best Short Story[citation needed] "Electric China Death" for Gangland #4, with pencilling and coloring by Mark Chiarello
, collected in book form in 2000.

Bibliography

As writer

References

  1. ^ 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. In print issue #1650 (February 2009), p. 107
  2. ^ a b c Weiland, Jonah (July 31, 2003). "Richard Bruning promoted at DC" (Press release). Comic Book Resources. Retrieved March 18, 2008.
  3. ^ Brady, Matt (May 11, 2005). "Richard Bruning on designing a new DC logo". Newsarama. Archived from the original on December 6, 2008. Retrieved July 29, 2008.
  4. ^ Arrant, Chris (February 17, 2017). "Vertigo Founder Karen Berger Launching Her Own Book Imprint". Archived from the original on September 17, 2018. Retrieved May 7, 2020.
  5. ^ MacDonald, Heidi (February 18, 2010). "Chains of command unfolding at DC". The Beat. Archived from the original on February 21, 2010. Retrieved February 18, 2010.

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