Chris Samnee
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Chris Samnee is an American comic book artist. He received the 2011
Early life
Chris Samnee grew up in De Soto, a nearby suburb of
Samnee was about 10 years old when he realized he wanted to produce comics for a living. He convinced his parents to drive him an hour and a half to the airport Holiday Inn, where local comics conventions were held, and where he would bombard writers and artists with questions on how to produce comics and break into the industry. One particularly helpful creator was Conan artist Mike Doherty, who advised him on what to draw, and gave him some 11 x 14 Marvel Comics illustration board to draw on. Samnee was so in awe of holding professional board with the Marvel logo printed on it that he could not bring himself to draw on it, and in a 2013 interview, indicated that he still had it.[6]
Career
Samnee was 15 when his first work was published, art for an eight-page
While he was still working at Borders, he signed a contract to do a graphic novel for
In 2009 Samnee drew a story written by
In 2010, Nate Cosby offered Samnee the art duties on the all-ages book
In 2012, Samnee drew , beginning with issue #12. He continued on that series until issue #36 and both he and Waid remained as creative team when Marvel relaunched that series with a new #1 issue in April 2014.
In 2019, it was announced that Samnee would co-create Fire Power with Robert Kirkman.[7] The ongoing series launched in July 2020 with a prelude volume[8] and proceeded to a monthly format in August 2020.[9]
In 2021, Samnee launched a creator-owned fantasy series titled Jonna and the Unpossible Monsters, co-written with his wife, Laura Samnee, and drawn by Samnee himself, and published by Oni Press.[10]
Techniques and materials
Samnee uses 300 series two-ply Strathmore
Personal life
In June 2013 Samnee took a
Awards and nominations
- 2011 Harvey Award for Most Promising New Talent (for Thor: The Mighty Avenger)[1]
- 2013
- 2021 Inkwell Awards All-in-One Award[3][4]
Nominations
- 2006 Russ Manning Most Promising Newcomer Award (for Capote in Kansas)[5]
- 2011 Harvey Award for Best Artist (for Thor: The Mighty Avenger)[1]
- 2011 Harvey Award for Best New Series (for Thor: The Mighty Avenger)[1]
- 2013 National Cartoonist Society Award for Comic Books (for Daredevil)[12]
References
- ^ The Harvey Awards. 2011. Retrieved May 31, 2015.
- ^ U-T San Diego.
- ^ a b First Comic News - 2021 INKWELL AWARDS VOTING RESULTS
- ^ a b 2021 Winners - Inkwell Awards Official Site
- ^ a b c "The Russ Manning Most Promising Newcomer Award". Hahn Library Comic Book Awards Almanac. Retrieved May 31, 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Chris Samnee: The Devil is in the Details, Part 1" Archived 2018-07-07 at the Wayback Machine. Toucan: The Official Blog. May 31, 2013.
- ^ "'Walking Dead' Creator Robert Kirkman Announces Martial Arts Comic 'Fire Power'". The HollywoodReporter. December 12, 2019. Archived from the original on 2021-05-20. Retrieved May 20, 2021.
- ^ "Fire Power by Kirkman & Samnee, Volume 1: Prelude". Image Comics. Retrieved July 6, 2020.
- ^ "Fire Power by Kirkman & Samnee". Image Comics. Retrieved July 6, 2020.
- ^ "Feral children and fantasy worlds: Chris & Laura Samnee's Jonna and the Unpossible Monsters". GamesRadar+. February 8, 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-02-08. Retrieved April 26, 2021.
- Toucan: The Official Blog. June 7, 2013. Archived from the originalon June 11, 2013. Retrieved April 26, 2021.
- ^ "2013 NCS Divisional Nominees!". National Cartoonists Society. Retrieved May 31, 2015.
External links
- Official website
- Chris Samnee at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)