Val Semeiks

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Val Semeiks
BornValdis Semeiks
February 5, 1955
Area(s)Penciller, inker
Notable works
Conan the Barbarian
The Demon
Lobo
DC One Million

Valdis "Val" Semeiks (

comic book artist who has mostly worked for DC Comics and Marvel Comics
.

Biography

Val Semeiks was born in the U.S. to Latvian parents.

Semeiks graduated from college with degrees in

The Savage Sword of Conan, which ultimately led to him becoming the monthly artist on Conan the Barbarian, allowing him to leave his day job and forge a fulltime career as a comics artist.[1]

He is perhaps best known for his next major credits, long runs on both The

2000 AD crossover title Lobo/Judge Dredd: Psycho-Bikers vs. The Mutants From Hell. (As part of the 1996 DC vs. Marvel event, the DC and Marvel Universes briefly combined to form the Amalgam Universe. Alan Grant and Semeiks were reunited in 1997 to produce a comic as part of the Amalgam Comics line, when Val drew the all-too-brief adventures of "Lobo the Duck", where he demonstrated his versatility with a much more cartoon
-like approach to the artwork.)

Returning briefly to Marvel, Semeiks was reunited with his first editor โ€“

WildC.A.T.S., DC One Million,[3] and the 1999 limited series Superman's Nemesis: Lex Luthor with writer David Michelinie
.

Semeiks also drew 2 Batman stories penned by Dwayne McDuffie in 2002 and 2003 for Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight (in issues #156-158) and (issues #164-167).

In 2006, he helped wrap up the second volume of

Flash, illustrating issues #227-230. He contributed to Marvel's relaunch of Web of Spider-Man in 2009.[4]

He has also worked on non-Superhero projects including cartoon work for

Icewind Dale Trilogy
in three comicbook mini-series (Crystal Shard, Streams of Silver and Halfling's Gem).

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Semeiks' website: About Val Semeiks Archived 2008-01-28 at the Wayback Machine. Accessed March 18, 2008
  2. ISBN 978-0-7566-6742-9. Etrigan returned for a new series in July [1990] entitled The Demon, by writer Alan Grant and artist Val Semeiks. {{cite book}}: |first2= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link
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  3. ^ Manning "1990s" in Dolan, p. 285: "Grant Morrison headed back to the future with the crossover event DC One Million, a glimpse into the future world of the 853rd century...Drawn by Val Semeiks, this four-issue miniseries spun off into a series of specials, each with a cover number of #1,000,000."
  4. ^ http://marvel.com/catalog/?id=13044 [dead link]

External links

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