It's never too late to add another awesome guest to our already awesome line-up at this year's ECTCS!
And we're super excited to announce that acclaimed artist Nat Jones will be at the show doing sketches and promoting his new book '68. Nat has recently been working here in Edmonton at Guru Digitial Art College and he'll be joining his Guru cohorts in their booth at the show!
For more about Nat Jones and Guru, click the following links to visit their official sites or just keep reading!
http://www.natjones.comhttp://www.gurudigitalarts.org For more than a decade Nat Jones has worked with or for nearly every major comic book publisher in the industry. He has worked on hundreds of projects with companies including Dark Horse, Image, IDW and Fox Atomic. Nat began his professional art career while he was still in high school, working with many of the day’s top independent comic book publishers as well as illustrating Looney Tunes books for Warner Bros. At the age of twenty-three Nat gained widespread acclaim as artist on Todd Mcfarlane's Spawn:The Dark Ages, working alongside horror writer Steve Niles. After working on numerous other books, Nat once again found himself in the spotlight, working with Musician/Director Rob Zombie on the Dark Horse comic The Nail. This highly acclaimed work of horror garnered attention throughout the media, including stories in Rolling Stone Magazine and mentions on MTV and VH1. Nat then went on to collaborate once again with writer Steve Niles on his immensely successful 30 Days of Night series before returning to Spawn, where he designed the first ever She-Spawn to appear in comics. Nat also worked alongside Actor/Director David Arquette to create a comic adaptation of his film The Tripper. Nat then went on to add his talents to the 2007 Scream Award winning 28 Days Later:Aftermath, this story "Decimation" also appears as an animated short on the 28 Weeks Later DVD release.
In 2006, Nat and fellow collaborator Jay Fotos founded Frazetta Comics. In a collaborative effort with writer Joshua Ortega, Nat and Jay created the #1 selling Image Comics title for the year 2007: Frank Frazetta’s Death Dealer: Shadows of Mirahan. Co-written by Nat, Death Dealer: Shadows of Mirahan tells the first and only Death Dealer story fully approved by legendary fantasy artist Frank Frazetta. Death Dealer holds Image Comic’s record for the fastest sellout for a series issue #1. The comic sold out in a record-breaking six hours. Death Dealer: Shadows of Mirahan also spawned a Dungeons and Dragons RPG produced by Goodman Games in 2009 featuring Nat’s art. Nat’s art on Death Dealer also became the basis for a licensed and fully approved Death Dealer statue. With the success of the Death Dealer series, keeping true to the Frazetta name and legacy, Frazetta Comics launched a new variety of Frazetta inspired titles: Swamp Demon, Dark Kingdom, Neanderthal, Moon Maid, Freedom, Creatures, Dracula Meets the Wolfman and Sorcerer.
Not limited to just the comic medium, Nat also works in other creative media ranging from animation and album art to TV, movies, and toy design, including work on the 28 Weeks Later DVD and conceptual art for Director Rob Zombie on his films The Devil’s Rejects and the upcoming Tyrannosaurus Rex.
Recently Nat has been working on several projects including Kodiak with acclaimed writer Joe Hill, Jason Eisener's grindhouse horror feature film Hobo with a Shotgun starring Rutger Hauer (set to debut at the Sundance Film Festival) and the film The Captured Bird with director Jovanka Vuckovic and Producer Guillermo del Toro. Nat is currently working on a continuation of the Vietnam War/zombie epic '68 and the relaunch of Atlas Comics' Wulf.
Starting in 2011, Nat will be heading up the Guru Digital Arts College "Digital Illustration and Sequential Art" diploma program. The program will allow aspiring illustrators to learn the ropes from a veteran who continues to work with the best in the industry.
Nat currently lives and works in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Guru Digital Arts College
At Guru Digital Arts College our programs are a perfect mash-up of creativity and technology. We embrace our right-brained artsy side and live for all things geek-tastic. If digital media is where you want to carve your path in this world and you don’t want to waste a single moment getting there, check out what we do at Guru.
The Guru faculty is dedicated to providing current, relevant and highly specialized education. Our intense, 6-month full-time diploma programs equip students with the skills they need to embark on their careers. The Guru experience is like no other.
At this year's Edmonton Toy and Collectible Show, we will be highlighting our exciting new "Digital Illustration and Sequential Art" diploma program. Nat Jones will be heading up this 6 month intensive program for illustrators. Designed to meet the growing need for qualified entry-level illustrators and sequential artists, graduates from this program enter the job market as illustrators in advertising, publishing, digital publishing, comic books/graphic novels, concept artist/ visual development in video games and film, editorial illustration and many other growing fields.
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Topic: Edmonton Collectible Toy and Comic Show March 20, 2011 (Read 13994 times)