American comics artist
Chris Sprouse (born July 30, 1966)
[1] is an
American
comics artist . Sprouse has worked for multiple publishers and has won two
Eisner Awards for his work on
Tom Strong , a series he created with writer
Alan Moore .
Early life
Chris Sprouse was born in Charlottesville, Virginia. At the age of 3 he moved with his family to New Delhi, India where he first discovered comics as he was unable to play outside due to the dangerous amount of snakes in the house yard. When he was 6, his family returned to the United States to
Dale City, Virginia , where he continued to read and draw comics. Before his debut in comics, Sprouse drew a
comic strip entitled Ber-Mander for the school newspaper (The Hyphen ) while attending
Gar-Field Senior High School in Woodbridge. After graduating in 1984, Sprouse attended
James Madison University where he studied graphic design.
[2]
Career
Sprouse launched his career in mainstream comics in 1989, his first credited work being a
Chemical King story in
Secret Origins vol. 2 #47 (Feb. 1990).
[3] His next assignments were a
Two-Face story for
Batman Annual #14 (1990)
[4] and the
Hammerlocke
limited series . He drew insert posters for the
War of the Gods limited series in 1991.
[5] Following that, Sprouse drew the Legionnaires series featuring teenaged versions of the
Legion of Super-Heroes . He later illustrated a number of one-shots and fill-in issues before illustrating a
Star Wars mini-series,
Splinter of the Mind's Eye , for
Dark Horse Comics .
He then worked for
Extreme Studios as the regular penciller of
New Men , and in 1997–1998, Sprouse drew several issues of
Supreme , scripted by
Alan Moore for the same publisher. After Supreme ended, he and Moore created
Tom Strong for
America's Best Comics ,
[6] for which Sprouse won two
Eisner Awards in 2000, for Best Single Issue and Best Serialized Story.
[7]
Sprouse was the penciller and co-creator on the 2004
Ocean mini-series, written by
Warren Ellis and published by
DC Comics . In 2007, Ocean was optioned for film.
[8] In 2006, he began pencilling Wildstorm's
Midnighter
ongoing series , a spin-off of
The Authority . He was the artist on the first issue of
Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne with
Grant Morrison as writer.
[9]
In 2011, Sprouse worked with writer
Peter Hogan on the Tom Strong and the Planet of Peril limited series.
[10] Sprouse drew
Action Comics #14 (Jan. 2013) which featured an "appearance" by
Neil deGrasse Tyson .
[11] In 2014, Sprouse drew the second issue of
Grant Morrison 's
The Multiversity limited series.
[12] Other works include
Batman '66 ,
Fairest: In All the Land ,
The Flash ,
Sensation Comics Featuring Wonder Woman ,
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. , and
Thors .
[3]
Bibliography
Awesome Comics
Alan Moore's Awesome Universe Handbook #1 (1999)
Judgment Day Omega #2 (1997)
Judgment Day: Sourcebook #1 (1997)
Supreme #50, 52a, 52b, 53–56 (1997–1998)
Supreme the Return #1 (1999)
Dark Horse Comics
DC Comics
Action Comics vol. 2 #14–18 (2013)
Batman Annual #14 (1990)
Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight #27 (1992)
Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight vol. 2 #10 (2013)
Batman '66 #9 (2014)
Batman: The Return of Bruce Wayne #1 (2010)
Hammerlocke #1–9 (1992–1993)
Human Target #1, 3, 5 (2010)
Justice League America Annual #5 (1991)
Justice League Europe #13 (1990)
Justice League Quarterly #1 (1990)
Legion of Super-Heroes vol. 4 #8, 33, 41 (1990–1993)
Legionnaires #1–6, 9–12 (1993–1994)
The Multiversity : The Society of Super-Heroes: Conquerors of the Counter-World #1 (2014)
Secret Origins vol. 2 #47 (1990)
Spirit #7 (2007)
Starman vol. 2 #14, 24 (1995–1996)
Transmetropolitan : Filth of the City #1 (2001)
Who's Who in the DC Universe #1, 3, 6, 8, 11–13, 16 (1990–1992)
Who's Who in the DC Universe Update 1993 #1 (1992)
America's Best Comics
ABC: A-Z, Tom Strong and Jack B. Quick #1 (2005)
America's Best Comics Special #1 (2001)
Many Worlds of Tesla Strong #1 (2003)
Tom Strong #1–18, 23–24, 35–36 (1999–2006)
Tom Strong and the Planet of Peril #1–6 (2013–2014)
Tom Strong and the Robots of Doom #1–6 (2010–2011)
Wildstorm
IDW Publishing
Image Comics
Malibu Comics
Marvel Comics
Black Panther vol. 6 #5–8 (2016–2017)
Captain America Annual #1 (2018)
Battlezones: Dream Team 2 #1 (1996)
Dream Team #1 (1995)
Thors #1–4 (2015–2016)
Uncanny X-Men #304 (1993)
References
^
Miller, John Jackson (June 10, 2005).
"Comics Industry Birthdays" .
Comics Buyer's Guide . Iola, Wisconsin. Archived from
the original on February 18, 2011.
^ Dezago, Todd; Nolen-Weathington, Eric (2009).
Modern Masters Volume 21: Chris Sprouse . TwoMorrows Publishing. p. 15.
ISBN
978-1605490137 . Retrieved December 17, 2022 .
^
a
b
Chris Sprouse at the
Grand Comics Database
^ Manning, Matthew K. (2014). "1990s". In Alastair Dougall (ed.). Batman: A Visual History . London, United Kingdom:
Dorling Kindersley . p. 188.
ISBN
978-1465424563 . In perhaps the greatest Two-Face origin story to date, writer Andrew Helfer and artist Chris Sprouse made Harvey Dent more three-dimensional than ever before.
^ Manning, Matthew K. (2010). "1990s". In Hannah Dolan (ed.). DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle . London, United Kingdom:
Dorling Kindersley . p. 251.
ISBN
978-0-7566-6742-9 . Three of the four issues in this limited series contained posters of DC characters by the talented Chris Sprouse.
^ Vukcevic, Filip (April 29, 2008).
"Chris Sprouse: Comics The Way He Sees It" .
Comics Bulletin . Archived from
the original on April 17, 2013. Retrieved December 28, 2013 .
^
"2000s Eisner Awards Recipients" . San Diego Comicon International. 2013.
Archived from the original on August 23, 2013. Retrieved October 25, 2013 .
^ Fleming, Michael (August 6, 2007).
"Hollywood Gang jumps in Ocean " .
Variety .
Archived from the original on December 29, 2013. Retrieved December 28, 2013 .
^
"DCU in 2010: The Return of Bruce Wayne hits in April" . DC Comics. December 9, 2009.
Archived from the original on October 20, 2013.
^ Melrose, Kevin (April 5, 2013).
"Tom Strong returns in July with Planet of Peril " .
Comic Book Resources .
Archived from the original on October 19, 2013. Retrieved December 28, 2013 .
^ McMillan, Graeme (November 5, 2012).
"Neil deGrasse Tyson Finds Krypton, Shows Up in Action Comics " .
ComicsAlliance . Archived from
the original on March 25, 2015. Tyson will appear in the next issue of Action Comics helping Superman locate where his home planet used to be as part of the back-up strip by Sholly Fisch and Chris Sprouse.
^ Rogers, Vaneta (September 18, 2014).
"Vivisecting Multiversity : Chris Sprouse On The Society of Super-Heroes " .
Newsarama .
Archived from the original on October 20, 2014.
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