Did Any Comic Creators or Artists Come From Your Hometowns?

[NewEnglandGothic]

I know the New Yorkers probably have a few, but I was wondering if any one of you guys had one come from some obscure hometowns like me?

 

I grew up in New Boston, New Hampshire.

 

Joe English Hill

 

Dodge's General Store

 

...and Sara Richard.

www.SaraRichard.com

 

 

I try to grab up as much as her stuff as I can.

...even helping out other fans.

 

...So do any of you guys have any hometown heroes that work in the hobby?

[kdoginohio]

Anybody from Cleveland?

I believe there are a few. Tony Isabella, Harvey Pekar, and a couple of young men named Siegel & Schuster. Not really sure what the last two did, but I have heard of them before.

[rodan57]

Joe Shuster moved to Cleveland when he was 10. I'd like to think it was his formative years delivering The Toronto Star, door-to-door, that made him who he was.

[unmovedmover]

I remember a decade or so ago when one of my local stores was pimping a book called Battle Pope by a pair of local guys. I think they ended up doing pretty well.

[143ksk]

There are three who came from my college: Jessica Abel, Ivan Brunetti and Dan Clowes

[kdoginohio]

Joe Shuster moved to Cleveland when he was 10. I'd like to think it was his formative years delivering The Toronto Star, door-to-door, that made him who he was.

Yeah, I thought twice about adding him, but you couldn't fight for "the American Way" in Canada.

[John R]

There are a couple that I can think of that are from my hometown of Toronto.

 

Darwyn Cooke

 

and the creator of Mr. Monster - Fred Kelly:

 

[Dick Pontoon]

Off the top of my head, if we count Metro Boston, the there's Stu Helm, aka DB Velveeda, of Cheesy Graphics,

 

 

Disclosure: he's a pal and we once played in a band together.

 

Bill Everett.

 

 

Tony Millionaire was a year or 2 ahead of me at Mass Art.

 

[Pirate]

I'm transplanted, but Kirkman, Walker, Kidwell, Bellgarde and Moore all lived within 20 minutes of me. Moore has since moved a couple hours away.

[innocuous]

Howard Chaykin now lives in the town where I grew up, Ventura, CA.

[Comicdey]

local cartoonist chad carpenter seems to have done pretty well....of course he still signs his garfield like compilations at the state fair every summer. fun stuff with an Alaskan bent...

[50 Cent #II (1st)]

Not a comic artist, but author Philip K. (wrote the books that the movies Total Recall, Minority Report and Blade Runner were based on, as well as his most popular book Ubik) lived and died in the city I was born in. R. Crumb drew a story in Weido comic book called The Religious Experience of Philip K. about him.

[Turtle]

local cartoonist chad carpenter seems to have done pretty well....of course he still signs his garfield like compilations at the state fair every summer. fun stuff with an Alaskan bent...

 

I have a Tundra calendar on my desk at work.

[aardvark88]

Todd McFarlane lived about 10 minutes away from me during his ASM #300 tenure. Mr. Carey Andrews, artist of Dark Horse's Conan, used to live in the Vancouver, BC area also, I think. Artist of early issues of Y, the Last Man is also local but she has driven down to Seattle, WA comicons.

[seanfingh]

 

I am from Indy. The only one that I know for sure is from Indy is Stuart Sayger. I thought that Andy Kuhn was too, but I can't confirm and he lives in NM now so . . .

[skypinkblu]

I grew up in "Da" Bronx, Eisner, Kane, Robinson, Stan Lee, Bill Finger, Irwin Hasen all attended DeWitt Clinton HS, so I guess I win

 

Note, "Da" Bronx is a small town;)

[500Club]

McFarlane is a Calgarian. John Byrne lived in Calgary for much of his younger years.

 

Both drew books set in Calgary in their early artistic years.

[bryan91]

Western Kansas .

[seanfingh]

Western Kansas .

 

Clark Kent grew up there, so you get a pass.

[bryan91]

Western Kansas .

 

Clark Kent grew up there, so you get a pass.