Dean Motter is an illustrator, designer and writer from Toronto, Canada. Toronto (təˈrɒntoʊ colloquially pronounced or) is the largest city in Canada and is the provincial capital of Ontario Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Motter is best known as the creator and designer of Mister X, one of the most influential "new-wave" comics of the 1980s. Mister X was a series of comic books first published in 1983–84 by Toronto-based Vortex Comics [1]
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Early career
In the late 1970s, Dean Motter edited and art directed Andromeda, a Canadian comic book series which adapted the works of major science–fiction authors such as Arthur C. Clarke and A.E. van Vogt. Sir Arthur Charles Clarke, CBE (16 December 1917–19 March 2008 was a British Science fiction Author, Inventor, and Alfred Elton van Vogt (April 26 1912 – January 26 2000 was a Canadian -born Science fiction author who was one of the most prolific During that time Motter and collaborator Ken Steacy created The Sacred & The Profane (Star Reach), which Archie Goodwin referred to as "the first true graphic novel" in the contemporary comics medium. Ken Steacy is a Canadian Comics artist and writer Biography Ken Steacy was born on January 8, 1955. Star Reach (also spelled Star*Reach) was an influential Science fiction and fantasy Comics anthology published by Mike Friedrich Archie Goodwin ( September 8, 1937 &ndash March 1, 1998) was an American Comic book writer editor and artist
Motter achieved recognition for his album cover design during his tenure as art director for CBS Records Canada, and later with his own studio, Modern Imageworks. His record jackets and promotional graphics (for acts such as The Nylons, Triumph, Loverboy, The Diodes, Liona Boyd and Jane Siberry) have been conferred with several awards. The Nylons are an A cappella group founded in 1979 in Toronto Canada, best known for their covers of The Turtles ' " Happy Together Triumph is a Canadian Hard rock band that was popular in the late 1970s through the 1980s Loverboy is a Canadian rock group formed in 1980 in Calgary Alberta. Liona Maria Carolynne Boyd CM, BMus, LLD (b July 11, 1949) is a Canadian Issa (pronounced eeee-sah) (formerly known as Jane Siberry, born October 12 1955) is a Canadian Singer-songwriter
In 1988, he co-wrote and illustrated The Prisoner for DC Comics based on Patrick McGoohan's 1960s British television series. The Prisoner is an allegorical British 1960s Science fiction television series starring and co-created by Patrick McGoohan. DC Comics is an American comic book and related media company The following year he created the logo and basic cover design for DC's Piranha Press imprint. Piranha Press, an imprint of DC Comics from 1989 to 1993 was a response by DC to the growing interest in Alternative comics.
Later years
Dean relocated in New York City in 1990 where he served as art director and senior designer for Byron Preiss Visual Publications (for whom he also edited a line of Philip Marlowe graphic novels. Philip Marlowe is a fictional character created by Raymond Chandler in a series of novels including The Big Sleep and The Long Goodbye ) In 1993, he joined the staff at DC Comics where he oversaw the corporate and licensing designs for many of America’s most beloved comic book characters. DC Comics is an American comic book and related media company He returned to the freelance community in 1997, retaining his previous employers among his most active clients.
Motter’s acclaimed Vertigo mini-series Terminal City and its sequel Terminal City: Aerial Graffiti (both illustrated by Michael Lark) were nominated for a number of Eisner and Harvey Awards during their 1996-1998 run. Terminal City are two Comic book Limited series published by DC Comics under their Vertigo Imprint in 1996 and 1997 Michael Lark is an American Comics artist. Lark has provided pencils for DC Comics ' Batman, Terminal City The Will Eisner Comic Industry Award is a prize given for creative achievement in American Comic books It is named in honor of the pioneering writer and artist Will Eisner The Harvey Awards, named for writer-artist Harvey Kurtzman (1924-1993 and coordinated by the publisher Fantagraphics are given for achievement in Comic books
His artwork has been featured in many comic book publications, notably the Classics Illustrated adaptation of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Batman: Gotham Knights, Grendel: Red, White and Black, John Constantine: Hellblazer and 9-11: Artists Respond as well as the Superman's First Flight children's book for Scholastic. Classics Illustrated is a comic book series featuring adaptations of literary classics such as Moby Dick, Hamlet, and The Grendel is a long-running series of Comic books originally created by American author Matt Wagner. Hellblazer is a contemporary horror Comic book series published by the Vertigo imprint of DC Comics. He has written stories for Superman Adventures and Star Wars Tales.
In 2001 Dean re-united with Michael Lark to create the award-winning Batman: Nine Lives graphic novel for DC Comics. DC Comics is an American comic book and related media company During that time he also wrote and illustrated Electropolis for Image Comics. Image Comics is an American Comic book publisher It was founded in 1992 by seven high-profile illustrators as a venue where creators could publish their [2]
Motter has compiled and designed the retrospectives, Echoes: The Drawings of Michael Wm. Kaluta and The Thrilling Comic Book Cover Art of Alex Schomberg for Vanguard Productions, as well as Mister X: The Definitive Collection (including Motter’s reminiscences and newly illustrated finale) for ibooks. Michael William Kaluta, sometimes credited as Mike Kaluta or Michael Wm
External links
- Official page
- Through a Glass Darkly: Shattered Reflections of Wonderland, a book of Motter’s illustrations from the Lewis Carroll classic was released in 2005.
Footnotes
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