Eric Shanower in Paris in February 2007.

Eric James Shanower is an American comics artist and writer. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Comics (via Latin from the Greek "" kōmikos, of or pertaining to "comedy" from kōmos "revel" The definition of an artist is wide-ranging and covers a broad spectrum of Activities to do with creating Art, practicing the Arts and/or demonstrating A writer is anyone who creates a written work although the word usually designates those who write creatively or professionally as well as those who have written in many different forms

Shanower attended the Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art. The Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art, or Joe Kubert School, located in Dover, New Jersey, is a three-year Technical school that teaches ^[1] His first major published works were the Oz graphic novels, which are The Enchanted Apples of Oz, The Secret Island of Oz, The Ice King of Oz, The Forgotten Forest of Oz, and The Blue Witch of Oz. Oz is a fairy A The Enchanted Apples of Oz is the first of the non- canonical Graphic novels based on American author L They are collected in a single large volume titled Adventures in Oz. He has written and illustrated a full-length Oz novel, The Giant Garden of Oz, and a collection of short Oz stories, The Salt Sorcerer of Oz. Wikipedia_talkFeatured_lists#Proposed_change_to_all_featured_lists for an explanation of this and other inclusion tags below -->The Oz books form a He has also illustrated books by most of the 'official' Oz historians, including The Wicked Witch of Oz by Rachel Cosgrove Payes, The Rundelstone of Oz by Eloise Jarvis McGraw, The Runaway in Oz by John R. Neill, and The Third Book of Oz by L. Frank Baum. Rachel R Cosgrove Payes, also known as EL Arch and Joanne Kaye (11 December 1922 Westernport Maryland - 10 October 1998 Brick New Jersey was an American Eloise Jarvis McGraw ( December 9, 1915 - November 30, 2000) was an author of children's books. The Runaway in Oz ( 1995) is a previously unpublished Oz book by long-time Oz illustrator John R John Rea Neill ( November 12, 1877 - September 13, 1943) was a Magazine and Children's book Illustrator primarily Lyman Frank Baum ( May 15 1856 &ndash May 5 1919) was an American Author, Actor, and Independent filmmaker Other significant Oz projects include his illustrations for Paradox in Oz and The Living House of Oz, by Edward Einhorn.

Shanower's ongoing comic book serialization of the Trojan War, Age of Bronze, debuted in late 1998, published by Image Comics. In Greek mythology, the Trojan War was waged against the city of Troy by the Achaeans after Paris of Troy stole Helen from her For other uses of the term see Age of Bronze. For comic books from the early-1970s to mid-1980s see Bronze Age of Comic Books 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 As of 2005, the series had been collected in two volumes, A Thousand Ships and Sacrifice. A third volume, Betrayal, is currently being serialized.

He has also drawn a number of one shot comics, such as Ed Brubaker's Prez "Smells Like Teen President", An Accidental Death (also written by Brubaker) published by Fantagraphics in 1993. In the American Comic book industry the term one-shot is used to denote a pilot comic or a stand-alone story created to last as one issue Ed Brubaker (born November 17 1966 is an Eisner Award -winning American Cartoonist and Writer. Prez First Teen President was a four issue comic series by writer Joe Simon (the creator of Captain America) and artist Jerry Grandenetti For Marvel's Epic line, he illustrated The Elsewhere Prince (1990), based on characters created by the French cartoonist Moebius. Jean Henri Gaston Giraud (born May 8, 1938) is a French comics artist.

Shanower's partner is David Maxine, owner and operator of Hungry Tiger Press, a publisher of Oz books and other Oz-related items. ^[2]

Shanower won Eisner Awards for best writer-artist in 2001 and 2003, won a Gran Guinigi for Best Serialized Comic in 2006, and was nominated for the Ignatz Award for outstanding artist in 1999, for his work on Age of Bronze. 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 Ignatz Awards are intended to recognize outstanding achievements in Comics and cartooning by small press creators or creator-owned projects published by larger

References

External links

Eric Shanower at the Internet Movie Database

• Age of Bronze official site
• Eric Shanower at Prism Comics
• Interview with Top Two Three Films
• Edward Einhorn bio
• Interview With Eric Shanower