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Rafael Kayanan (born September 13, 1962, Manila) is a Filipino-born naturalised American comic book artist. The City of Manila The Philippines ( Filipino: Pilipinas, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines (fil ''Republika ng Pilipinas'' RP The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A comic book creator is any one of a number of people working to create a Comic book or Graphic novel.

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Biography

Since 1983, Kayanan has illustrated for every major comic book publisher. A comic book (often shortened to simply comic and sometimes called a comic paper or comic magazine) is a Magazine or Book of narrative His most notable work has been on Marvel Comics' Conan, Acclaim Comics' Turok and DC Comics' Firestorm. Marvel Comics is an American comic book company owned by Marvel Publishing Inc Valiant Comics was an American Comic book Publishing company founded by former Marvel Comics editor-in-chief Jim Shooter, writer/artists Turok is a fictional American comic book character initially in comics from Western Publishing published through licensee Dell Comics. DC Comics is an American comic book and related media company A firestorm is a Conflagration which attains such intensity that it creates and sustains its own wind system He also inked the Eisner-nominated series Chiaroscuro: The Life and Times of Leonardo Da Vinci for Vertigo Comics. The surname Eisner (or Eysner, Eissner) could mean any of the following people Breck Eisner - son of Michael and Film Vertigo is an Imprint of the American Comic-book publisher DC Comics.

Kayanan has illustrated and developed concept designs for comic book, film and game companies. [1] During the late 1990s, he was the creator and art director for Cross Plains Comics featuring the Pulp magazine characters created by Robert E. Howard. The term art director is a blanket title for a variety of similar job functions in Advertising, Publishing, film and Television, the Internet Pulp magazines (or pulp fiction; often referred to as "the pulps" were inexpensive Fiction magazines Robert Ervin Howard ( January 22 1906 &ndash June 11 1936) was an American pulp writer of Fantasy, Kayanan also developed concept designs for Nintendo's hugely popular Turok: Dinosaur Hunter II video game. is a Multinational corporation headquartered in Kyoto Japan founded on Turok Dinosaur Hunter is a First-person shooter Video game released for the Nintendo 64 game console and later for Microsoft Windows A video game is a Game that involves interaction with a User interface to generate visual feedback on a video device. He currently continues to do work for Topps Cards on licenses such as Star Wars and The Lord of the Rings. For the meat company see Topps Meat Company. The Topps Company Inc Star Wars is an epic Space opera franchise initially conceived by George Lucas during the 1970s and significantly expanded The Lord of the Rings film trilogy consists of three Live action Fantasy Epic films The Fellowship of the Ring ( 2001

Other titles he has worked on include: Conan, Spider-Man, Star Wars, John Rambo, Magic: The Gathering, Turok, Firestorm and Batman. Spider-Man is a Fictional character appearing in Comic books published by Marvel Comics. "RAMBO" can refer to RAMBO Brooklyn, a neighborhood in New York City Robust Associations of Massive Baryonic Objects, a theoretical This article is somewhat over-complete Please do not add significant new content without first discussing it on the talk page Batman (originally referred to as the Bat-Man and still referred to at times as the Batman) is a fictional Comic book Superhero co-created [2]

Kayanan's art is known for its rapid tempo, storytelling pace and layered depth. Much thought is evident in the choreography of dynamic action on every page. His slick and precise usage of shadows to define anatomy and emotion is as proficient as any of the longtime masters of the craft. [3]

Kayanan is also a master-level edged weapons (knife, sword, tomahawk) expert and instructor in Sayoc Kali. Sayoc Kali is a knife-based style of Filipino Martial Arts. It is a family system headed by Christopher Sayoc Sr This rare combination of a visual and martial artist, has led to projects which utilize both skills to illustrate fight storyboards for a film. Kayanan choreographed and trained the actors, in William Friedkin's The Hunted, starring Benicio del Toro and Tommy Lee Jones. William Friedkin (born August 29 1935 in Chicago, Illinois) is an Academy Award-winning American movie and television director The Hunted is a 2003 Film directed by William Friedkin and starring Tommy Lee Jones and Benicio del Toro. Benicio Monserrate Rafael del Toro Sánchez (born February 19 1967 is a Puerto Rican Actor and Film producer. Tommy Lee Jones (born September 15, 1946) is an Academy Award - Golden Globe - Screen Actors Guild - and Emmy Award -winning [4] He also trained actor Sam Rockwell for director George Clooney's film, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind. Sam Rockwell (born November 5, 1968) is an American Actor. Biography Early life Rockwell was born in Daly City George Timothy Clooney (born May 6 1961 is an Academy Award - and Golden Globe award-winning American actor director, producer, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind is a 2002 American film based on the " unauthorized Autobiography " by Chuck Barris Kayanan was a development artist, fight trainer and weapons consultant for Paramount Pictures adaptation of Edgar Rice Burrough's John Carter of Mars. Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production and Distribution company, based in Hollywood California.

Most recently, Rafael Kayanan was an illustrator for the Spider-Man Broadway musical directed by Julie Taymor with music created by Bono and the Edge. Spider-Man is a Fictional character appearing in Comic books published by Marvel Comics. Broadway theater, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located Julie Taymor (born December 15, 1952) is an American director of Broadway theatre and film

His most recent comic book work is issue 39 of Dark Horse Comic's Conan title. This article describes dark horse candidates For other uses see Dark Horse.

Bibliography

Acclaim/Valiant

Cross Plains Comics

Dark Horse

DC Comics

First Comics

Marvel Comics

Topps

Vertigo

Filmography

References

  1. ^ Lambiek
  2. ^ Zablo, C. The Amazing Spider-Man is the name of several media Presentations which feature the Marvel Comics Superhero Spider-Man, The Savage Sword of Conan was a black-and-white magazine-format Comic book series published beginning in 1974 by Curtis Magazines, an imprint of Marvel Jurassic Park is a Science fiction Novel that was written by Michael Crichton and published in 1990. Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus, generally known as Frankenstein, is a Novel written by the British author Mary Shelley The Hunted is a 2003 Film directed by William Friedkin and starring Tommy Lee Jones and Benicio del Toro. Confessions of a Dangerous Mind is a 2002 American film based on the " unauthorized Autobiography " by Chuck Barris
  3. ^ Moy, A
  4. ^ Van Wicklen, T: The Hunted, pg 30. Black Belt Magazine, 2003

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Preceded by
Joe Bennett (penciller)		 Amazing Spider-Man artist
1998–1999		 Succeeded by
John Byrne
Benedito José Nascimento, better known as Joe Bennett (born February 3, 1968) is a Brazilian Comic book artist. The Amazing Spider-Man is the name of several media Presentations which feature the Marvel Comics Superhero Spider-Man, John Lindley Byrne (born July 6 1950) is a British -born Canadian - American author and artist of Comic books Since the
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