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Arthur Suydam "Custom" ZOMBIE Sketch Cards
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Marvel Zombie cover artist Arthur Suydam burst onto the scene with his creative innovation of infusing the art of sequential art with classical painting. His extraordinary work helped revolutionize the industry and began the comic art renaissance of the 1980's, opening doors for mainstream writers and artists to create literature for a more mature readership.
Recently honored with the coveted Spectrum Magazine Gold Award for Excellence in Illustration, Suydam's immense body of written and illustrative work comprises an aesthetic that is uniquely distinguishable. Recent releases include The Fantastic Art of Arthur Suydam from Vanguard Productions, Arthur Suydam: The Art of the Barbarian, Skin Deep; The Alien Encounters Poster Book, Mudwogs, and The Adventures of Cholly and Flytrap, published worldwide and currently in pre-production for film with Paranoid Delusions Productions. In addition to his own works, Suydam has contributed text and artwork to countless comics publications including Heavy Metal, House of Secrets, Batman, Conan, Tarzan, Predator, Aliens, Death Dealer, Epic Illustrated, and National Lampoon, to name only a few, as well as new work coming out from Marvel, DC Comics, Image, Harris, Simon and Schuster, Hard Case Crime, Upper Deck and Eva Ink. Current projects include Fireflies, Mouse in the House, and When Giants Walk the Earth: witty looks at rural life and in the American Heartland, mystery and magic, presently under film option.
In fact, Arthur is on the comics scene in a big way, having received the "Artist Guest of Honor" Award from Dragon*Con in 2005, and Lifetime Achievement Awards from the University of Maryland and the San Sebastian Film Festival in Spain. Arthur has also just been inducted into the Society of Illustrators in New York City.
You may have also seen his new superhero work from DC Comics, with Clampett Studios just releasing a limited archival art giclee of Batman entitled Domain of the Bat. Of course, there is the plethora of Marvel Comics covers over the last year - most recently his Marvel Zombie covers (see examples above) that have been named in the "Wizard Magazine Top 10 Covers of the Month". Issue after issue of this "over the top" selling comic went back to press an unprecedented number of times, breaking records set in the 1940's, some say, in large part to Suydam's inspired recreations of classic covers that graced the series.
These accolades are all fitting tributes to this writer/creator/artist, whose over-riding passion has undoubtedly been creating stories, characters, and memorable moments in a wide range of fiction via either his words, his art, or sublimely, both.
To learn more about Arthur & to check-out his unbelieveable artwork, please visit:
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