Author photo. Credit: Georges Seguin, 2007

Credit: Georges Seguin, 2007

Eric Shanower

Author of Age of Bronze Volume 1: A Thousand Ships

Includes the names: Eric Shanower, Eric Shanhower

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Age of Bronze Volume 1: A Thousand Ships 379 copies, 12 reviews
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz 240 copies, 11 reviews
Age of Bronze Volume 2: Sacrifice 210 copies, 6 reviews
Age Of Bronze: Betrayal Part 1 128 copies, 5 reviews
The Marvelous Land of Oz 72 copies, 5 reviews
Ozma of Oz 48 copies, 1 review
Adventures in Oz 48 copies, 2 reviews
The Enchanted Apple of Oz 39 copies
Star Wars: The Last Command (Illustrator) 36 copies
The Forgotten Forest of Oz 29 copies
The Blue Witch of Oz 29 copies
The Secret Island of Oz 26 copies
The Ice King of Oz 25 copies
The Giant Garden of Oz 17 copies

Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz 16 copies, 1 review

The Salt Sorcerer of Oz and Other Stories 13 copies

Road to Oz 11 copies

Oz-Story, No. 1 (Author) 10 copies

Little Adventures in OZ Book 1 9 copies

Oz-story 4 (Oz-Story) 9 copies

Oz: Dorthy & the Wizard in Oz 8 copies

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz #6 6 copies

Vertigo Visions: Prez (Illustrator) 6 copies

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz #1 4 copies

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz #7 4 copies

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz #8 4 copies

Little Adventures in OZ Book 2 4 copies

MARVELOUS LAND OF OZ #1 (OF 8) SHANOWER VARIANT 3 copies

The marvelous land of Oz #3 3 copies

Ozma of Oz #1 3 copies

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz #2 3 copies

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Fables: Super Team (Illustrator) 213 copies, 8 reviews
Green Lantern/Superman: Legend of the Green Flame (Illustrator) 44 copies, 2 reviews
No Straight Lines: Four Decades of Queer Comics (Contributor) 30 copies, 1 review
Nexus Archives, Vol. 3 (Inker) 24 copies, 1 review
Nexus Archives, Vol. 4 (Inker) 24 copies, 1 review
Paradox in Oz (Illustrator) 22 copies
Star Wars: The Thrawn Trilogy (Illustrator) 22 copies, 1 review
The Living House of Oz (Illustrator, some editions) 15 copies
The Runaway in Oz (Illustrator, some editions) 11 copies
The Rundelstone of Oz (Illustrator) 9 copies
Catwoman, Vol. 3: Secret Files & Origins #1 (Illustrator) 3 copies

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Shanower, Eric James

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Jo Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art, graduated 1984

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Independent artist, graphic novelist, cartoonist, and illustrator, 1984--

First Comics, letterer, inker, and illustrator, 1984-90, working on Warp, Nexus, Badger, and Starslayer comics

DC Comics, illustrator, 1985-90, letterer, penciler, inker, and illustrator, working on Conqueror of the Barren Earth, Talent Showcase, Who's Who in the DC Universe, Prez: Smells like Teen President, and others; Epic Comics, illustrator, 1990, working on The Elsewhere Prince; Dark Horse Comics, 1992-98, inker and illustrator working on Dark Horse Presents, Medal of Honor, Star Wars: The Last Command, Harlan Ellison's Dream Corridor, King Tiger & Motorhead, and others

Founder, with partner David Maxine, of Hungry Tiger Press, San Diego, CA, 1994

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son of James Lowell and Karen Elizabeth (Hietanen) Shanower

partner of David Maxine (a record producer, musical theater historian, and artist)

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Will Eisner Comics Industry Award for Best Writer/ Artist, and named to NinthArt Lighthouse Award Roll of Honour for Best Bookshelf Comic, both 2001, both for Age of Bronze: A Thousand Ships

special guest at ComicCon International convention, San Diego, CA, 2002

Will Eisner Comics Industry Award for Best Writer/Artist, 2003, for Age of Bronze series

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