Dan Panosian (born 1969) is an American comic book artist, with extensive credits as both a penciller and an inker and has additional credits as an advertising and storyboard artist.
| Dan Panosian | |
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 Dan Panosian at Lucca Comics & Games 2018 | |
| Born | 1969 (age 54–55) Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. |
| Area(s) | Writer, Penciller, Inker |
Early life
editDan Panosian was born in Cleveland, Ohio, to artistic parents.[1] He is of Armenian descent.[2]
Career
editComics
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At age 14, Panosian sent an art submission to Marvel Comics, which was responded to with encouragement by the Submissions Editor, Len Kaminski. Years later he showcased his work at the New York Comic Convention, where comic book artists Neal Adams and Walt Simonson took notice. Adams offered him a position at his ad agency Continuity Graphics and Simonson called his editor, Ralph Macchio, at Marvel Comics. Panosian was soon working for both companies. Upon entering the Marvel offices for the first time, he was greeted by Kaminski, who had remembered corresponding with Panosian seven years earlier. On his office wall was a "thank you" illustration sent from the 14-year-old Dan Panosian.[3]
After working on back-up features for Captain America, Batman, Spider-Man and Thor, Panosian's work caught the eye of the artistic teams working on the X-Men line of comic books where he became a regular inker.[3]
When Marvel's top artistic talents left to form Image Comics, he was asked to join them and began illustrating comics that often sold around a million copies each month.[4]
Panosian has also done work for Dark Horse Comics, Boom! Studios, and Dynamite Entertainment. He also illustrates a series of graphic novels for Le Lombard called John Tiffany.[5]
Being a descendant of survivors from the Armenian genocide, Panosian also contributed to a graphic novel about the genocide called Operation Nemesis: A Story of Genocide & Revenge.[2]
Advertising, film and game design
editPanosian founded Dan Panosian, Inc., through which he began doing advertising work.[6]
He was soon also working with movie and commercial studios providing design and storyboard artwork. Panosian also branched out into book and magazine illustration, apparel lines, and toy design work.[6]
He was the lead designer on a DreamWorks video game about animals that embody the spirit of Kung-Fu. Shortly after, Dan was doing the lead design work for the video game series Duke Nukem.[7][8]
Panosian illustrated one of Byron Preiss's first CD-ROM comic books, The Suit.
He made the fake comic book covers seen in the 2017 film Logan, as Marvel Comics did not allow actual comic book issues to be used.[9]
Personal life
editPanosian, his wife and their son live in Los Angeles.[10]
Awards
editPanosian received an Best-of-Show Addy Award for his work on the DSL ad campaign: Jack Flash. In 2011, Panosian was the Keynote Speaker for the 2011 Inkwell Awards Awards Ceremony at HeroesCon.[11][12]
Selected bibliography
editMarvel Comics
edit- Alpha Flight
- Astonishing X-Men
- Captain America
- The Incredible Hulk
- Iron Man
- Magneto
- Marvel Tales
- Savage Sword of Conan
- Thor
- The Uncanny X-Men
- Web of Spider-Man
- Wolverine
- Wonder Man
Image Comics
edit- Arkham Knight
- Cyberforce
- Phantom Force
- Pitt
- Prophet
- Savage Dragon
- Slots
- Spawn
- Stormwatch
- Wetworks
- Witchblade
- Youngblood Battlezone
Other
edit- Operation Nemesis: A Story of Genocide & Revenge
References
edit- ^ Panosian, Dan (2018). "Back Story". Slots. Portland, Oregon: Image Comics. ISBN 978-1-5343-0655-4.
- ^ a b MacDonald, Heidi (April 23, 2015). "A day of remembrance with Operation Nemesis, Dan Panosian and Harry Bogosian". Comics Beat. Archived from the original on December 14, 2015. Retrieved July 30, 2016.
- ^ a b Manley, Mike (Fall 2011). "Dan Panosian". Draw! (21). Raleigh, North Carolina: TwoMorrows Publishing: 6.
- ^ Manley 2011, p. 9–10.
- ^ Johnston, Rich (September 25, 2013). "Dan Panosian's John Tiffany, Trailered And Previewed". Bleeding Cool. Archived from the original on January 26, 2021. Retrieved May 23, 2014.
- ^ a b "Dan Panosian". Lambiek Comiclopedia. September 20, 2015. Archived from the original on July 21, 2016.
- ^ "Hail to the King". Duke Nukem Forever Official Website. March 10, 2010. Archived from the original on August 31, 2016. Retrieved March 23, 2018.
- ^ Siegler, Joe (March 23, 2018). "A Visual history of Bombshell". 3D Realms. Archived from the original on April 20, 2019. Retrieved March 23, 2018.
- ^ Liptak, Andrew (March 6, 2017). "The story behind the custom X-Men comics in Logan". The Verge. Archived from the original on March 6, 2017. Retrieved March 6, 2017.
- ^ "Armenia". Facebook.
- ^ Almond, Bob (May 27, 2011). "THE INKWELL AWARDS @HEROES CON!". Inkwell Awards. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved September 2, 2016.
- ^ Boyd, Kevin A. (June 7, 2011). "Congratulations to Francis Manapul and the other winners of the 2011 Inkwell Awards". Joe Shuster Award. Archived from the original on April 25, 2016. Retrieved September 2, 2016.