- Bruce Lewis
Bruce Lewis (born
Dallas, Texas , 1965) [pseudonym B-chan] is an Americancartoonist ,artist ,author ,screenwriter , andvoice actor .Comics Art
Among the first comics artists to bring
manga influences to American comics, Lewis wrote and drew the " Robotech: Invid War Aftermath" (1993-1994) series for Marvel's Malibu/Eternity Comics line. Later, Lewis created the "Robotech: Hohsq's Story" (1995), and "Robotech Aftermath: Megaroad" (1996) series for Academy Comics; he also wrote and illustrated the four-issue "Gall Force: Eternal Story" (1994-1995) miniseries for CPM Manga, and colored, lettered, and produced many more CPM comics titles.From 1995 to 1997 Lewis was part of the
Studio Go! production team which collectively wrote, drew, and edited "Star Blazers: The Magazine of Space Battleship Yamato" for Voyager Entertainment, Inc.'s Argo Press imprint. He also edited the "Star Blazers Perfect Album" sourcebook, also published by Argo Press.His most recent pure comics work was the comics novella "Dairooster 5!" and the short story manga "It Happened in the 7th Grade", both featured in 2002's "Juku: A Comics Album".
He also appears from time to time in other media, including magazines, newspapers, television and radio.
Anime and Manga
Bruce Lewis has been frequently cited in both the news media and literature of
anime and manga in North America, including the standard references "Dreamland Japan: Writings on Modern Manga" by Frederik L. Schodt and "Samurai in Outer Space" by Antonia Levi. He is also a well-known and frequent speaker on the anime and manga convention circuit in the United States, and was Fansview.com's [http://www.fansview.com/person/0312pers.htm "Anime Convention Personality of the Week"] for March 12, 2000.Advertising and Design
An
advertising artist and art director for some fifteen years, Bruce Lewis specialized in strongly iconic and stylized images in his design approach, a specialty inspired by his lifelong love forposter art. Today, he produces illustration work for a variety of media clients through his freelance business, the Henderson Lewis Company.Writing
Lewis has written extensively on anime and manga. His writing has been published in "Animage", "Animerica", "Star Blazers: The Magazine of Space Battleship Yamato", "Anime UK", "Anime FX ", "Wired" (Letters, 2000), "Wizard", "Manga Max" and "Pulp".
He is the author of two books:
• "Juku: A Comics Album" (Atlanta, Cheap Disposable Entertainment, Inc., 2002; ISBN 0-9703837-0-3 (Co authors: David Merrill, Shaindle Minuk, Daniel Baker, and Edward Hill)
• "Draw Manga: How To Draw Manga In Your Own Unique Style" (London, [http://www.chrysalisbooks.co.uk/about/index.jsp Anova Books] 2005, ISBN 1-84340-188-6).
He has also written one script for television ("Kodocha", Season 2, Episode #32, "Father! You Were Arrested!") for
FUNimation Productions.He is currently a voice actor and writer.
Acting
In 2004 Lewis began appearing in American English-language anime productions. His most recent role is the part of Kurokawa in the upcoming
FUNimation series "Kenichi ".His credits (as of September 2008) are:
*2005 "" (
ADV )
*2006 "" (FUNimation )
*2006 "Black Cat " (FUNimation )
*2007 "" (FUNimation ) "as" "Fat Thief"
*2007 "Witchblade" (FUNimation )
*2007 "Genesis of Aquarion " (FUNimation )
*2007 "Hell Girl " (FUNimation )
*2007 "Black Blood Brothers " (FUNimation )
*2007 "Baldr Force EXE " (FUNimation )
*2007 "Shuffle! " (FUNimation )
*2007 "One Piece " (FUNimation )
*2008 "Jyu Oh Sei " (FUNimation )
*2008 "School Rumble " (FUNimation )
*2008 "Shin-Chan " (FUNimation )
*2008 "XXXHolic " (FUNimation )
*2008 "" (FUNimation ) "as" "Joshua"
*2008 "Strain " (FUNimation )
*2008 "Shigurui " (FUNimation ) "as" "Hikobe Mariko"
*2008 "Kenichi" (FUNimation ) "as" "Kurokawa"
*2008 "Romeo x Juliet " (FUNimation )
*2008 "Heroic Age " (FUNimation )External links
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3009388/ IMDB Listing]
* [http://www.hipcast.com/export/P5111bee5dc90b832a90ede1083336ef2Z1hxRFREYmF0.mp3 Audio interview, "Roboblog III" podcast, August 2007]
* [http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-5988/TS-43976.mp3 Audio Interview, "Space Station Liberty" podcast, September 2007]
* [http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=16392 Anime News Network entry for Bruce Lewis]
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