Chris Eliopoulos

Chris Eliopoulos
Chris Eliopoulos at the New York City Comic Con 2007
Born	September 30, 1967 (1967-09-30) (age 44) Astoria, Queens
Nationality	American-Greek
Area(s)	Letterer, penciller, inker, writer
Notable works	Desperate Times Franklin Richards Misery Loves Sherman
Awards	Harvey Award 2008
Official website

Chris Eliopoulos (born September 30, 1967) is an American cartoonist and letterer of comic books.

Early life

Eliopolous attended the Fashion Institute of Technology, in New York City, from 1985–1989.^[1] He majored in graphic design and minored in illustration. He is a resident of River Vale, New Jersey.^[2]

Career

Eliopoulos is known as a prolific letterer, in particular for hand-lettering the first 100 issues of the ongoing Savage Dragon series, even after much of the comic book industry (including Eliopoulos himself, on other titles) had come to rely on computer-generated fonts for dialogue; this was done at Savage Dragon creator Erik Larsen's request; Larsen preferring the individual look of hand-lettered dialogue.

He designed the fonts for Marvel Comic's in-house computer lettering unit.^[3] He has also contributed lettering work to Valiant Comics, DC Comics, and other publishers. For Dark Horse Comics, Eliopoulos wrote and/or drew some Star Wars stories.

Eliopoulous is also known for his comic strip Desperate Times, which showcases art admittedly inspired by the work of Bill Watterson of "Calvin and Hobbes" fame. "Desperate Times" features the misadventures of bachelor losers Marty and Toad, which ran as a back-up feature in Savage Dragon, and later Desperate Times comics from Savage Dragon publisher Image Comics and AAArgh! Comics, a part of After Hours Press.

Eliopoulos quoted in interview about art inspiration.^{[citation needed]}

“

Visually. I was REALLY into Bloom County at the time--still am--and that spoke to me more. But I liked his (Watterson's)zaniness as well. It pushed me to be a better cartoonist. I realized that comic strips didn't have to look so bad--they could look amazing. Between the two is where I would love to do a strip. The all-out humor of Bloom County with the quality art of a Calvin and Hobbes.

”

Following the September 11 attacks, Eliopoulos contributed a story to a Marvel Comics benefit book about how his family was affected by the event, which shares the date of his wedding anniversary.

He is the artist and co-writer on Marvel Comics' former back-up feature and current series of one-shot comics, Franklin Richards: Son of a Genius, teamed with writer Marc Sumerak. The first one-shot in the series was nominated for an Eisner Award and a Harvey Award in 2005.

Eliopoulos also writes and draws daily webcomics.^[4] On the side, Eliopoulos has managed to contributed hundreds of cartoon strips to the book series "The Complete Idiot's Guide..." on almost every imaginable topic. He's also created dozens of custom cartoons for clients including Sports Illustrated.

Reception

Doug Zawisza, reviewing the 2011 Fear Itself miniseries for Comic Book Resources, praised Eliopoulos' lettering, singling issue #4 in particular, for which he positively compared Eliopoulous' work to letterer John Workman, to whom Zawisza felt Eliopoulos was paying homage.^[5]

Bibliography

• Franklin Richards: Son of a Genius (writer, artist and letterer with co-author Marc Sumerak, Marvel Comics)
• Civil War (letterer, Marvel Comics)
• Kick-Ass (letterer, Marvel/ Icon Comics)

Awards

Awards include:

• 2002 and 2003 Wizard Fan Award "Favorite Letterer"
• 2007 "Best Letterer" Eagle Award
• 2008 "Best Letterer" Harvey Award, for Daredevil^[6]

Nominations include:

• 2006 "Best Letterer" Eisner Award
• 2006 "Best Letterer" Eagle Award
• 2008 "Special Award for Humor" Harvey Award, for Franklin Richards^[6]
• 2008 "Best letterer" Eagle Award

References

1. ^ Eliopolous's LinkedIn profile. Retrieved July 22, 2008.
2. ^ "People to Watch in 2008", (201), January 2008."
3. ^ Contino, Jennifer. "ABCs with Orzechowski," Comicon.com: The Pulse (Dec. 30, 2003). Retrieved January 3, 2010.
4. ^ Misery Loves Sherman.
5. ^ Zawisza, Doug. "Review for Fear Itself #4". Comic Book Resources. July 6, 2011
6. ^ ^{a b} 2008 Harvey Award Winners, Comic Book Resources, September 28, 2008

External links

• Official website
• Misery Loves Sherman Chris Eliopoulos' Webcomic
• Chris Eliopoulos at the Comic Book DB
• Desperate Times Daily @ ComicBookGazette.com A New Page of Chris Eliopoulos' Desperate Times Comic Every Day

Interviews

• ComicBookGazette.com Interview
• Episode of iFanboy featuring Chris Eliopoulos

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Name	Eliopoulos, Chris
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Short description	American cartoonist and comic book letterer
Date of birth	September 30, 1967
Place of birth	Astoria, Queens
Date of death
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