Eric Wight (born November 15, 1974) is an American professional writer, illustrator and animator. He was the Director of Epic! Originals at children's digital reading platform Epic.
He graduated from the
School of Visual Arts
The School of Visual Arts New York City (SVA NYC) is a private for-profit art school in New York City. It was founded in 1947 and is a member of the Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design.
History
This school was started by Silas ...
and lives in Winter Garden,
Florida
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with his wife and children.
Career
Wight is the author of the
manga
are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long history in earlier Japanese art. The term is used in Japan to refer to both comics ...
, ''
My Dead Girlfriend''. He illustrated the comic book adaptation of
Michael Chabon
Michael Chabon ( ;
born May 24, 1963) is an American novelist, screenwriter, columnist, and short story writer. Born in Washington, D.C., he spent a year studying at Carnegie Mellon University before transferring to the University of Pittsburgh, ...
's Pulitzer Prize winning novel ''
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay.'' He was the recipient of the 2004
Russ Manning Award.
He is perhaps best known as the 'ghost artist' for television character, ''
Seth Cohen
Seth Ezekiel Cohen is a fictional character on the Fox television series '' The O.C.'', portrayed by Adam Brody. Seth is one of the "core four" characters on ''The O.C.'' alongside Ryan Atwood, Marissa Cooper, and Summer Roberts. Seth's friend ...
'' on the former
Fox TV series ''
The OC'' and is the creator of 'Atomic County'. For the HBO TV show ''
Six Feet Under'' he created the fake vintage comic "Blue Twister".
Wight was also an animator, working with
Warner Bros.
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during the heyday of their animated output, working on such
cartoons as ''Superman: The Animated Series'', ''Batman Beyond'', and others.
Works
Books
Frankie Pickle Series
* ''Frankie Pickle and the Closet of Doom'' (writer/illustrator, 2009)
* ''Frankie Pickle and the Pine Run 3000'' (writer/illustrator, 2010)
* ''Frankie Pickle and the Mathematical Menace'' (writer/illustrator, 2011)
The Adventures of Caveboy Series
* ''The Adventures of Caveboy'' (illustrator, Aug 2017)
* ''Caveboy is Bored!'' (illustrator, Aug 2017)
* ''Caveboy is a Hit!'' (illustrator, Dec 2017)
The Magic Shop Series
* ''The Vanishing Coin'' (illustrator, April 2014)
* ''The Incredible Twisting Arm'' (illustrator, April 2014)
* ''The Great Escape'' (illustrator, October 2014)
* ''The Disappearing Magician'' (illustrator, June 2015)
A Topps League Series
* ''Jinxed!'' (illustrator, April 2012)
* ''Steal that Base!'' (illustrator, April 2012)
* ''Zip It!'' (illustrator, Sept 2012)
* ''The 823rd Hit'' (illustrator, Sept 2012)
Picture Books
* ''Everyone Loves Bacon'' (illustrator, 2015)
* ''Everyone Loves Cupcake'' (illustrator, 2016)
Graphic novels
* ''
My Dead Girlfriend (writer/illustrator, 2007)''
* ''Comics Squad: Recess!'' (writer/illustrator, 2014)
Comic books
* ''Totally Super Squad'' #1-5 (writer, 2021)
* ''
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight
''Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight'' is a comic book series published by Dark Horse Comics from 2007 to 2011. It serves as a canonical continuation of the television series ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'', and follows the events of that show's ...
'' #20 (art supervisor)
* ''
Justice League of America
The Justice League, or Justice League of America (JLA), is a group of superheroes appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The team first appeared in '' The Brave and the Bold'' #28 (March 1960). Writer Gardner Fox conceived t ...
'' #0 & #12 (interior); #7 (cover/layouts)
* ''
Spike vs. Dracula #1-4'' (covers)
* ''
Action Comics
''Action Comics'' is an American comic book/Comic anthology, magazine series that introduced Superman, one of the first major superhero characters. The publisher was originally known as Detective Comics Inc., which later merged into National ...
Annual'' #10 (interiors)
* ''
The Goon'' #9 (interiors)
* ''
The Legion'' #25 (interiors)
* ''JLA - Z'' #3 (pin-up)
* ''The Amazing Adventures of the Escapist'' #1 & #5
* ''
Hellboy Weird Tales'' #2
Television
* ''
The O.C.'' (ghost artist of
Seth Cohen
Seth Ezekiel Cohen is a fictional character on the Fox television series '' The O.C.'', portrayed by Adam Brody. Seth is one of the "core four" characters on ''The O.C.'' alongside Ryan Atwood, Marissa Cooper, and Summer Roberts. Seth's friend ...
and creator of ''The Atomic County'')
* ''
Six Feet Under'' (illustrated ''The Blue Twister'' Golden Age comic book in Episode #48: "Grinding the Corn")
References
External links
*
Profile on TOKYOPOP's websiteEric Wight's official siteEric Wight Interview at Legions of Gotham
American comics artists
1974 births
Living people
American illustrators
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