Ben Dunn (born April 17, 1964)
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artist and publisher.
Biography
Dunn was born in Taiwan
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, and grew up in Taiwan,[ Klaw, Rick]
"Comic Book Heroes: San Antonio Brothers Keep Antarctic Press Thriving Long Enough For One of Its Creations to Land a Netflix Show"
''San Antonio Current'' (Feb 28, 2019). Kentucky
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, and San Antonio, Texas
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, where he graduated from Central Catholic Marianist High School
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History
The school began as ...
.manga
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.1984
Events
January
* January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888.
* January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeas ...
he co-founded Antarctic Press,2003
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In 2003, a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition 2003 invasion of Iraq, invaded Iraq, starting the Iraq War.
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, Dunn sold his portion of Antarctic Press to start his own development company, Sentai Studios. After a couple of years he closed Sentai and returned to Antarctic.
Dunn was one of the primary artists involved in the short-lived '' Marvel Mangaverse'' project. He also worked as an animator for the science-fiction film ''A Scanner Darkly
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In 2016, Art Greenhaw began creating, editing and writing faith-based visual novels and comic books, starting with the book series ''God's Silver Soldiers'', also known as ''Silver Soldiers: The Comic'' and followed by ''Tales of Nazareth: The Boyhood of Jesus''. The comic books, under the imprint of Truthmonger Comics Group Publishing, have achieved acclaim for their action-oriented innovation in illustrations by Dunn, as well as their storylines, and they have been covered in the media by TV channels, newspapers, and faith-based, nationally syndicated radio.
In 2019, Dunn created the Coalition of Independent Comic Publishers.
Personal life
Dunn lives in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex
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with his wife and two children.
Bibliography
Comics work includes:
* 1986–2007, 2017=? '' Ninja High School'' ( Eternity Comics, Antarctic Press)
:* 2017 (#176) (self-published?)
:* 2017-? (2017 series, #177-?) ( Antarctic Press)
:* 2016?-2017? '' Ninja High School Textbook'' (self-published?)
* 1987 '' Dynamo Joe'' ( First Comics)—fill-in art
* 1987–1988 '' Swords of Texas'' (Eclipse Comics
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)
* 1989 ''Messerschmitt
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'' (2017 release at Hen House via Pintrest)
* 1989–1990 ''Mighty Tiny'' (Antarctic)
* 1988 "Tiger-X" (Eternity Comics)
* 1990 "Tiger-X: The Adventure Continues!" ( Eternity Comics)
* 1989–1991 ''Captain Harlock Captain Harlock may refer to:
* ''Captain Harlock'' (manga)
** Captain Harlock (character)
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'' (Eternity)
* 1994–2005 '' Warrior Nun Areala'' (Antarctic)
* 1997 ''Robotech
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'' (Antarctic)
* 1998-2016? ''Valhalla
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''
:* 1988 series
:* 2016-? (2016 series) (Hen House via Pintrest)
* 2002 '' Marvel Mangaverse'' (Marvel Comics
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)
* 2003 ''The Agents'' (Image Comics
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)
* 2004 ''How to Draw Manga'' (Antarctic)
* 2004–2005 ''Heaven Sent'' (Antarctic)
* 2011 ''How to Draw Steampunk'' (Antarctic)
* 2016-? ''Stellar Losers'' (Patreon Secret Site via Pintrest)
* 2016-? ''Silver Cross'' (Patreon Secret Site via Pintrest)
* 2017 ''Game of Geeks'' (self-published via Patreon)
* 2017 ''God's Silver Soldiers'' (a.k.a. ''Silver Soldiers: The Comic'') (Nordskog Publishing)—backup stories: ''Tales of Nazareth: The Boyhood of Jesus''
References
External links
Antarctic Press website
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Ben Dunn interview part 1
Ben Dunn interview part 2
Interview with Ben Dunn on the Department of Nerdly Affairs Podcast
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1964 births
Central Catholic Marianist High School alumni
Inkpot Award winners
Living people
American role-playing game artists
Taiwanese comics artists