Gary Shipman

Gary Lee Shipman (born March 16, 1966) is an American artist, comic book illustrator and writer of '' Pakkins' Land''. He is father to three children.

Biography

Shipman grew up in Salinas, California and is a self-taught artist. His interest in comics and art first began at a young age, while in the sixth grade.

Shipman, with wife Rhoda Shipman, first created the independently produced comic book series '' Pakkins' Land'' in 1995, both plotting out the stories together and Gary scripting, lettering, penciling, and inking the illustrations for the series. ''Pakkins' Land'' tells the adventuresome and engaging tale of Paul, a young boy who finds himself in a magical world filled with talking animals, mystery and excitement. ''Pakkins' Land'' has been heralded for excellence by both critics and peers alike, accumulating an international following and numerous award nominations.

Certain characters in the ''Pakkins' Land'' stories are named after Shipman's children.

Shipman resides in Illinois with his family and, at times, makes appearances as a guest artist at comic conventions in the region.

Shipman has dyslexia and has shared about coping with it, at times, on his YouTube live streams.

In late 2013, a 46-page color collection of his artistry: ''The Gary Shipman Sketchbook Volume #1'', was published by Lamp Post, Inc., released as both a perfect-bound paperback edition and also as a Kindle e-book.

In 2016, the ''Gary Shipman Sketchbook 2016'', a 45-page paperback collection of Shipman's artwork, was self-published and offered online.

In 2018, Shipman started a Patreon account and began regularly live streaming drawing sessions on his YouTube channel where he chats and interacts with fans from around the world.

In late 2018, ''Gary Shipman 2018 Sketchbook'', A full-color 70 page collection of his art, was crowdfunded in an Indiegogo campaign. The campaign was fully funded in minutes and raised $8745.00 (411% funded). The campaign offered incentives such as original art, a republished '' Pakkins Land'' issue 1 & 2, and collectible '' Pakkins Land'' trading cards.

Other works

Shipman's artistic talents can also be found elsewhere. In 1987, he co-created the superhero character Edge for Silverwolf Comics, and illustrated the first 3 issues of that series.

In 1997, Shipman illustrated the cover of Issue #19 of the comic series ''OZ'', based on the books and characters of L. Frank Baum.

In 1998, Shipman illustrated the cover of ''Parables & Proverbs'' published by New Creation Publications.

In 2003, Shipman illustrated ''Amazing True Life Stories'' Issue # 2: ''Spymaster'' fo
Crosswind Comics

In 2008, Shipman illustrated ''Kingdoms: A Biblical Epic, Vol. 4 - Valley of Dry Bones'', and ''Kingdoms: A Biblical Epic, Vol. 5 - The Writing on the Wall''.

In 2011, Shipman was invited to join the DreamWorks Animation Fine Art program, with his first offering being an interpretative piece based on ''How to Train Your Dragon'', made available as the original painting or as prints.

In 2012, Shipman was one of 80 different contributing writers and artists from around the globe for the third and final book in the ''Fables for Japan'' digital anthology to benefit the victims of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.

Released in 2013, Shipman was a contributing artist for both the DC Comics ''Batman: The Legend'' trading cards and the ''Superman: The Legend'' trading cards sets produced by Cryptozoic Entertainment.

Released in 2014, Shipman illustrated ''Fun with Kirk and Spock (Star Trek: A Parody)'' written by author Robb Pearlman.

Also in 2014, Shipman was a contributing artist for the Adventure Time trading cards set produced by Cryptozoic Entertainment.

In 2014, Shipman started to see his artwork distributed by art distributor Acme Archives, doing licensed pieces in his distinctive style from Disney, Marvel Entertainment, and Lucasfilm

In 2015, Shipman illustrated a label for the Rot Berry (strawberry) flavor of Deadworld Zombie Soda, and the associated trading card series.

In 2018, Shipman was a contributing artist to the Rick and Morty trading cards season 1 set produced by Cryptozoic Entertainment.

Awards

* In 1997 Shipman was nominated for a Harvey Award in the "Best New Talent" category.
* In 1997 Shipman and his wife were nominated for the Russ Manning Most Promising Newcomer Award.The Russ Manning Most Promising Newcomer Award
the Comic Book Awards Almanac
* In 1998 Shipman and his wife were nominated for an Eisner Award in the "Talent Deserving of Wider Recognition" category.

Notes

References

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External links

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Gary Shipman YouTube channel

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American fantasy writers
Living people
1966 births
American comics writers
American artists with disabilities
American comics artists
American male novelists
Writers with dyslexia
American writers with disabilities
20th-century American male artists
21st-century American male artists
20th-century American novelists
21st-century American novelists