Kalman Andrasofszky (born August 21, 1975 in

Toronto Toronto ( , locally pronounced or ) is the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, most populous city in Canada. It is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Ontario. With a p ...

Ontario Ontario is the southernmost Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada. Located in Central Canada, Ontario is the Population of Canada by province and territory, country's most populous province. As of the 2021 Canadian census, it ...

, Canada) is a Canadian

comic book A comic book, comic-magazine, or simply comic is a publication that consists of comics art in the form of sequential juxtaposed panel (comics), panels that represent individual scenes. Panels are often accompanied by descriptive prose and wri ...

artist, writer,

inker The inker (sometimes credited as the finisher or embellisher) is one of the two line artists in traditional comic book production. After the penciller creates a drawing with pencil, the inker interprets this drawing by outlining and embellishing ...

, letterer,

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, and designer. Kalman is a native Torontonian and resides there still.

Career

Much of his work has been in covers for Marvel Comics, and is most notable for his design work on the new

Captain Canuck Captain Canuck is a Canadian comics, Canadian comic book superhero. Created by cartoonist Ron Leishman and artist/writer Richard Comely, the original Captain Canuck first appeared in ''Captain Canuck'' #1 (July 1975). The series was the first suc ...

animated feature and comic series. Kalman also writes the new Captain Canuck comics series from

Chapterhouse Comics Chapterhouse Comics was a Canadian comics, comic book publishing company that publishes books featuring classic Canadian comics, Canadian comic book characters such as Captain Canuck and Northguard in a unified comic book universe. In 2020, Cha ...

, draws the main covers and was the main artist on the first two issues, Free Comic Book Day #0 issue as well as a story in the 2014 Captain Canuck Summer Special, and acts as editor-in-chief for Chapterhouse. Kalman is also connected to the R.A.I.D. studio where he works and collaborates with his contemporaries like Ramón K Pérez, Marcus To, Cary Nord, Francis Manapul, Scott Hepburn and others. Andrasofszky has also done artwork for ''

Dungeons & Dragons ''Dungeons & Dragons'' (commonly abbreviated as ''D&D'' or ''DnD'') is a fantasy tabletop role-playing game (TTRPG) originally created and designed by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson. The game was first published in 1974 by TSR (company)#Tactical ...

'' books, including '' An Adventurer's Guide to Eberron'', '' Champions of Valor'', '' Dungeon Master's Guide II'', '' Eberron Campaign Setting'', '' Faiths of Eberron'', '' Lords of Darkness'', '' Secrets of Sarlona'', '' Serpent Kingdoms'', '' Tome of Battle: The Book of Nine Swords'', and ''

Underdark The Underdark is a fictional setting which has appeared in '' Dungeons & Dragons'' role-playing campaigns and ''Dungeons & Dragons''-based fiction books, including the Legend of Drizzt series by R. A. Salvatore. It is described as a vast subter ...

''.

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