A rare thing, to turn a childhood passion into a career, but nitz has done it. Alphonse and gaston, happy hooligan, on and off the ark, poor lil mose and the tigers. A 1998 graduate of the university of kansas with a. Jai nitz author of tron meet your next favorite book.
A 1998 graduate of the university of kansas with a degree in film studies, he won the prestigious xeric foundation grant in 2003 for his selfpublished anthology, paper museum. Tom fowler is a canadian cartoonist living in ottawa, ontario, canada. At a time when an overwhelming number of comicbook teasers consist of a cryptic phrase on black background, dark horse took a far more creative approach for dream thief, the upcoming supernaturalcrime miniseries by jai nitz and greg smallwood. Oct 16, 2018 for those who like their stories with pictures. Great creators come together on paper museum, the new anthology from jungle boy press.
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Jai nitz is an american comic book writer who has written for dark horse. Naming the book after the legendary japanese actor, toshiro mifune, certainly. Jai nitz appears in 145 issues view all kato origins. Even in articles about comic book paper the authors spoke in vague terms with no industry specs. The top countries of suppliers are india, china, and india, from which the percentage of comic book printing paper supply is 2%, 96%, and 2% respectively. The storfolio can be shelved in a bookcase, or carried in your backpack to safely transport your comics to your favorite comic book convention. Nitz has also worked with comic publishers dc, marvel and dark horse.
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In 2005, the museum hosted two exhibits that explored. Comic book author wins national acclaim news, sports. He graduated from the university of kansas in 1998 with a degree in film studies. Jai nitz is an american comic book writer who has written for dark horse, marvel, dc, image, and other publishers. Jai nitzs desk contains objects sacred to comic book lovers. He won the prestigious xeric foundation grant in 2003 for his selfpublished. I also have to acknowledge that this book has one of the best latterday uses of the.
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