Bernard Chang

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Bernard Chang at the San Diego ComicCon, 2005

Bernard Chang (born May 26, 1972 in Montreal, Canada) is an Asian-American artist/designer best known for his work in the comic book industry and entertainment design. He started drawing comics professionally in 1992 while attending Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York on a full scholarship for architecture. Within his first year, he was voted onto the Wizard Magazine Top Ten Artists list for his work on The Second Life of Dr. Mirage for Valiant Comics, and was nominated for the Russ Manning Award for Best Newcomer. After four years at Valiant, Bernard went onto illustrate books for Marvel Comics and DC Comics, including X-Men, New Mutants, Cable, Deadpool and Superman Plus.

From 1997 to 2001, Chang was a "blue sky" concept designer for Walt Disney Imagineering. His projects included: Pirates of the Caribbean: Battle for Buccaneer Gold (DisneyQuest); 100 Years of Magic Celebration (Disney-MGM Studios); Animation Pavilion (Disney's California Adventure Park); and the Millennium Village (Epcot) - all of which won the Themed Entertainment Association's THEA Award for Best New Attractions. Since, he has continued to work on many projects, including creative charettes for the Valley Forge Museum, the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History, and the San Pedro Waterfront Redevelopment Project.

In March of 2005, Scholastic Press and Blue Sky Press published The Black Belt Club #1: Seven Wheels of Power, with text by Dawn Barnes and illustrations by Chang. This was the children's book industry's first ever hybrid chapter book and graphic novel.

Chang's last two projects have hit the New York Times Best Seller list. In 2004, he illustrated three chapters as well as various illustrations in Jenna Jameson's autobiography, How to Make Love Like a Porn Star: A Cautionary Tale. In 2005, he illustrated the cover (European versions only) and interior pages of Neil Strauss' The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists, both published by ReganBooks. Strauss and Chang are also collaborating on ReganBooks' first graphic novel How to Make Money Like a Porn Star, that was released September 26th, 2006.