Ted Slampyak

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Born and raised in suburban Philadelphia, Ted Slampyak is a U.S. comic strip cartoonist who currently draws Little Orphan Annie. He also draws the color webcomic Jazz Age Chronicles, a comic based in 1920s Boston.

Slampyak was born in Philadelphia and is a 1987 graduate of Temple University's Tyler School of Art.^[1] He is the creator of Jazz Age Chronicles, which was originally published for two years by EF Graphics and Caliber Comics, and is now a webcomic. During the 90's he worked as an artist on, among other things, Neil Gaiman's Mr. Hero from Tekno Comix.^[2] He also contributed to Paradox Press The Big book of... titles and created mini-comics featuring his libertarian heroine Suzi Romaine.^[3] He is the current artist on the syndicated comic strip Little Orphan Annie. His work has been nominated for an Ignatz Award, and he has been the recipient of a local Addy Award by the American Advertising Federation.^[4] He currently resides in New Mexico with his wife, Jennifer Atkins.^[5]

[edit] Jazz Age Chronicles

Jazz Age has been around in one form or another for the past 20 years. It was inspired by the roleplaying game Call of Cthulhu, and were published in three issues by EF Graphics and six issues by Caliber Comics in 1989 and the early 90's.^[2] The comic returned as a webcomic in 2002 as part of the Modern Tales subscription site Adventurestrips.com. After Adventurestrips folded, Jazz Age relocated to its own site, but still used the Modern Tales subscription system. Currently Jazz Age is being published online as part of Graphic Smash, which also belongs to the Modern Tales family of sites.^[6] The comic was nominated for an Ignatz Award in the category "Outstanding Online Comic" in 2003 and named one of the best webcomics of 2004 by The Webcomics Examiner.^[7]

[edit] External links

• Official site
• http://www.silverbulletcomicbooks.com/news/109042867527348.htm

[edit] References

1. ^ Official site
2. ^ ^{a b} Spurgeon, Tom. An Interview with Ted Slampyak. The Comics Reporter. Retrieved on February 26, 2007.
3. ^ Draper Carlson, Joanna. Suzi Romaine. Comics Worth Reading. Retrieved on February 27, 2007.
4. ^ http://www.aaf.org/awards/addys.html
5. ^ Adams, Celene. Snapshot: Ted Slampyak. The New Mexico Business Weekly. Retrieved on February 26, 2007.
6. ^ Danner, Alexander. A Jam Session with Jazz Age Chronicles' Ted Slampyak and Alexander Danner. Comixpedia. Retrieved on February 26, 2007.
7. ^ The Best Webcomics of 2004. The Webcomics Examiner. Retrieved on February 26, 2007.