Dennis Calero
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Dennis Calero | |
Dennis Calero at the 2008 New York Comic Convention. |
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Born | 1972 |
Nationality | American |
Area(s) | Illustrator Writer Inker Colorist |
Notable works | X Factor "Legion of Superheroes" "Kolchak" |
Awards | Harvey Award Nomination, best new series, X Factor 2006 |
Dennis Calero (born January 2, 1972, Miami Beach, Florida) is an illustrator and comic book artist.
Calero attended the New World School of the Arts conservatory high school in Miami, Florida, and New York's, Pratt Institute on a partial scholarship.
His work includes Acclaim Comics' licensed-product titles Sliders and Magic: The Gathering; Moonstone Books' TV tie-in titles Cisco Kid and Kolchak: The Night Stalker, Platinum Comics' Cowboys & Aliens; IDW Publishing's Masters of Horror: Dreams in the Witch House; and Marvel Comics' X-Factor, during his tenure on which the title was nominated for the Harvey Award for Best New Series (2006).[1] In 2006, IDW announced that Calero will be one of the cover artists on its six-issue Star Trek: The Next Generation TV tie-in miniseries The Space Between, scheduled for 2007.[2]
Calero is drawing an arc of Legion of Super-Heroes for DC Comics.
Calero and illustrator Kristin Sorra co-founded Atomic Paintbrush, one of the first computer-coloring companies working in the comic-book field.[citation needed] As of 2006, he resides in Rockland County, New York.