Durwin Talon

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Durwin Talon

Born
London, Ontario
Nationality Canadian
Area(s) artist and writer
Notable works Panel Discussions (books)
Bonds (comics)

Durwin Talon (born London, Ontario) is a comics artist, illustrator, author and professor of new media.

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[edit] Education & Employment

Talon developed an interest in art at an early age. He received his Bachelors degree in Fine Arts (BFA) from the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), then received his ISDP Master’s Degree (MA) from Syracuse University in the United States.

Durwin used his education to get a job as a professor at the Savannah College of Art and Design. He taught in the Sequential Art, Illustration, Graphic Design and Computer Art departments.

After almost a decade at SCAD, Durwin moved to Indiana to teach at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis.

In August 2007, Talon left IUPUI. He has since resumed instructing Illustration at SCAD.

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His first book, Panel Discussions from TwoMorrows Publishing, is an overview of techniques for developing sequential art by some of the most notable names in the comics field. It has been described as "indispensable reading for anyone interested in the subject of sequential art." [1]

His second book, Comics Above Ground, also from TwoMorrows Publishing, features top comics professionals talking about their inspirations and training from the comics profession and its effects in "Mainstream Media," including: Conceptual Illustration, Video Game Development, Children's Books, Novels, Design, Illustration, Video Game Animation, Motion Pictures and other media.

His artwork has been featured on the covers of Batman ("Officer Down"), Skinwalker, and Queen and Country. A review of Skinwalker #3 commented that "[t]he covers by Durwin Talon are a wonderful blend of pastel and oil that prompt you into wishing we could read a whole book that looks like this." [2]

He has contributed artwork for Marvel Comics and DC Comics as well as worked on games and trading cards for Upper Deck, White Wolf, Inc. and Wizards of the Coast. His sequential artwork has been accepted into the Society of Illustrators' 49th Annual Exhibition.

He is currently working on his own comic Bonds, and Scars: A Life Well-Lived, in collaboration with Guin Thompson. Bonds is being released by Image Comics, slated for a July 2007 release and will also be included in the 49th Annual Exhibition of the Society of Illustrators. Scars is a three-issue mini-series being published by Archaia Studios Press, and will be released in spring 2008. [3]

Until August of 2007, Talon was an Associate Professor, in the New Media Program at the School of Informatics at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis.

He married Karen Hankala, a librarian assistant and editor, at the Winter Park Country Club, in Winter Park, Florida, in November 1991.

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  • According to his wife, Durwin's parents were Catholic Filipinos who immigrated to Canada, where he was born. They liked 'Darwin' but were unfamiliar with the history of that name. The baptising priest refused to baptise any child 'Darwin,' so they made the minor modification of one vowel.

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Review Silver Cullet Comic Books
  2. ^ Review at Silver Bullet Comic Books
  3. ^ Archaia Studios Hires Joe Illidge As Editor
  4. ^ Publisher profile for Panel Discussions
  5. ^ Publisher profile for Comics Above Ground
  6. ^ Archaia Studios Press profile

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