Greg Capullo
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| Greg Capullo | |
| Birth name | Gregory Capullo |
| Born | 1962 |
| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Penciller, Inker |
Gregory “Greg” Capullo is an American comic book artist and penciller born in 1962, best known for his work on Quasar (1991-1992), X-Force (1992-1993), Angela (1994) and Spawn (1993-1999, 2003-2004).
Greg Capullo also had his own creator-owned, written and drawn comic The Creech, published via Image Comics. These were two three-issue miniseries.
Currently (comicwise) he is the cover artist for the series Spawn and the artist (with Todd McFarlane) of the crossover Spawn/Batman.
Apart from comics, he’s been involved in several projects such as pencilling for the Korn album Follow the Leader and the Disturbed album, Ten Thousand Fists, and being part of the crew who worked on the animated sequences in the film The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys (2002).
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Early life
Capullo started off as an aspiring artist who taught himself all of the techniques of the comic book trade. He created a style unique to himself but was massively influenced by John Buscema who Capullo has referred to as “the master of the human figure.” Before his artistic career took off, he began with a job in commercial advertising but soon was noticed for his talent as an inker and penciller and began on projects involving his artwork.
[edit] Career beginnings
His first comic work was a publication called Gore Shriek, which was picked up and published by a comic book store in Albany, New York, called Fanataco. Gore Shriek was a horror comic book specifically labeled Not Intended for Children because of the violent and graphic nature of it. Due to the success of the small comic series, when it had ended, Capullo began work for Marvel Comics where he worked on Quasar, X-Force, and What If?. He worked with Marvel Comics for three years on various works, before moving on to other publications and projects with different companies.
Briefly after Greg Capullo had started work with Marvel, he had began smaller indie projects away from the company. He had started involvement with separate labels and anyone who would hire him for miscellaneous odd-jobs that needed completion.
Todd McFarlane had left Marvel Comics to create an independent company called Image Comics and noticed Greg’s masterful work on X-Force. McFarlane convinced Capullo to leave Marvel Comics and execute the pencilling for McFarlane’s comic, Spawn.
[edit] Current career
Capullo began work on Spawn for the cover art of the 26th issue, released in December of 1994. After issue 26 Capullo had been deemed one of the main cover artists for Spawn’s later publications. Greg Capullo now has been working with Image Comics for over ten years and has become a main asset to the company, being involved in many of the comic label’s escapades.
Along with Todd McFarlane, Greg Capullo has been doing the cover-art and pencilling for many Image Comics publications including Capullo’s own miniseries, The Creech, and various Spawn tie-ins and variants.
[edit] The Art of Greg Capullo
The Art of Greg Capullo is a hardcover book published by Image Comics to honor the work of their long-time artist. The book showcases all of Capullo’s artwork ranging from widely recognized cover art to unknown pencilling that was never released. The unreleased material was never seen because Capullo had deemed it “not good enough for print.” A lot of the works are personal sketches that haven’t been copied or altered in any way, so the viewers can see the artwork as Greg Capullo had envisioned it. Included are also doodles and comedic art that Greg had made and sent to Todd McFarlane.
